Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) officially ended the sale of the retail copies of its Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems. Microsoft is expected to launch Windows 10 next year. The new operating system combines the features of Windows 7 and Windows 8. The software giant announced its decision to stop selling Windows 7 and…
Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT), once nearly orphaned by investors, has nearly touched its 52-week high. As a matter of fact, make that a 10-year high, for good measure. It has gotten there without a large explosion in new businesses like cloud computing. Much of the rise in revenue and profits has recently come from businesses that…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) shares rallied more than 3 percent on Thursday in extended-hours trading after the world’s largest software company beat expectations and tallied record first-quarter sales, driven by the company’s cloud strength and hardware progress. The Seattle-based company turned in a fiscal first-quarter profit of $4.54 billion, or 54 cents per share, on…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) unveiled its first wearable device called Microsoft Band, which is integrated with ten health and fitness sensors such as heart rate, UV monitor, sleep tracker among others. The Microsoft Band is powered by Microsoft Health and offers hands-free access to the web via Cortana. The Microsoft Band costs $199 and it…
According to knowledgeable sources, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is laying off its entire global advertising sales team. The reduction in force comes as the ad sales positions have become largely redundant as individual divisions are handling their own ad sales today. The sources note the layoffs are coming within the Microsoft Advertising division, and are…
Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has released a new wearable device. It has some features that apparently all such devices need to have, particularly health monitoring. However, the software company is late to the game, even though it released its watch before some competitors. Also, there is reason to think the market for these products is already…
