Latest news Microsoft wants to boost a phones Lock Screen functionality with new patent On February 4, 2016, Microsoft published an application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark “Rich Notifications”… Kit McDonald · April 21, 2016 · 2 min read
News Microsoft sold 18 million phones for its FY16 Q3, only 2.5 million were Lumia With year over year declines in revenue and profit, Microsoft’s smartphone presence in the market is now drawing a morbid… Kareem Anderson · April 21, 2016 · 2 min read
News Xbox Live sees ‘strong growth’ in transactional revenue at 46 million monthly active users For anyone who uses Xbox Live, it’s always nice to hear that things are improving for the company maintaining those… Michael Cottuli · April 21, 2016 · 1 min read
News Windows 10 usage helps propel positive search advertising revenue, up 18% for FY16 Q3 Revenue from its More Personal Computing division increased 1% in FY16 Q3 due largely to search advertising. Gross margin dollars… Kit McDonald · April 21, 2016 · 1 min read
News Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud sees continued upward trend as Azure revenue grows 120% We’ve already covered the financial performance of Microsoft’s More Personal Computing and Productivity and Business Processes divisions. Now, it’s time… Mark Coppock · April 21, 2016 · 1 min read
News Microsoft’s executive vice president Amy Hood announces “solid results” for its FY16 Q3 – onmsft.com Microsoft has released their earnings report for the third quarter of the 2016 fiscal year and is reporting some great… Michael Cottuli · April 21, 2016 · 2 min read
News Office continues to be bright spot for Microsoft in FY16 Q3, bumping subscriber numbers up to 22.2 million Microsoft is transitioning to a “cloud-first, mobile-first” company from its previous emphasis on Windows, and productivity solutions are a big… Mark Coppock · April 21, 2016 · 1 min read
Latest news Windows phone revenues decline 46%, dragging down Microsoft’s overall devices business Microsoft has been breaking its devices business out into the More Personal Computing segment for a few quarters now. And… Mark Coppock · April 21, 2016 · 1 min read
News Skype’s UWP app should be landing on mobile devices soon, according to Microsoft Microsoft released Windows 10 Mobile build 14327 for Insiders on the Fast ring yesterday, and the major new feature is… Laurent Giret · April 21, 2016 · 2 min read
News New Office 2016 Insider build available for Windows desktop brings AutoCAD import features It seems that is has been a while since the Office team pushed out a new Office Insider build for… Kareem Anderson · April 21, 2016 · 2 min read