Microsoft has launched digital gift cards for Windows and Xbox Stores. People can gift their friends and family gift cards for apps, games, music, movies, and TV shows on their Windows PC, tablet, smartphone or Xbox.
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Barnes & Nobles and Microsoft have terminated their partnership that was signed in 2012. Microsoft had invested $300 million into Nook Media which has lost more than half its value in just two years.
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Microsoft has bought Acompli, a mobile startup that makes email apps for iOS and Android. The financial details were not officially disclosed by either firms but Re/Code is stating that the amount of deal is more than $200 million.
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Microsoft has released Office for Android tablet preview in closed beta. The company said that is will soon release the Office for Android tablet apps in 2015.
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Samsung has lost its bid to a US Judge about putting the Microsoft smartphone patent royalties suit on hold. The U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said the lawsuit would proceed despite the arbitration.
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Opera Mobile Store will replace Nokia Store as the default app store for Nokia feature phones, Symbian and Nokia X smartphones, following an agreement between Opera Software and Microsoft.
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Microsoft has launched a new video editing app for Windows Phone. Dubbed as Movie Creator, the app which is currently in beta works only on Lumia phones and the Lumia 2520 tablet.
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Microsoft has added an array of features to Windows 10 under the build 9879. The update comes only three weeks after the Windows 10 Technical Preview got its first new build available to members of the Windows Insider program.
Microsoft has unveiled free Office for iPhone and iPad allowing users to create and edit documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The company also released standalone Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for the iPhone, along with a new preview of these apps for Android tablets.
Microsoft has teamed with Dropbox in order to improve integration between Microsoft Office and Dropbox. Users can now easily access Dropbox directly from Office apps and edit Office files from the Dropbox app.
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Samsung is claiming that Microsoft has violated the deal between the two after it completed the Nokia acquisition earlier this year, as per the latest report from Reuters. The South Korean electronic giant is hence defending its action of not paying the royalties to Microsoft as the Nokia deal makes the software giant a direct hardware competitor.
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Just a day after announcing unlimited OneDrive storage to Office 365 subscribers, Microsoft has updated the OneDrive app for Windows Phone. The update focuses on design and UI of the app and also adds few more enhancements.
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Microsoft is offering Office 365 subscribers with a special treat. The company is offering unlimited OneDrive storage for all Office 365 subscribers.
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Microsoft has rolled out first update to Windows 10 Technical Preview under company’s Windows Insider Program. This brings the Windows 10 Technical Preview to build 9860, an update from 9841 that was officially announced on September 30th.
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Microsoft is planning to launch a wearable device in coming weeks, according to a new report from Forbes. The report claims that the device will be a smartwatch focusing on fitness activities that will be compatible across multiple platforms like iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
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