
Microsoft’s New “Bing Offers Card-Linked” Aims To Streamline Local Deals For Merch
Here’s a scenario: You’re online and findan offer for $10 off at a local restaurant. Instead of printing out or downloading the offer,...

Post BBQ News: Microsoft Buys Most Of Nokia For $7.2 Billion
Microsoft had acquired Nokia’s hardware business for roughly $5 billion and would spend another roughly $2 billion to license the Finnish...

Report: Windows Phones Gain In EU, Struggle In US, China
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech today reported that Windows Phones are seeing meaningful share gains across a number of European countries. In...

Microsoft CEO Ballmer To Retire Next Year, Market Likes The News
This morning, Microsoft announced that Ballmer will retire in the next 12 months. Ballmer has been CEO of the Redmond, WA-based company...

Microsoft’s Latest Scroogled Target: Google’s “Gspam” Ads That Look Like Ema
Or, as Microsoft is calling it today, “Gspam.” That’s the term they’re using for those ads that look like emails in Gmail (which, last I...

Android Tablet Shipments Soar, Usage Hasn’t Shown Up Yet
estimates for tablets — which are supposed to exceed PC sales by the end of this year on a global basis. It’s now a critical market...

Microsoft Also Misses On $19.9 Billion In Quarterly Revenue
missing bullish revenue estimates. Microsoft also did so when it reported fiscal quarter and full-year earnings today. Redmond’s overall...

Desktop OS & CTR: Opportunities Abound Depending On Target Market
Despite the growing impact of mobile devices on the Web browsing ecosystem as a whole, desktop users still generate the lion’s share of...

Microsoft Windows 8.1 Preview Includes New Start Button, Enhanced Search, Redesigned App Store &
Windows 8, Microsoft launched a pre-release of Windows 8.1 today at the Microsoft Build Developers Conference in San Francisco. The...

Microsoft Unveils New Ad Solution For Windows 8 Apps, Aimed At Brands
The new solution came out of Microsoft’s partnership with creative agencies — including AKQA, Big Spaceship, Razorfish, Team...

Mobile App Developers Must Update Windows Phone Ad Units By September 12 To Continue Receiving Ads
After launching a number of pubCenter changes, Microsoft announced today that mobile app developers will need to update all existing...

Microsoft, Google To Build New Windows Phone YouTube App Together
The two companies issued a statement today, two days after the deadline that Google had given Microsoft to remove the previous app from...

Apple Remains Most Valuable Brand, While Facebook Falls & Yahoo Returns To Top 100 [Brandz]
Apple is once again listed as the most valuable brand on earth, while Google inched closer to the top spot and Microsoft fell out of the...

Microsoft Slams Google In Nasty, Internal Parody Of Chrome Ad
It’s a fake Chrome ad that’s part of Microsoft’s ongoing “Scroogled” campaign against Google, but it was supposed to remain internal. It...

Microsoft To YouTube: Where’s That Interoperability Larry Page Was Talking About?
As The Verge reported today, Google sent Microsoft a cease-and-desist letter demanding that Microsoft remove the YouTube app from its...

Microsoft Calls On “SNL” Alum Schneider To Bash Google Docs
In a new series of ads, Microsoft is trying to cast doubt on the reliability and productivity of Google Docs. The spots featuring...

Microsoft Posts $20.49B Quarterly Revs: Online Ads Worth $784M, Rev Per Search Up
reported $20.49 billion in fiscal quarterly revenue (Q3 13). That figure was just shy of analysts’ consensus estimates of $20.5 billion;...

Microsoft Study: Multi-Screen Behavior And What It Means For Marketers
We all know the day of multi-device and cross-screen usage is here. The challenge for marketers is to understand how to...

EU Imposes €561 Million ($731 Million) Fine On Microsoft — With Google In Mind
imposed a fine of €561 million ($731 million) for not upholding its agreement to offer alternative Web browsers to Windows users. In...
























