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As we all expected, today Microsoft announced the second generation of Surface tablets: Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2. There are plenty of things we need talk about so I’ll try to wrap up for you and not forget anything. Both tablets are faster, come with an improved battery life […]
Virtual assistant apps have been all the rage lately, with the Siri on Apple, and several versions you can download on Android such as EVA. Microsoft hasn’t hopped on that train as of yet, but rumors have been around for quite awhile about a virtual assistant entitled Cortana. Back in […]
Some really big news from Microsoft this morning! It has been announced that they have come to an agreement with mobile handset company Nokia, and will be buying them out. This has been a rumor for a long time, but with with negotiations falling to pieces in June it was […]
Microsoft has made the decision to permanently slash the price of the Surface Pro tablet in both the US and Europe after sales failed to climb following its initial release. The Surface has been a stain on the Microsoft name for awhile. It was likely a key reason behind the […]
Last week we covered the story about Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer announcing his retirement. In that post there was some speculation that the controversial CEO was forced out of his position by members of the board of shareholders. It turns out that was exactly what happened. According to sources at the […]
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and an often controversial leader at that, has announced that he will be retiring within the next twelve months. The announcement came from two memos posted on the official Microsoft announcement page this morning, one written by PR and the other by Ballmer himself. In […]
Steven Sinofsky, a former executive with Microsoft and a major player on the Windows project, made a surprising announcement this morning. He is going to be joining venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a board partner. But it isn’t a full time gig, he has explained. Last November, Sinofsky left […]
