Recent News

June 20, 2013

If you’re planning to attend Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in July, note that you’ll be able purchase a Surface device at a special discount price.

June 20, 2013

Risk meets Foursquare in a geosocial, mobile game called “QONQR” that has achieved success using Windows Phone as one of its platforms.

June 19, 2013

The Xbox team announced today that it’s making some big updates to Xbox One in response to feedback from customers. You can read more about the updates, which include connectivity requirements and licensing updates, in the post on Xbox Wire from IEB President Don Mattrick.

June 19, 2013

In the second of a six-part special “Garage Series for Office 365” on location from New Orleans, hosts Jeremy Chapman and Amanda Lefebvre give viewers a sneak peek at upcoming Office experiences on the Web across Windows, iOS and Android.

June 19, 2013

The new bounty program launching June 26 will offer up to $100,000 for identifying a “truly novel exploitation” built into the Windows 8.1 Preview and up to $11,000 for critical vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer 11 Preview on the latest version of Windows.

June 19, 2013

Microsoft announces patent licensing agreements with automotive technology companies Audiovox, Continental, Harman and LG Automotive for the use of its Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) file system.

June 19, 2013

Attendees of TechEd Europe, which begins next week in Madrid, can start planning what keynotes, sessions, breakouts and highlights they’ll attend.

June 19, 2013

Chief Evangelist for Windows Steve Guggenheimer announced today seven popular new apps hitting the Windows Store this week, including music video app VEVO and social video mashup service Vyclone.

June 19, 2013

Disney Interactive launches app delivering new and original digital video to homes in the U.S. Featuring original Web series, classic animated shorts, clips from Disney shows and the latest Disney movie trailers, the new app lets users access the best Disney content from across the Web.

June 19, 2013

Microsoft Advertising is helping marketers better understand what motivates today’s multi-tasking and multi-device consumers after gathering consumers in San Francisco and London this spring to get their thoughts on advertising via “co-creation workshops.”