Salesforce also made a bid for LinkedIn, CEO Benioff confirms
It bought Demandware instead
Microsoft is buying a Wand to add new magic to Cortana and its bots
A Google veteran heads to Redmond.
$26 billion and the incalculable value of LinkedIn
Microsoft got a great deal on LinkedIn. Here’s why.
LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman is likely to get a Microsoft board seat
The longtime tech investor and entrepreneur is an insider’s insider in Silicon Valley.
LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner says he’s at Microsoft for the long haul, though some in Silicon Valley beg to differ
The media-loving exec has options, ya know!
Here are three scary reasons why LinkedIn sold to Microsoft for $26 billion
LinkedIn’s stock was struggling, among other things.
Microsoft’s Nadella says LinkedIn will get the hands-off treatment: “We absolutely want to approach it differently.”
But results will get rolled up and hidden away .
Here’s what the Microsoft CEO and the LinkedIn CEO are telling their staffs about the acquisition
Satya Nadella and Jeff Weiner are using all the correct buzzwords like “scale” and “cloud."
Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
CEO Satya Nadella says the acquisition will be “key to our bold ambition to reinvent productivity and business processes.”
Cortana comes to Xbox One, but Microsoft needs a bigger Trojan horse for the home
She's in your Xbox, but she wants to be in your bedroom — and kitchen, and every other room in your house, too.
Xiaomi bought 1,500 Microsoft patents and has agreed to load Office on its phones
It's part of Redmond's revised mobile strategy as it moves away from Windows-based phones.
Microsoft is sunsetting Sunrise, the mobile calendar app it bought last year
It'll disappear from app stores soon and stop working altogether at the end of August.
Inside Walt Mossberg's office: Seven products that changed everything
Including the first computer he ever owned.
Microsoft tried to clone the Apple Store. It still hasn't worked.
Pretty, but also pretty empty.
Windows 10, now on 300 million PCs, won't be free after July 29
New copies of the software after that point will cost $119.
Ford and Microsoft lead $253 million investment in EMC-owned Pivotal
The automaker is going from customer to part-owner.
Microsoft says it will not provide cash support to the Republican National Convention
The Redmond software giant says its position on the GOP convention hasn't changed.
The PC industry's consumer conundrum
A PC is still a PC, with all the good and bad that entails. And it seems that many consumers have simply moved on.
Microsoft, Google agree to stop complaining to regulators about each other
Microsoft has pulled out of two groups seeking antitrust action over search, but the software maker says it isn't taking a position for or against the current actions by the EU.
Microsoft earnings hit by slow PC market, tax issues
The company said its commercial cloud, by contrast, is growing and is now at a $10 billion annual run rate.
The tech industry has cut a Google's worth of jobs in the past 12 months
Some 17,000 jobs were cut in the first quarter alone.
The Limits of Bots
It’s important to stay grounded as we evaluate chat bots as a potential successor to today’s app model.
Microsoft Sues U.S., Says It Shouldn't Have to Keep Quiet About Data Requests
The company says secrecy demands have become the norm when the federal government demands customer data.
Bloops and Blips Ahead for Bots
Expect some vigorous new platform battles that will keep our bot interactions from achieving the kind of awe-inspiring wizardry of which they are potentially capable.
New Patent Suits in Q1 Hit Lowest Level Since 2011
But is it a true detente or just a blip?
The tablet market is 100 million units smaller than expected. What happened?
Six years after the iPad's debut, what's the future for tablets?
The Human Looking to Put More Humanity Into Microsoft's Bots
Lili Cheng, who lead the company's social interaction research, is now in charge of the bold new move into bots.
HoloLens, Age-Guessing Computer Offer Nerdy Fun at Microsoft's Build Developer Conference
While the developer conference was mostly business, there was fun to be had, if you knew where to look.
Microsoft Will Let Windows 10 Users Log Into Apps and Websites With Just a Smile
An "anniversary update" this summer will include improvements to Cortana as well as the ability to log into apps and websites using fingerprints and other biometrics.
Slack Is Growing Fast, but Microsoft Tops Enterprise Cloud Apps
Also: Companies are using more cloud apps.
Georgia Governor Vetoes Anti-LGBT Bill After Pressure From Salesforce's Benioff and Others
For the second time, economic pressure from Salesforce and others forces a state to walk back anti-LGBT legislation.