... billion. Microsoft was also reported to have spent US$150 million on Osterhout Design Group, a company that develops wearable computing devices. -- Contact the writer at [email protected] JH/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-11
China has approved Microsoft Inc.'s acquisition of Nokia Corp.'s devices and services business subject to certain conditions, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday, citing a Ministry of C ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said China should do more to encourage wealthy Chinese to give to charity and make philanthropy a common practice in the world's most populous country, Reuters reported ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-07
... Inc., or Microsoft Corp.'s €5.4 billion (US$7.5 billion) acquisition of Nokia Corp.'s handset business, months after both deals were approved by antitrust authorities in the United States and the Eur ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
Microsoft Corp. formally launched its public cloud computing service in China Wednesday, Shanghai Daily reported Thursday. The Microsoft Azure cloud service, operated by its local partner, Shanghai-he ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-27
... e between Microsoft Corp. and BesTV New Media Co. Ltd. (600637.CN), had earlier moved into the Shanghai FTZ and is widely tipped to develop Microsoft's games business in China. Another industry giant, ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-24
... ieve that Microsoft (MSFT.US) will make a similar move for its Xbox. Many others are also piling in, including leading TV maker TCL (01070.HK), which is preparing to launch its own gaming console and ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-12
Microsoft China will work with online security service provider Qihoo 360 to offer continued support to mainland users of Windows XP, the Global Times reported Wednesday. Microsoft said support for th ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-12
Microsoft’s plans to retire its Windows XP operating system have raised concerns in China, which has been slow to upgrade its computers, the New York Times reports. Microsoft says it will stop offerin ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-10
... ture with Microsoft Corp. last year to sell the latter's latest Xbox One game console in China, has become a leader in online TV and it may strike more deals with other firms, the report cited industr ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-06
A start-up backed by Microsoft Inc. founder Bill Gates and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has set up a joint venture with an affiliate of Chinese carmaker FAW Group Corp. to help put the start-up's n ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
... y include Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates and Yahoo! Inc co-founder and former chief executive Jerry Yang. It has so far received total funding of US$30 million. Tetrick said the co ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-21
... ents with Microsoft for rights to some Android-related IP. Huawei, meanwhile, is using own technologies, software and chips to power their products. The threat of a patent suit is not such a big conce ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-12
Microsoft Inc.'s appointment of Satya Nadella as its new chief executive brings fresh hopes that the software giant will boost growth in China, the world's largest internet and telecommunications mark ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-07
Chinese television maker TCL Corp. is releasing its first video game console similar to Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox later this year, China Daily reported Tuesday, citing a company executive. The Guangdong- ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-28
... ilarly to Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Xbox and Sony's (Tokyo: 6753) PlayStation. It will also release specialized gaming models, though the reports I read didn't give any further details on what those ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-28
Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android are dominating the smartphone operating system market but Microsoft's Windows Phone (WP) platform is catching up. WP replaced Blackberry as the third largest operating ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-20
... yStation, Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo's Wii will become available in China if their makers establish their business in the zone. Foreign-invested game companies have been locked out of China since 2 ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-08
... isely why Microsoft acquired Nokia last year, Lau and Cheng explain. At present, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android dominate the market for mobile device operating systems, a sector in which the US soft ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-02
E-commerce conglomerate Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will expand its cloud-computing services to overseas markets in March in a challenge to global giants Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., China Dail ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
