Microsoft

Microsoft is a devices and services company based in Redmond, Washington – a city about 16 miles east of Seattle. Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Traditionally a software company at heart, Microsoft dabbled in hardware with computing peripherals like mice and keyboards before going all in with the Surface line of tablets. The pending acquisition of Nokia’s handset unit will further add to Microsoft’s future plan to be a devices and services company.

Microsoft has many products in both the consumer and enterprise space. Most consumers are familiar with Microsoft through their operating system Windows, their office software suite Microsoft Office, their home entertainment consoles Xbox, and their mobile operating system Windows Phone.

Microsoft rose to power in the 90’s thanks to its operating system Windows and its office software suite called Microsoft Office. In the early 00’s Microsoft cracked the living room by launching the original Xbox. The Xbox has now seen three generational entries, with the Xbox One being Microsoft’s answer to the eight generation of gaming consoles.

Windows and Office continue to be a large part of revenue for Microsoft, but their future plans have shifted from a “computer on every desk” to “mobile first, cloud first”. Microsoft is investing heavily in their Azure, their cloud computing platform that will be the backbone of what they do for the next generation of computing.

Windows, Windows Phone, Office, Azure, Azure, Surface, and Cortana are all at the heart of what Microsoft’s future will focus on. 

Latest about Microsoft

New material for batteries to reduce the use of lithium

Microsoft leverages AI to identify a new material that can potentially reduce the use of Lithium in batteries by 70%

By Kevin Okemwa published

BREAKTHROUGH Microsoft and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) might be on the verge of a breakthrough that will see the use of lithium in batteries reduced by up to 70%.

BREAKTHROUGH
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5

Samsung and Microsoft figure out how to use smartphone cameras as webcams a few years too late

By Sean Endicott published

say cheese! Samsung shared that its future flagship phones will support being used as Windows webcams. The company also announced integration between Samsung phones and PCs with Microsoft's Copilot.

say cheese!
ChatGPT and Microsoft Logo

OpenAI admits it's 'impossible' to create ChatGPT-like tools without using copyright material, amid court battles over intellectual property theft allegations

By Kevin Okemwa published

COPYRIGHT STRIKE Trouble continues to brew for OpenAI over copyright issues, and the use of the resources to train its AI-powered chatbot without compensation.

COPYRIGHT STRIKE
Image of Microsoft partnering with the Sony Honda Mobility

Microsoft and Sony partnering on an AI-powered car assistant is the strangest news to come out of CES this week

By Colton Stradling published

AI wins In a surprising move, Sony and Honda announced that Microsoft is powering the AI assistant for Sony Honda Mobility.

AI wins
OpenAI Microsoft sinking under water

Intellectual property theft? Non-fiction authors sue Microsoft and OpenAI in class action lawsuit mirroring New York Times case

By Colton Stradling published

Fair Use? In a similar argument as was seen in last week's suit by the New York Times against Microsoft and OpenAI, a class action suit looking to protect creators' intellectual property.

Fair Use?
Microsoft employees throwing cash in the air

Microsoft is getting close to overtaking Apple as the most valuable US company

By Colton Stradling published

MSFT #1? Apple's $2.834 trillion market cap vs Microsoft's $2.752 value is an $82 billion difference, which is about the value of the recent ABK deal.

MSFT #1?
Surface Bluetooth Ergonomic Mouse

Microsoft's killed-off PC accessories are back from the grave, including a never-released device

By Kevin Okemwa published

Reborn Microsoft branded accessories get an extended lifeline but under a different brand name. Incase will make the accessories using the same manufacturing components and supply chain.

Reborn
AI model can determine your exact location

New AI pinpoints your exact location from one photo with 92% Street View accuracy — beating a pro GeoGuessr player

By Kevin Okemwa published

WHERE YOU AT? Graduate students from Stanford University have developed an AI-powered app that can determine your exact location based on Google Street View data.

WHERE YOU AT?
Microsoft Copilot app for iOS

Microsoft unveils free Copilot app on iOS with GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 image generation

By Kevin Okemwa published

COPILOT FOR IOS Microsoft's Copilot app is now available on iOS and iPad. The app lets you ask questions, generate summaries, draft emails, and generate images by leveraging DALL-E 3 capabilities.

COPILOT FOR IOS
Start menu in Windows 11

Microsoft's Windows Experiences leader also hates this Start menu failing and pushes his team for a fix

By Kevin Okemwa published

START MENU Windows 11 users will soon be able to access all their apps directly from the Start menu without navigating to the 'All apps' section.

START MENU
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