Kantar Worldpanel, a consumer research firm, in its latest report has revealed that Windows phone sales in the last three months were recorded to be the highest ever, with average 9.2% sales…
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Delta to buy 11,000 Microsoft Surface 2 tablets
Delta Airlines is planning to buy 11,000 Microsoft Surface 2 tablets to replace 38-pound flight bag with maps and manual bundles and to say $13 million in fuel and other costs every…
Microsoft reveals first six months worth of government data requests for 2013
Microsoft recently revealed the latest end-user data request figures in its Law Enforcement Requests Report for the first six months according to which it received 37,196 global requests for user data from…
Analyst: Sony PlayStation 4 to outsell Microsoft Xbox One by half a million units
According to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter Sony is likely to sell around 1.5 million units of PlayStation 4 on launch day while Microsoft will be able to sell only about 1 million…
Microsoft adds iPhones to its trade-in program
As a part of Microsoft’s in-store exchange program, the company is now ready to offer up to $200 (£126, AU$215) credit to customers in exchange for their used iPhones, Android and Blackberry…
Ballmer bids farewell with a heavy heart
After leading the world’s largest software company, Microosft, for the last thirteen years, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally said goodbye to the company. Ballmer, at his last companywide meeting on Thursday,…
Ford’s Alan Mulally to replace Steve Ballmer as new Microsoft CEO?
Stephen Elop – Nokia’s CEO – is one of the most likely candidates to fill in the void left by Stephen Elop, but according to reports Ford’s Alan Mulally has gained enough…
Microsoft Office 365 gets business intelligence update; 3D charts, natural language search
Microsoft has updated the business intelligence (BI) service within its Office 365 cloud based productivity suite in a bid to help its customers track down business related data with ease. Excel –…
Microsoft announces general availability of Windows Azure multi-factor authentication
Microsoft has today announced the general availability of its Windows Azure multi-factor authentication service. Using the Windows Azure Multi-Factor authentication, organizations can add an extra layer of authentication to security their cloud…
SkyDrive glitch affects millions of users worldwide
Cloud apps are seemingly under a ‘downtime’ trend with Microsoft SkyDrive joining the list of glitchy apps starting Tuesday afternoon. According to a status update on Live Status site, “SkyDrive is having…
Microsoft Surface 2 launching tomorrow; here’s what is expected
Microsoft is all set to launch its Surface successors – the Surface 2 – probably for both its Pro and RT lineup and we are expecting that the Windows 8 maker won’t…
Wanna upgrade to Windows 8.1? No choice but pay full charge
Software giant Microsoft today announced that it will be charging full rate for Windows 8.1 upgrades from Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7. Which means every single disc of 8.1 sold…
Microsoft announces a new Bing with new logo and fresh features
It is one of the major refurbishing that Microsoft’s Bing search engines has ever undergone. Over the new few weeks, announced Microsoft today, it will be making “significant changes” to its…
Windows expert wants Steve Ballmer to look into buggy Windows updates
This may be pretty embarrassing for software giant Microsoft. Susan Bradley, a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) has dashed off a letter to company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer in…
Microsoft to Drop Windows Live Messenger in Favour of Skype
Microsoft is set to ditch its longstanding Windows Live Messenger service and instead focus on Skype. In a post on Skype’s blog, Microsoft confirmed it will be retiring Live Messenger in all…