Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 4, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT
Michael Suraci, Xbox’s director of marketing, demonstrates the new features, which will roll out in a massive free software update, available Tuesday.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 8, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
Just a couple of Facebook clicks away, courtesy of brands like Budweiser and two-year-old start-up Free All Music.
Kara Swisher in Media on October 27, 2011 at 5:08 am PT
Some things you cannot even
make up, such as this achingly awkward demo video for Microsoft’s Songsmith software.
Peter Kafka in Media on August 9, 2011 at 1:02 pm PT
When you’re trailing Apple, and Amazon, and Zune, and Rhapsody and Napster, it’s probably a good idea to throw in the towel.
Peter Kafka in News on May 10, 2011 at 2:11 pm PT
Microsoft already owns a streaming music service (remember Zune?). Now it’s buying a company with ties to another one. That’s one music service too many.
Voices
Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on March 16, 2011 at 4:45 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at
Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)
John Paczkowski in News on March 14, 2011 at 2:46 pm PT
“For something we pulled together in six months, we are very pleased with the satisfaction we got. The satisfaction for the device was superhigh.” Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said that of the Zune in October 2007. Gates may have been right about satisfaction, but boy was he ever wrong about adoption rates.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 14, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
In an interview, Microsoft phone unit President Andy Lees walks through the changes that Redmond plans to make to bolster Windows Phone 7.
Improvements coming later this year include Twitter integration, a better browser and the ability to do more things at once.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:21 pm PT
All of those tablets rolling out this week means lots of opportunity for chipmaker Nvidia, which used to specialize in graphics, but is now looking to power a whole new class of mobile devices. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang tells Mobilized’s Ina Fried how he sees the market shaking out, and what it means for his company and his competitors. We’ll also be looking for an update on Nvidia’s legal battle with Intel.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 20, 2010 at 5:30 am PT
The Kinect has been an early hit for Microsoft, but an even bigger moment to celebrate will be if the new gaming accessory can help move the Xbox beyond the hard-core gaming-crowd demographic to appeal to a mass audience for general living-room entertainment.
