GitHub needs no introduction. The world’s largest code repository is acquired by Microsoft. The GitHub acquisition stacks up as the second such big deal after Satya Nadella took reigns of Microsoft in 2015. As part of the deal, Microsoft is […]

Microsoft and Alphabet are big rivals in the technology industry, this despite Microsoft being the older of the two. There was a time when Alphabet was just Google, and in terms of market cap, Google was way behind. As time […]

Terry Myerson, the chief of Windows and Devices at Microsoft has decided to part ways with the giant after 21 years at the firm. In a touching letter he released, Myerson discussed his years at the company and his reasoning […]

A joint agreement between Microsoft and Xiaomi (Chinese electronics and software company) will likely see both working together on key technologies of future – Artificial Intelligence and Cloud computing. Yes, based on the signing of a strategic MoU, Xiaomi and […]

Apart from helping its customers become more productive and achieve more, Microsoft’s mission is to empower people with disabilities. In pursuance of this objective, the company has partnered with a Danish startup – Be My Eyes to provide technical assistance […]

Microsoft has reinforced its commitment towards providing startups with a mix of marketing help, technology and more by launching Microsoft for Startups program. Earlier too, the software giant had been encouraging startups via several initiatives like BizSpark credits for Azure, […]

There’s good news for Microsoft! The software giant has bagged the leading spot in Thomson Reuters’ “Top 100 Global Technology Leaders” list published this week. It is followed by Intel, Cisco, IBM, Alphabet, Apple, and others. What comes across as […]

Microsoft held its one of the greatest events of the year, Microsoft Inspire, from July 9th to 13th, 2017 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. This 5-day event saw several big names from Microsoft as well as from […]

Microsoft has a firm conviction – with the advancement in the cloud technology, geography has become less important. As such, both, the company and its partners need new tools for engagement. Microsoft Partner Community site is designed to provide this […]

Microsoft has announced that it will be hiring 600 people and will be ramping up its operations in Ireland. This announcement follows the one wherein Dublin has been selected as the location for a global inside sales centers. This piece […]

Microsoft has opened up its new office called the ‘Microsoft House’ in Milan, Italy. The office is expected to allow public and private companies to leverage new and smart opportunities in order to shape up their organizations in a better […]

Big news on the enterprise end came for Microsoft this week when the US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced that a $927 million, 5-year contract to provide technical support had been awarded to the tech giant. This move is […]

Microsoft has announced that it would be running a share buyback scheme for all its retail shareholders, wherein it would be buying back around $40 billion worth or 9% of its current $440 market valuation. A similar buyback scheme was launched […]

Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, was recently at the Global Partner Summit 2016, where he expressed his thoughts over how artificial BOTs would shape the future of customer experience on most consumer tech devices. Said Nadella, “Bots are now learning in […]

The White House Equal Pay Pledge, which was earlier launched this year at United State of Women Summit to narrow the wage gap , now has 39 new signatories to promote equal pay which includes Redmond’s Microsoft. With the main […]

Microsoft is in the acquisition mode again. Just recently, the company acquired a company known as Genee, which is basically a scheduling service with an artificial intelligence core. Genee first came to life back in 2014, and was designed to […]

Things are not looking well for Microsoft’s phone division as the software giant is set to cut a whopping 2,850 jobs. This is not good news for Microsoft’s plan for mobile, and also bad news for the fans of the […]

Microsoft is doing some interesting work in Ireland right now that will cost the company $1 billion. From what we have come to understand, the software giant is moving to build 4 data centers in Dublin, though we have no […]

Microsoft is back with yet another innovative initiative and this time it is for the startups. The company has started a Finnish startup community called as Microsoft Flux that helps startups succeed by providing them access to free network, high […]

We have been hearing a lot about the Microsoft Trust Centre lately and that is because the company is ramping up its efforts. The Trust Center will now cover Microsoft Commercial Support, Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Power BI. Microsoft […]

This year’s Microsoft Envision brings together the most forward thinking minds in business and technology. This is an event where a business leader, a decision maker and even a technology enthusiast will be interested. This is a one-of-its-kinds opportunity that […]

Not Everything is “Man” made! International Women’s Day is here and what a dignified celebration campaign the Redmond Giant has launched! A day before the International Women’s Day, Microsoft announced its plan to celebrate the big day with a new […]

Earlier this week, Microsoft opened a new Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) in Houston, Texas. This is one of many MTCs around the world that offers customers hands-on experiences of the software giant’s latest offerings. These offerings include the likes of […]

Microsoft has decided to extend its Autism and Inclusive Hiring Programme to UK. Microsoft in the UK says it will begin to hire ten people with neurodiverse conditions such as the likes of Autism or Asperger’s syndrome. We understand that […]