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Funky Friday: More than $32 billion in Microsoft stock value wiped out
When it came to Microsoft, it was “sell.” (Credit: Getty Images) The weekend can’t start soon enough for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who watched as investors drove down the company’s stock by more than 11 percent Friday after a disappointing earnings report raised questions about demand for the latest Windows operating system as well as the Surface tablet. The stock finished at $31.40, off $4.04 for the day
Read MoreMicrosoft cuts price on Surface RT tablets by up to 30 percent
Microsoft Surface RT tablet. (Credit: CNET) Microsoft cut the prices on its Surface RT tablets on Sunday by as much as 30 percent as the company tries to boost lackluster sales of the in-house tablets. The software giant’s entry-level 32GB model without a touch keyboard was reduced from $499 to $349, while the 64GB model’s price was also reduced by $150, now selling for $499, a price cut of 25 percent.
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Surface team hard at work on smartwatch prototype
Microsoft has decided that smartwatch production should fall under the auspices of the Surface team, The Verge reported on Monday, citing people who are familiar with Microsoft’s plans. The Xbox accessories team previously was developing a prototype that would come with a heart rate monitor, The Verge claims
Read MoreMicrosoft boosts HomeOS with a new Lab of Things
Microsoft Research is continuing to advance work on its home operating system (HomeOS) project. The latest new component is the addition of a new framework, called the Lab of Things (LOT), which allows researchers to better study connected device usage in homes and other physical spaces
Read MoreMicrosoft goes Moneyball to pummel iPad yet again
Brand symbolism at work. (Credit: Microsoft/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) I had always imagined that most baseball scouts were wizened veterans who had seen it all. I had also imagined they would rather use a handkerchief than a tablet.
Read MoreIs Dropbox cloud storage too expensive?
Dropbox pricing plans. (Credit: Screenshot by Dara Kerr/CNET) As Dropbox hosted its first developer conference on Tuesday, conjuring up images of a future without hard drives and announcing its plans for cloud domination, some users still aren’t happy. Despite people being more or less satisfied with the actual service, many users complain about Dropbox’s pricing
Read MoreFormer Windows chief illustrates Microsoft’s mobile app dilemma
Former Windows President Steven Sinofsky. (Credit: Microsoft) Getting tens of thousands of app developers to focus on anything other than iOS or Android at this point is a significant challenge, according to former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky.
Read MoreRIP, WebTV: Microsoft to shut down MSN TV on Sept. 30
Microsoft’s MSN TV gear. (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft is pulling the plug on MSN TV, a service formerly known as WebTV, as Apple ramps up its set-top box efforts.
Read MoreWhy next-gen consoles won’t run games at 4K
Back in March, Microsoft’s CVP of Marketing and Strategy Yusuf Mehdi told Forbes that the Xbox One would support 4K gaming, saying that there was “no hardware restriction there at all”. However, some testing from AnandTech suggests that while that statement might be technically accurate, whether it’s playable or not might be a different matter. At Computex, AnnadTech’s Ian Cutress got his hands on a 4K monitor and decided to run some gaming benchmarks and see what happened.
Read MoreIs Don Mattrick Zynga’s would-be savior?
Soon-to-be Zynga CEO Don Mattrick and founder Mark Pincus. (Credit: Zynga) Veteran video game executive Don Mattrick faces his toughest level yet
Read MoreMark Pincus: Not only nice guys finish last
Former Zynga CEO Mark Pincus (Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images) A year-and-a-half ago, Marc Andreessen talked up Mark Pincus for a Bloomberg profile on Zynga.
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