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Facebook has now lost more than $100 billion in market valuation in the last 10 days, when news reports first surfaced about Cambridge Analytica’s use of user data in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Photo: AFP

Facebook shares tumble as US regulator announces privacy probe

1 min read . 26 Mar 2018

Microsoft, which employs hundreds of people in its display ad business around the world, said those employees would be offered the chance to transfer to AOL and that it was not making any layoffs. Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft hands display ads to AOL, maps to Uber

1 min read . 30 Jun 2015

Microsoft is setting out to take pain out of workplace collaboration with a giant Surface Hub touch screen tailored for brainstorming. Photo: AFP

Microsoft to sell big-screen Surface Hub for up to $20,000

1 min read . 10 Jun 2015

For Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company, there’s a lot at stake this summer as it rolls out Windows 10, the first operating system designed to run on PCs, tablets and phones. Photo: Reuters

Apple, Android app makers cool to Microsoft overtures

5 min read . 20 May 2015

Yelp’s shares were up 15.3% at $44.11 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Yelp exploring sale that could fetch over $3.5 billion: report

1 min read . 09 May 2015

Microsoft is expected to make the announcement at its developer conference in San Francisco later on Wednesday. Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft to allow Android apps on Windows phones: report

1 min read . 29 Apr 2015

Tracking firm App Annie counted 3,061 total apps supporting Apple Watch on Friday. Some 10% were games. Photo: Reuters

Software developers try on Apple Watch, see more apps coming

1 min read . 25 Apr 2015

Apple Watch comes in 38 variations with prices ranging from $349 for the Sport version to $10,000 and more for the gold Edition. Photo: Reuters

Apple Watch goes on sale worldwide amid supply shortage

1 min read . 24 Apr 2015

Total revenue fell to $19.6 billion from $22.2 billion. That was broadly in line with analysts’ average estimate of $19.64 billion. Photo: Reuters

IBM sales fall for 12th quarter, currency weighs

1 min read . 21 Apr 2015

IBM already has an arrangement to work with Apple on numerous enterprise applications, but is extending its co-operation in the area of health. Photo: IBM

IBM launches new health unit, teams up with Apple, J&J, Medtronic

1 min read . 15 Apr 2015

For its first major partnership, IBM said a unit of the Weather Co. will move its weather data services onto IBM’s cloud, so that customers can use the data in tandem with IBM’s analytics tools. Photo: Reuters

IBM says to invest $3 billion in ‘Internet of Things’ unit

1 min read . 31 Mar 2015

The users’ biometric data would be stored locally on the device and kept anonymous to make sure personal data is safe from hackers. Photo: Bloomberg News

Microsoft to offer biometric sign-in for Windows 10

1 min read . 19 Mar 2015

Later, Cortana will be available as a standalone app, usable on phones and tablets powered by Apple Inc.’s iOS and Google Inc.’s Android, people familiar with the project said. Photo: Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Microsoft’s digital assistant to head to Android, Apple devices

3 min read . 14 Mar 2015

Microsoft HoloLens can bring the Minecraft video game, Skype calls and even the landscape of Mars to three-dimensional life. Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft springs hologram surprise, but long way to reality

2 min read . 22 Jan 2015

Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft to give away Windows 10 as a free upgrade

2 min read . 22 Jan 2015

Intel forecast first-quarter revenue of $13.76 billion, plus or minus $500 million, and gross margins of about 60%, far below the 65.4% it reported in the fourth quarter. Photo: Reuters

Intel forecasts disappointing revenue; shares fall

1 min read . 16 Jan 2015

Microsoft plans to publish a fix this week as part of its regular security update, known in the industry as ‘Patch Tuesday.’ Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft, Google tangle over Windows security patch

1 min read . 13 Jan 2015

Windows is still a core part of Microsoft’s business and dominates the desktop computing market with 1.5 billion users. Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft sees autumn release for Windows 10

1 min read . 11 Dec 2014

Xinhua’s article refers only to a company whose name starts with ‘M’, is one of the world’s biggest 500 firms and which established a wholly-owned foreign subsidiary in Beijing in 1995. Microsoft is the only company that fits that description. Photo: Reuters

Microsoft to pay China $140 million for ‘tax evasion’

1 min read . 26 Nov 2014

According to Microsoft’s Azure status page, the problems started around 5pm Pacific time and have still not been fully solved. Photo: AP

Microsoft cloud service partially down, MSN unavailable

1 min read . 19 Nov 2014

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