Redmond Channel Partner magazine updates its comprehensive and authoritative annual roadmap of upcoming products from Microsoft over the coming year. Although 2012 was one of the biggest release years in a long time, Microsoft still has a lot of significant updates for the year ahead, including the rumored Windows "Blue," the "Apollo Plus" update for Windows Phone 8 and the complete Office 2013 suite.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 17, 2013
Microsoft's share of the worldwide smartphone market has not budged from quarter to quarter, according to the latest figures from research firm Gartner.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 14, 2013
Microsoft may be pursuing Nook Media LLC, the Barnes & Noble subsidiary that was set up to handle the company's consumer and college electronic media businesses.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2013
Apple was the definitive leader in IDC's first-quarter tablet sales report, while Microsoft devices barely made a dent in the market.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 02, 2013
Newly released first-quarter numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics suggests Microsoft has a bigger chunk of the tablet market than analysts have previously estimated.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2013
Microsoft has inked an intellectual property agreement with China-based equipment maker ZTE concerning the Linux-based operating systems fostered by Google.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2013
In the wake of recent market shifts that have hampered its Windows business, Microsoft is talking up changes it plans to make to its software and hardware ecosystem.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 19, 2013
Microsoft has inked a patent licensing agreement with Hon Hai, the Taiwan-based investment holding company for Foxconn Ltd.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 17, 2013
In an effort to bolster its chances in the tablet arena against smaller devices using Google Android and Apple iOS, Microsoft is expanding its Surface line of tablet PCs with a 7-inch model, according to a report.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 11, 2013
A new report from IDC indicates that first-quarter PC shipments dropped by nearly 14 percent over the year-ago period, the largest decline since IDC began tracking PC shipments in 1994.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2013
Scott finds that there are pros and cons to being a Lumia 822 user -- but it's mostly pros.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 04, 2013
Falling PC shipments over the next four years will mean tough times ahead for Microsoft, according to new first-quarter data announced Thursday by Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2013
Microsoft's imports of its Xbox gaming consoles do not infringe a patent held by Google, according to a ruling by an administrative law judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 26, 2013
Two of Microsoft's Windows Embedded 8 operating system products were released on Wednesday, with a third expected to become generally available in April.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 21, 2013
WEB EXCLUSIVE: In comparing Microsoft OneNote, EverNote and MindManager, Howard finds that there is currently no One Note-Taking App To Rule Them All. The perfect app would be the one that combines the best of the three.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- March 20, 2013
Mainstream support for Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 smartphone platform, including security updates, will end on July 8, 2014.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 18, 2013
Google's Android mobile operating system team has undergone an executive shuffle, the company announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 13, 2013
Despite market share gains throughout the next five years, Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets will remain a distant third behind Android- and iOS-based devices, according to research firm IDC.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2013
The Lync 2013 client app for Windows Phone 8 is now available, with clients for Apple's iPad and iPhone due to arrive later this week, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2013
Microsoft's opening keynote talk at its Lync 2013 Conference in San Diego on Tuesday featured a few firsts.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 20, 2013