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Dropbox for iOS updates with file comments and more

A while ago Dropbox and Microsoft formed a partnership to bolster cross-platform integration, and now this relationships is beginning to bear fruit. In a…

Microsoft forgets its manners, ponders middle finger emoji for Windows 10

According to the Emojipedia blog, Microsoft will introduce new emojis to Windows 10 and one of them will be sure to raise a few…

Microsoft is shutting down support for Windows Server 2003, urges SA to migrate

After over a decade since the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft will now finally seize support come 14 July. Leon Wright from Microsoft…

Apple iWork, iCloud now available to everyone

Anyone with an Apple ID can now access productivity tools like Pages, Keynote and Numbers for iCloud, regardless of their device. This cross-pollination of…

Microsoft acquiring Sunrise iOS, Android calendar app for around $100-million

Microsoft, the software and hardware giant, is in the process of acquiring Sunrise, debatably the best calendar app on Android and iOS, according to TechCrunch…

Microsoft criticises Google for disclosing Windows 8.1 bug before it fixed it

There is a possible war brewing between Microsoft and Google after the Redmond-based giant publicly criticised its Mountain View counterpart for releasing details about…

Microsoft adds Bitcoin as payment option for Xbox, Windows Phone stores

Microsoft users can now buy and download apps, games, movies, TV shows, and music at the Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox Games, Video, and…

Microsoft may have finally cracked the convergence code with Surface tablets

The gloves are off as Microsoft, for the first time, commits to a range of computers that bears its own name. In a very…

7 reasons why Microsoft’s tablet announcement shows that it’s cool again

You’ve got to hand it to whoever handles Microsoft’s marketing, they sure know how to drum up hype. The tech press hadn’t been this…

Check out Microsoft’s Surface event in its full glory [Video]

Look there’s no disguising the fact that we think Microsoft’s range of Surface tablets is pretty damn cool. We sure as hell can’t wait…

No Barnes & Noble at today’s Microsoft event [Report]

If you were looking forward to Microsoft announcing that it would be going after Amazon tonight, sorry. You’re going to have to readjust your…

Is Amazon trying to steal Microsoft’s thunder with rumoured price cut?

A secretive “major announcement” from a major tech player tends to put the rumour mill into overdrive. Adding fuel to speculation that Microsoft could…

Microsoft scrapped 2011 plans to buy Nokia

The ties between Microsoft and Nokia run deep. But apparently not deep enough for the Redmond-based giant to consider buying the Finnish phone maker….

Bing rolls out social search redesign, US gets it first

Someone’s been a busy boy haven’t they Microsoft? Just a day after launching the latest preview of Windows 8, the Redmond-based software giant rolled…

It’s official: Chrome is the web’s most popular browser

It’s finally happened. Chrome is now the world’s most popular web browser. Microsoft haters the world over, rejoice. According to figures from online research…

Why Microsoft blocking third-party browsers is no cause for panic

Go to most boardrooms today and you’ll see less and less people with laptops and more people using tablets and smartphones. As Android and…

Mozilla accuses Microsoft of return to ‘digital dark ages’ with one browser OS

Here we go again. Microsoft has apparently banned browsers other than Internet Explorer in one mode on ARM devices running Windows 8. In an…

The Next Web’s IE9 partnership: the future of advertising or a load of crock?

Websites, especially ones that only provide content, have to constantly find new and interesting ways of ensuring that users click on their display advertising….

Digital wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft [Infographic]

I’ve been listening to Charles Arthur every Tuesday on the Guardian pod-cast, Tech weekly, for the past year. Arthur would mention his upcoming book…

How should everyday users feel about Windows 8?

The only constant in life is change, and the digital world is no exception. Just when you get the hang of one operating system…

iPads still own the tablet market, but is Microsoft onto something big?

Apple’s been dominating the tablet scene ever since the first iPad came out. Given the record sales figures for the new iPad it’s hardly…

Microsoft Messenger blocks Pirate Bay links

In the war between online pirates and content producers, it’s pretty obvious which side of the fence Microsoft stands on. The Redmond-based software-giant has…

Microsoft vs Google: 15 areas where they’re competing

Microsoft and Google have a growing battle list which didn’t exist a few years ago. Nowadays, the two titans have more competing products and…

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