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Latest round of job cuts builds on 1,850 layoffs Microsoft announced in May Continuing to tighten its belt, Microsoft plans to get rid of some 2,850 employees this year, according …

In reporting financials from its second fiscal quarter, Microsoft got a big boost from its cloud computing business as its Azure platform and service revenue grew 140% year-over-year. “Businesses everywhere …

The need for an oil and gas solution Oil and gas producers are doing everything they can to grind through a period of historically low per barrel oil prices. The …

The need for an oil and gas solution Oil and gas producers are doing everything they can to grind through a period of historically low per barrel oil prices. The …

IoT developers are now able to create solutions using the collaboration of services between AT&T’s “internet of things” platform and Microsoft’s Azure cloud, analytics and visualization tools. The collaboration is …

IoT developers are now able to create solutions using the collaboration of services between AT&T’s “internet of things” platform and Microsoft’s Azure cloud, analytics and visualization tools. The collaboration is …

So Microsoft is changing direction. It has thrown in the smartphone towel by saying goodbye to Nokia and is now acquiring LinkedIn instead. Will LinkedIn provide growth or will they too struggle …

Nokia has had a long and twisted history in the mobile device space, with its recent reincarnate set to continue that story The Nokia brand has lived a very colorful, …

FutureMobile expects robust participation in the 600 MHz auction, forecasts up to $100 billion in total bids The reverse-auction phase of the 600 megahertz auction (Auction 1001) begins on May 31, …

In a notice to investors sent out on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company will cut 1,850 jobs as the company rethinks its smartphone hardware business unit. The …

Microsoft bought brand in 2013, now Nokia licensing owned by HMD with Foxconn acquiring manufacturing/distribution rights After the Nokia smartphone unit was purchased by Microsoft in 2013, the brand slowly …

Google and Fiat Chrysler self-driving car partnership to double Google’s self-driving car fleet. Fiat Chrysler Automobile announced it was teaming with Google on self-driving technology. It is the first time Google …

Google and Fiat Chrysler self-driving car partnership to double Google’s self-driving car fleet. Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA) has announced it was teaming up with Google on self-driving technology. It is the …

Michigan, home of the traditional automotive industry, is hoping to take the lead on autonomous driving regulation. In the meantime, Microsoft opens its Azure IoT Gateway SDK to public beta; …

Michigan, home of the traditional automotive industry, is hoping to take the lead on autonomous driving regulation. In the meantime, Microsoft opens its Azure IoT Gateway SDK to public beta …

VIENNA, Va.—The tension between Wi-Fi dreams and reality was in play at Wi-Fi Now, as speakers addressed both the rosiest views of the technology and its toughest realities – and …

America needs to ‘up its game,’ Bill Gates writes in op-ed piece In an opinion piece published April 18 by Reuters, Microsoft Co-founder and all around tech luminary Bill Gates …

Verizon Wireless edged T-Mobile in customer care, while questions swirled around T-Mobile’s long-term viability as a lone entity … 11 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes …

Device specifications show continued support for Sprint and T-Mobile LTE networks across 2.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands, respectively; AT&T 2.3 GHz left out Apple’s launch this week of its …

Jim Patterson looks at a trio of headlines set to impact Q1 wireless results This week, we’ll look at three key headlines that will drive first quarter momentum in the …

Apple ‘hacking department,’ Sprint worker complaints … 5 things to know today 1. Apple told a court it has a “compelling interest in not creating” the software the FBI is …

Flash solid state storage is becoming more viable in mobile devices as price per GB continues to fall Let me ask you a critical question: How much storage do you …

VoIP veteran Charlie Vogt sees $40 billion market for video optimization and delivery, partners with HPE Video optimization has received a bad wrap lately, but carriers and other service providers …

Project Natick is Microsoft’s effort to make a more efficient, better located data center under the sea Cloud computing heavyweight Microsoft, looking to boost the operational efficiency of data centers while …

Google Fiber Phone, underwater data center … 5 things to know today … 1. Trusted testers is the name Google gives to its Google Fiber subscribers who are willing to …