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Microsoft plans to lay off 2,850 employees, adding to previously announced job cuts as it retools its sales operations and dismantles its mobile phone hardware business.
The Wall Street Journal
At Computex last month, Asustek showed Transformer 3, which resembles Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet and runs on Kaby Lake.
PC World
The US government cannot force Microsoft to give authorities access to the firm's servers located in other countries, a court has ruled.
BBC News
Microsoft has confirmed it will close its mobile phone unit in Finland, cutting 1,350 jobs.
BBC News
Microsoft said it will buy LinkedIn in a deal valued at $26.2 billion, giving the world's biggest software provider access to a virtual Rolodex of connected business professionals.
Bloomberg
Nokia isn't going away, and it surely once again deserves the tech world's respect and attention.
BBC News
Xiaomi has agreed to purchase around 1,500 patents from Microsoft in an example of the rising costs facing the Chinese smartphone startup as it expands outside China.
ZDNet
Microsoft will no longer make new Xbox 360 units, the Redmond, Calif.-based firm announced Wednesday. However, it will keep selling existing stock.
Time
Microsoft has said it is to stop manufacturing the XBox 360 games console, 10 years after it launched.
BBC News
25 Mar 2016
The technology market may be rough, but that's not stopping business computing giants from investing in fast-rising startups.
Fortune
A virtual-reality version of Mnecraft will be coming to Samsung's portable VR headset this spring. The Oculus Rift version of Minecraft is also slated for release this spring. The key difference, of course, is the Gear VR only costs $99 compared to the $599 Rift. The Gear VR also only needs a compatible Samsung phone (like the new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge) versus a powerful gaming PC.
Mashable
VR systems were a hot-ticket at this year's CES, and products like the Oculus Rift, Sony's PlayStation VR, Microsoft's HoloLens and HTC's Vive are all expected to ship this year.
PC World
27 Jan 2016
Nagraj Kashyap has agreed to join the venture capital arm of Microsoft, after spending the last 12 years leading Qualcomm Ventures.
Fortune
In Beijing, Microsoft and the Chinese government sign a deal that could bring Windows 10 to government-owned computers.
ZDNet
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Intel and Microsoft are teaming with three leading PC makers on a new ad campaign designed to make potential computer buyers more aware of all the things a modern PC can do.
Recode
23 Sep 2015
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Microsoft has agreed to invest about US$100 million in Uber Technologies at a valuation of approximately US$50 billion, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
Bloomberg
Microsoft reported a $3.2 billion quarterly net loss, its biggest ever, as the company wrote down its Nokia phone business and demand fell for its Windows operating system.
Reuters
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