Microsoft (MSFT) Announces IE 11 Updates for August

Android, iOS Continue Smartphone Gains in Q2; Windows Phone Clear Third - IDC (AAPL) (GOOG) (MSFT)

The worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), moving past the 300 million unit mark for the first time in its history. According to final data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 301.3 million smartphones worldwide in 2Q14, up 25.3% from the 240.5 million units shipped in the second quarter of 2013.

The dominant smartphone operating systems (OS), Android and iOS, saw their combined market share swell to 96.4% for the quarter, leaving little space for competitors. Android was the primary driver with... More

Microsoft (MSFT) Beefs-Up Text-Based Content Searches for Bing

Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Principal Development Lead of the Bing Relevance Team, Yan Ke, posted the following to the official Bing blog on Wednesday:

For all kinds of searches, Bing lets you ask a question... More

Microsoft (MSFT) Selects 10 Starups for Home Automation Venture

Corporate Vice President and Chief Evangelist, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Developer Experience and Evangelism, Steven Guggenheimer, posted the following to the Microsoft Ventures blog today:

At Microsoft, we love working with startups and entrepreneurs that are focusing on solving big problems.

In June, at our first Microsoft Ventures Global Startup Day in San Francisco, we announced a partnership with... More

Microsoft (MSFT) Highlights Upcoming Xbox One Features

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) offered the following update on updates for Xbox one, including new social features and format support. The following was posted to the blog Major Nelson early Tuesday:

Ahead of our gamescom briefing live from Cologne, Germany at 2:00 p.m. CEST thats 8:00 a.m. ET and 5:00... More