23 Apr 2012
Microsoft has released a free mobile app to launch Kinect Star Wars for Xbox 360.
16 May 2012
| by By Paul Davies, director of marketing communications, Microsoft UK
It creates a culture of wanting to do bigger and better, more creative work - an embedded culture of continuous improvement.
It is about innovation and risk-taking; about empowering others to think big and creating an environment that encourages innovation.
At Microsoft, I've spent the past five years making ...
04 Jan 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
Software giant Microsoft is launching legal proceedings against troubled electronics retailer Comet...Microsoft claims Comet created more than 94,000 of the recovery CDs for Windows Vista and Windows ...
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David Finn, worldwide anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting general counsel at Microsoft, said: "Comet ...
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"Comet's actions were unfair to customers. We expect better from retailers of Microsoft products ...
20 Mar 2012
| by John Reynolds
Microsoft has confirmed that the BBC iPlayer will launch on the Xbox, after an agreement between..."hopefully we will have something to share with you very soon". Microsoft says 42% of Xbox Live Gold ...
been delayed because of an issue between the two parties over charging for BBC content. Microsoft had ...
11 Jan 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft has appointed Donna Hindson to the newly created role of director of trade marketing...Hindson's role replaces that of Nickie Smith, who was marketing director of Microsoft Advertising. Smith is has taken a job with Microsoft International, but a spokesperson for the company did ...
of marketing and partnerships in its Future Media Group.
Prior to this role, Hindson worked at Microsoft ...
22 May 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft is aiming to increase visitor numbers to MSN UK with its first consumer-facing campaign
26 Jan 2012
| by Jeremy Lee
The late James Graham Ballard is one of the few people who would find any inspiration in Microsoft ...
and that, even to an agnostic, there's a life that extends beyond the reach of Microsoft - Hart is rather ...
. This followed a period when Microsoft Advertising appeared to be in a state of perpetual flux and getting ...
27 Mar 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft is embarking on its most significant marketing push to date for its Internet Explorer...It is launching two separate campaigns to promote the latest version of the browser (IE9), as well as driving awareness of the Internet Explorer brand itself.
Microsoft will roll out a UK variant of its ...
, this reinforces that there is much greater consumer interest in technology , and has given Microsoft a reason ...
10 Apr 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
AOL has agreed to sell more than 800 technology patents to Microsoft as part of a $1.06bn (£670m...-exclusive licence for Microsoft to these retained patents.
AOL intends to return "a significant portion" of the proceeds to its shareholders.
The AOL-Microsoft deal is the latest in a series of patent agreements ...
01 May 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft has stepped up its rivalry with Apple and Amazon with a $300m (£185m) investment in a...The deal will involve Microsoft taking a 17.6% stake in the subsidiary and rolling out the "Nook" ebook platform, based on Barnes Noble's service, across its operating system Windows 8.
Windows 8 is expected to launch in the autumn and will be available across a wider range of tablet devices and Microsoft ...