Executive claims Surface Phone will be category innovating Microsoft has been rumoured to be working on the Surface Phone for quite some time now,and it is expected to unveil it in early 2017. Now, the company’s Corporate VP of Windows Kevin Gallo has shed some more light on what Microsoft has in mind when it comes to its future smartphone offering – thought to be the much-awaited Surface Phone. Gallo told The Register that the next... 

Microsoft Corp has asked a federal court to throw out a ruling by a US labor board extending the responsibility of companies for contract workers, arguing that the case would have big implications for the technology company. Microsoft goes against US labor board ruling on worker rights An August 2015 decision by the National Labor Relations Board expanded the definition of a “joint employer”, which could require more companies to bargain... 

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) will buy LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, marking CEO Satya Nadella’s first big effort to breathe new life into the software giant’s business-productivity tools. Microsoft to buy LinkedIn By connecting core software like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint with LinkedIn’s network of 433 million professionals, the deal marks a turn for Microsoft, which stumbled in a mobile phone... 

Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) 2016 starts on June 13 in San Francisco, which is tomorrow. The keynote starts at 10.00 am PST, which is around 10.30 pm IST, and Apple will have a live-stream available. WWDC is more about the software side of things, and new hardware is not expected.What’s certain is Apple will give us a preview of iOS 10, OS X, and new versions of Apple Watch and TV OS. Images of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus iOS 10 iPhone... 

In what can be termed as a Christmas battle, Microsoft has beaten Google as the official maps partner for Santa and his reindeer. Microsoft had sealed a collaboration with the Pentagon’s North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which analyzes the skies over Canada and the United States, for the holiday season. “For more than 50 years, NORAD has helped children around the world track Santa during his Christmas journey, and this...