Bits Blog: Microsoft Names First Female Finance Chief
Microsoft named Amy Hood as its chief financial officer, the first woman to hold the job. She was most recently the chief financial officer of the business division, which oversees Office applications.
Bits Blog: The Flattening of Design
Flat design is becoming the stylistic choice for technology companies, driven partly by the constraints of smartphones and also by a hope to escape the look of digital design.
Bits Blog: The Flattening of Design
Flat design is becoming the stylistic choice for technology companies, driven partly by the constraints of smartphones and also by a hope to escape the look of digital design.
Bits Blog: Why Tim Cook Is Like Steve Ballmer
Apple and Microsoft have posted poor stock performance under their current leaders, despite substantial growth in revenue and profits.
Bits Blog: Microsoft Takes Aim at Amazon With a New Cloud Service
On Tuesday, Microsoft will begin offering a new, more basic cloud computing service that competes directly with Amazon’s similar services. And to make sure it’s taken seriously, Microsoft said it would match Amazon’s prices.
Bits Blog: Where in the World Are Windows Phones Outselling iPhones?
On Wednesday, Microsoft said that Windows Phone was out-shipping Apple’s iPhone in seven countries. Where? Microsoft didn’t say, so Bits asked IDC.
Bits Blog: For Rent: The New Microsoft Office
Microsoft began what it calls a reinvention of its Office product for consumers, one that they subscribe to for a $100 annual fee, rather than buying outright as they have for years.
Bits Blog: How Is Microsoft’s Surface Tablet Doing?
The Surface tablet has been on the market for nearly three months, and analysts say it has not done well.
Bits Blog: SAP Steps on the Gas
SAP, the German business software maker, announced that a fast-growing product called HANA, which radically speeds analysis, will be sold with all of its products.
Bits Blog: ‘Gossip Girl’ Secret: Don’t Google It
Microsoft products, from Bing to Windows phones, have been showing up on “Gossip Girl” as part of a paid sponsorship.
Bits Blog: Microsoft Will Expand Distribution of Surface Tablet
Microsoft will sell its tablet in other retailers’ stores as a way to compete with the iPad.
Bits Blog: With Game Awards Ceremony, Xbox Users to Direct the Show
Microsoft and Spike TV are making a push to make television interactive with the Video Game Awards, an annual ceremony.
