What’s up with Microsoft and the metaverse?
Microsoft dreamed up its AR headset over a decade ago. What’s happened since?
Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard for $69B, explained
Satya Nadella just made his biggest deal ever, topping LinkedIn in 2016 ($26B) and Nuance Communications in 2021 ($20B)
Microsoft wants to beat Meta at its own game
Microsoft wants in on the metaverse, and its vision could pit it squarely against Meta.
Meet M12: Microsoft’s venture capital arm
M12 was launched in 2016 and has invested in 107 companies, including 13 unicorns.
Corporations want to shake Microsoft Excel. It’s not so easy.
CFOs want to replace Microsoft Excel with new tools. Why? Remote work has exposed Excel’s weaknesses.
Microsoft’s Windows 11 update is good for competition. But it’s still trying to kill Slack.
Microsoft has bundled its messaging service (Teams) into its new operating system update.
Apple and Microsoft are beefing (again)
Microsoft and Apple are fighting over the App Store, PC sales, AR glasses, and more.
Microsoft drops $16B to acquire Nuance in its biggest deal since LinkedIn
Microsoft acquired Nuance to boost its health care platform.
US Army eyes the future, awards Microsoft $21.9B contract for AR headsets
Microsoft is building 120k advanced AR headsets for the US Army. It’s not the company’s first foray into National Defense.
Airtable and the unbundling of Microsoft Office
Airtable -- which raised money at a massive $5.8B valuation -- is one of the most high-profile startups unbundling a single Microsoft Office function....
PlayStation and Xbox are making very different bets on the future of gaming
Microsoft lost to Sony in the previous round of the console wars. The company is responding with an entirely new strategy for its Xbox...
A comical look at Microsoft’s $1B+ acquisitions
Microsoft’s $7.5B acquisition of game publisher ZeniMax Media is its 11th acquisition of $1B+ since 1987. Here’s what you need to know about the...
To win the cloud, Amazon and Microsoft are giving startups free sales support
Why are Microsoft and Amazon providing free enterprise sales support to startups? To get in with the companies while they're young and capture value...
Foldable screens are here. What’s next for ‘-able’ tech?
Microsoft released its dual-screen foldable smartphone, which got us thinking… what’s the next big thing in “-able” tech?
Instead of building a new campus, Microsoft will spend $500m on affordable housing
Microsoft is investing $500m in affordable housing, bucking the Silicon Valley trend of building a multibillion-dollar campus and donating the change to homelessness nonprofits.
Racing Amazon for JEDI contract, Microsoft gives US intelligence a seat on its cloud
Microsoft just signed a deal to offer a new version of its cloud computing platform, called Azure Government, to 17 US intelligence agencies. This...
A Microsoft font is scandalizing Pakistan’s First Family
Calibri is an unassuming little font: it’s soft, warm, subtly rounded — and, as the default typeface of play-it-safe Microsoft Office, it’s the last creation you’d...
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