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This may be why the Pebble isn’t supported on Windows Phone

Phone marketshare or politics?

Earlier this week, I noted an internal Microsoft Windows Phone app that works with the Pebble smartwatch. Now a detailed report from Windows…

by Kevin C. Tofel Feb 26, 2015 - 8:31 AM PST

Live blog: Microsoft previews Windows 10 in Redmond

Keynote starts at 9am

Microsoft’s consumer-focused Windows 10 reveal kicks off at company headquarters in Redmond, Washington today and we’re live from the event to see what…

by Kif Leswing Jan 21, 2015 - 6:00 AM PST

What does Microsoft have planned for Wednesday’s Windows 10 event?

more windows

Microsoft will unveil the first major Windows update under new CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday. Obviously, it’s a big day for the Redmond-based giant…

by Kif Leswing Jan 20, 2015 - 5:00 AM PST

With new servers, regions and an appliance, Microsoft kicks off another battle in cloud wars

In an interview, Microsoft EVP Scott Guthrie says cloud is no longer a one-horse race. And the days of cloud players competing on price alone are going the way of the dodo bird.

by Barb Darrow Oct 20, 2014 - 8:44 PM PST

Microsoft taps Amazon vet to help run Azure

Former Amazon VP Suresh Kumar comes in as Microsoft Azure poohbah reporting to Scott Guthrie.

by Barb Darrow Oct 20, 2014 - 10:13 AM PST

Microsoft CEO: In public cloud, go big or get the heck out

Building a global cloud is extremely expensive, so if a cloud provider wants to play in that league and hasn’t already spent billions, it should rethink, says Satya Nadella.

by Barb Darrow Oct 20, 2014 - 5:49 AM PST

If you’re a woman working at Microsoft, this is a good week to ask for a raise

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella put his whole leg in his mouth Thursday at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing event…

by Tom Krazit Oct 9, 2014 - 4:22 PM PST

Microsoft to tighten up use of outside contractors and consultants

It’s not only Microsoft salaried employees who have to worry about their jobs. Contractors and consultants also face new restrictions, according to a Geekwire report.

by Barb Darrow Jul 21, 2014 - 5:13 AM PST

Satya Nadella to Microsoft troops: Be productive and focus. Oh and we’re not selling Xbox

Microsoft’s CEO weighs in six months into his new gig with a call to action that is, frankly, not new.

by Barb Darrow Jul 10, 2014 - 6:56 AM PST

Live blog: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google co-founder Sergey Brin at the Code Conference

Join us around 5pm PT for a live blog covering the appearances of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google co-founder Sergey Brin — in that order — at the Code Conference in Southern California.

by Tom Krazit May 27, 2014 - 4:00 PM PST

Microsoft to world: Yes, we can be cool and innovative too

With the pretty and art-intensive Microsoft Garage web post, the company is telling the stories of its in-house geeks and hackers, away from their desks.

by Barb Darrow Feb 27, 2014 - 9:13 AM PST

Why John Chambers’ congrats to Nadella may be as much about VMware as Microsoft

John Chambers probably really does admire Satya Nadella. But Nadella’s promotion also gave Cisco a chance to slight VMware without even uttering its name.

by Barb Darrow Feb 5, 2014 - 7:30 AM PST

The Gigaom Interview: A chat with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella from before he was the (likely) next CEO

Before he was the front-runner to be the next CEO of Microsoft, I sat down with Satya Nadella in San Francisco. We talked about the cloud, competition and the future of Microsoft. It’s very revealing, the challenges facing whoever is soon-to-be-announced new CEO.

by Om Malik Jan 31, 2014 - 2:14 PM PST

Mark Hurd as Microsoft CEO? Gimme a break.

Microsoft directors have talked to eight external CEO candidates, including Oracle co-prez Mark Hurd, the Wall Street Journal reported.

by Barb Darrow Oct 12, 2013 - 8:28 AM PST

Surprised? Cloud providers bring in $2B in first quarter

What company remains atop the heap of IaaS/PaaS providers in Q1 2013? I’ll give you three guesses and the first two don’t count.

by Barb Darrow May 30, 2013 - 10:46 AM PST

Microsoft’s Nadella to Rackspace: Let’s talk cloud interoperability

Satya Nadella, who leads Microsoft’s Azure effort, said he would welcome the chance to sit down with Rackspace president Lew Moorman to hash out how to make it easier to move workloads between the companies’ respective clouds and ease cloud lock-in fears.

by Barb Darrow Jun 22, 2012 - 12:49 PM PST

Amazon spruces up cloud support options

Amazon is looking more like an enterprise tech vendor all the time. On Thursday, it announced spruced-up support offerings for customers deploying work on the AWS cloud. As it woos companies to put mission-critical loads into Amazon’s cloud, expect more support services to come.

by Barb Darrow Jun 14, 2012 - 7:14 AM PST

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