March 26th, 2013

Microsoft Announces Its Next Build Developer Conference: June 26-28 In San Francisco

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Build is Microsoft’s developer conference for its Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Server and Azure platforms, and the company just announced that Build 2013 will take place June 26-28 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Registration will open Tuesday, April 2, at 9am PT, and early-bird pricing for the first 500 registrants starts at $1,595. As Steve Guggenheimer, Microsoft’s… → Read More

October 30th, 2012

All Microsoft Build Attendees Get Free Surface Tablets, Lumia 920 And 100GB Of SkyDrive Storage

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Just as Google is known for giving away free devices to I/O attendees, Microsoft also used its Build developer conference today to hand out free hardware to all of its Build attendees. Every Build attendees will get a Microsoft Surface RT 32GB with a touch cover. In addition, attendees will also get 100GB of free SkyDrive storage. → Read More

October 30th, 2012

Steve Ballmer: Microsoft Sold 4 Million Windows 8 Upgrades Since Launch, Interest In Windows 8 And Surface Has Been “Stunning”

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At Microsoft’s Build developer conference on the company’s main campus in Redmond, Wash., today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft sold 4 million Windows 8 updates since the operating system went on sale last Friday. In addition, Microsoft noted, the company has shipped “tens of millions of copies” to its partners. Ballmer also cited Staples Mike Edwards, who said that… → Read More