The Surface Duo, designed as both a phone and a pocket-sized computer for Microsoft 365 and Android applications, will be released on Sept. 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 12, 2020
Microsoft is adding more Android expertise to its in-house engineering teams via a deal with Movial, a software engineering and design services company based in Finland.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 08, 2020
Initially touted as Windows 10 for dual-screen devices, Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 10X OS will now launch just on single-screen devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 04, 2020
Microsoft has acquired Affirmed Networks, buttressing its software-defined networking services just as mobile operators start rolling out 5G wireless technologies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2020
Though it missed its target date by nearly three years, Microsoft has finally reached its goal of putting Windows 10 on over 1 billion "monthly active devices."
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 17, 2020
Microsoft's new Office App for iOS and Android phones is now generally available worldwide, the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 19, 2020
Eight standouts from this year's Consumer Electronics Show, where Microsoft OEM partners bent (sometimes literally) the rules of the traditional Windows PC as we know it.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 13, 2020
The Excel, OneNote PowerPoint and Word applications for the Windows 10 Mobile operating system will lose support on Jan. 12, 2021, Microsoft announced recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 06, 2019
Some "pro" features of Microsoft's Kaizala mobile chat application will be folded into Microsoft Teams over the next 12 to 18 months.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 02, 2019
Microsoft's beleaguered Windows 10 Mobile operating system will lose support on Dec. 10, 2019, the company has announced.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 22, 2019
Microsoft's various configuration, deployment and management tools are getting a raft of improvements, as detailed by Microsoft this week at its Ignite conference.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 28, 2018
Microsoft will soon begin shifting Intune support requests toward the Azure Portal for organizations with Microsoft Premier support accounts, the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 06, 2018
As of Aug. 31, Microsoft's Surface Plus Program for students looking to lease Microsoft Surface devices is no longer accepting applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 04, 2018
A more streamlined SharePoint Mobile App is arriving next month with new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 30, 2018
Microsoft this week launched a preview version of its Authenticator companion app for the Apple Watch, with general availability expected "within the next few weeks."
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 28, 2018
Microsoft says it plans to discontinue its Sway application for Apple iOS devices on Dec. 17, 2018, and urges users to switch to using Sway via its Web portal.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 23, 2018
Starting Sept. 1, 2019, Microsoft will drop support for hybrid mobile device management (MDM) using Microsoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) -- a model it calls "hybrid MDM."
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 16, 2018
OneDrive's file-sharing and collaboration capabilities are coming to Office for Mac, as well as to iOS and Android mobile applications, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 27, 2018
Microsoft's Outlook Web App mobile client e-mail applications for Android, iPad and iPhone devices will be phased out over the next few months, the company said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 08, 2018
A newly announced pact between Microsoft and mobile security firm Pradeo will bring additional security protections to businesses using Microsoft's Intune mobile device management (MDM) solution for iOS and Android devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 27, 2018