Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices.  Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most profitable products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.

The company was founded in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Many of its products have achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market.

Last week, it was confirmed that Google had brought with it one more important change to Android 9.0 Pie. It's a subtle tweak, but the Xbox One...
5 years 8 months ago
When it comes to smartphone sales, there’s no doubt that Microsoft is having trouble reaching the success of software big names like iOS and Android...
5 years 9 months ago
This week, Microsoft made an announcement: There is a brand new Surface product joining the lineup, and this one's designed to be a bit easier on the...
5 years 9 months ago
Depending on how long you've been using smartphones, you might have some pretty nostalgic memories of using mobile operating systems that are no...
6 years 3 months ago
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, is officially underway, and if you've already been keeping tabs on the show, then you've probably...
6 years 3 months ago
For anyone who has been using smartphones for many years now, you may have used a variety of different platforms in that time. There was a stretch...
6 years 4 months ago
There are several aspects that can define smartphones from 2017: Bigger screens, smaller bezels, fewer headphone jacks, and a serious lack of...
6 years 4 months ago
Microsoft has had a bit of a resurgence in terms of hardware over the last few years. The company kicked things off with the Surface tablet several...
6 years 4 months ago
Companies want you to invest in their brand, and one way to do that is by expanding the available products they can sell you. Just having a...
6 years 4 months ago
Companies have figured out that quite a few people out there are more than willing to try pre-release software. This is definitely not something...
6 years 6 months ago
At least a few times a year, I hear a lot of the same thing: "You're brave for updating so quickly." Every time I hear it, in some capacity or...
6 years 6 months ago
It seems like every company has its own digital personal assistant at this point. Apple has had Siri for years, Google has had some variation of the...
6 years 6 months ago
It wasn't a secret to anyone. Not really. But Microsoft's Joe Belfiore, someone who has been adamantly a fan of Windows on smartphones for years now...
6 years 6 months ago
About a month ago, I wrote an article about the current state of smartphone operating systems, stating that iOS and Android are practically the only...
6 years 6 months ago
What feels like forever ago now, Microsoft had its Zune media playback device. This was Microsoft's go at taking on Apple's iPod, and, well, here we...
6 years 7 months ago
My local theater plays classic films on Tuesdays throughout the year, and most recently it played Jaws so, as I have every year in recent times, I...
6 years 9 months ago
It has been several years since Siri was first introduced on an iPhone. Since then, not only has Siri improved (I know, it's hard to believe), and...
6 years 10 months ago
I don’t speak much about Windows Phone (Windows 10 Mobile) these days. There isn't much left to say about it. The last article I wrote regarding...
6 years 11 months ago
Earlier today, over in Hong Kong, Microsoft lifted the curtain off its latest and greatest piece of technology: The Surface Pro. That's right, like...
6 years 11 months ago
I don't know about you, but when I go out to a public place I have a tendency to pay attention to all the smartphones I see. It's just an unconscious...
6 years 11 months ago

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