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  • Blog Post: Microsoft, Fashion and Technology

    One of the most fun parts of my role at Microsoft is exploring trends in technology and the role Microsoft is playing. In the past on this blog I have talked about trends such as Natural User Interface . Over the past year, the convergence of fashion and technology is a trend on the rise. There...
    on7 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: Silicon Valley Roundup: Microsoft Hosts Churchill Club Forum on Startups

    With easier access to funding, technology and mentorship, the barrier to launching a startup has never been lower. However, creating a successful company and breaking through the noise has grown infinitely harder. Last Wednesday, Microsoft hosted the Churchill Club, Silicon Valley’s premier business...
    on3 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Introducing the 2012 Global Microsoft Next Winners

    Innovation runs through everything we do at Microsoft. That’s why I’m delighted to announce the 2012 winners of Microsoft Next. When I launched this global competition last year, I wanted it to demonstrate the impact that innovative people throughout the company are having on our customers...
    on2 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: The Midweek Download: March 14th Edition–More on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, an Inside Look at Beamatron, plus Microsoft Research, IE10 & Windows Phone

    In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on the Windows 8 consumer preview, Microsoft Research, Internet Explorer 10, Windows Phone and Windows Azure. Don’t miss any of them! Web browsing in Windows 8 Consumer Preview with IE10. “We have considerably improved the...
    on14 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: The Magic Behind the Curtain: Celebrating Microsoft Research’s 20th Anniversary

    September 2011 marks the 20 th anniversary of Microsoft Research (MSR). To celebrate the occasion, MSR is hosting a day of conversations at many Microsoft research labs around the globe to discuss the key technology trends—like natural user interface , “big data,” and machine learning—that...
    on27 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Association for Computing Machinery CEO John White: Finding Tomorrow’s Tech Superstars at Imagine Cup

    Just in case you missed it, the Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals are now under way in New York City. Recently, the Official Microsoft Blog had the chance to catch up with Dr. John White, Executive Director and CEO of the New York City-based Association for Computing Machinery , the world’s...
    on11 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: It’s Teacher Appreciation Month – THANK YOU, teachers!

    Today marks the start of Teacher Appreciation Month in the U.S. and here at Microsoft, we’re pausing to celebrate the great work of teachers around the world. Somewhere today, a person is teaching a future leader to read. Another person is putting a stethoscope in the hands of a future chief...
    on1 May 2011

  • Blog Post: Meet Microsoft’s Next Generation of Innovators

    From creating an online platform through Azure that helps ease the devastation caused by floods in Australia, to using Windows Live to create a band, to helping develop the next generation of teachers in the Middle East, to charting the future of advertising across multiple screens, people are doing...
    on20 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: Imagine Cup Attracts Student Innovators from Historically Black Colleges for the First Time

    The spring finalists for the U.S. Imagine Cup 2011 competition were announced Wednesday. It is exciting that this year’s competition has featured the most diverse collection of students in its nine-year history. While the number of participants in the Imagine Cup grows each year, this year is...
    on24 Mar 2011

  • Blog Post: Imagine Changing the World

    That’s the challenge facing hundreds of thousands of students from all over the globe who are entering the Imagine Cup competition. Open to students worldwide, the Microsoft’s Imagine Cup challenges them to solve real problems that face the world today. Now in its 9th year, the Imagine Cup...
    on3 Mar 2011

  • Blog Post: Weekend Reading: New Year’s Eve Edition

    With the end of 2010 right around the corner, this edition of Weekend Reading focuses on the year that was and the year that could be, along with an interesting story about how the fiber-optic market has finally come full circle a decade after the telecom depression of the early 2000s. Without further...
    on31 Dec 2010

  • Blog Post: Inspiration in Africa – 2010 Worldwide Innovative Teacher Awards announced

    The Partners in Learning Worldwide Innovation Education Forum in Cape Town is a celebration of all the incredible teachers and education leaders. Throughout our week in Cape Town there were so many inspirational and thought provoking moments. The stakes are high for students around the world today...
    on1 Nov 2010

  • Blog Post: Talk to Me

    My last two posts on LightSpace and More Like Us talked about the future direction for natural user interfaces (NUI), but there are plenty of examples of NUI products in the marketplace today, like Windows Phone 7, which launched this week. NUI is way more than just touch and gestures — context...
    on15 Oct 2010

  • Blog Post: This Week At Microsoft - Great Financial News, Kinect, Cloud and More.

    It has been a busy week for Microsoft, but quiet here on the blog – that’s because it has also been Microsoft’s annual sales and marketing meeting, MGX, in Atlanta. Nevertheless there has been plenty of interesting news. The headline is Microsoft’s earnings announcement , beating...
    on23 Jul 2010

  • Blog Post: A Perspective on Openness

    Earlier today I spoke about “openness” at the USI Conference in Paris. The conference was organized around four themes: innovation, sustainability, openness and value. I was a little surprised when the conference organizers asked me to speak on the “open” topic. After all, there...
    on2 Jul 2010

  • Blog Post: IP Ventures Helps a Dublin Financial Startup

    In 2008, the financial markets changed fundamentally and completely. The causes will be debated and they of course predate the collapse. But there is no argument that the summer of 2008 is when the market certainties that had prevailed since 1945 evaporated. Patrick Brazel ...
    on22 Jun 2010

  • Blog Post: Beyond Beta: Microsoft Tag Takes Off

    Eighteen months ago we launched Microsoft Tag , our mobile barcode technology. Since then more than 1 billion Tags have been printed by people and businesses all over the world. In the month of April alone, more than 20 million magazines with Tags were in the hands of U.S. consumers. Today we’re...
    on27 May 2010

  • Blog Post: Modeling the World

    Technology is transforming our ability to measure, monitor and model how the world behaves. This has profound implications for scientific research and can transform the way we tackle global challenges such as health care and climate change. This transformation also will have a huge impact on engineering...
    on16 May 2010

  • Blog Post: Innovation and Analytics

    Innovation and analytics often are seen as opposing concepts. Many argue that innovation –which is often glorified as a moment of genius – cannot be reduced to a set of processes. Or even worse, to a set of metrics. I will be talking about this concept during several upcoming events. I’ll be speaking...
    on11 May 2010

  • Blog Post: Creation Through Collaboration: Microsoft Research Silicon Valley TechFair

    Today, we’re hosting the Microsoft Research Silicon Valley TechFair. It’s a showcase for research projects from our Silicon Valley lab , as well as selected projects from Microsoft Research facilities in Redmond, Wash ., and Beijing . Silicon Valley is perhaps the most widely recognized center...
    on6 May 2010

  • Blog Post: Preparing Students Today for Their World Tomorrow

    Students always have been important to Microsoft —after all, Bill Gates was a student when he founded Microsoft 35 years ago. The enthusiasm and limitless imaginations of young people have inspired, created and shaped many new products. I’m general manager of Microsoft’s Education Products Group...
    on27 Apr 2010

  • Blog Post: Windows Embedded Business: Aligning Handheld Terminals and Ruggedized Devices

    Sooner or later, we’re all asked: “What do you do for a living?” And it isn’t always easy to answer. My official title is senior product manager at Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Business . Seems pretty generic, right? Maybe not. The fact is, my team and I oversee software platforms that you see...
    on7 Apr 2010

  • Blog Post: Helping Teachers Save Time with New Classroom Technology

    At the core of student success are teachers. However, teachers today are being asked to do more with less, and are continually looking for ways to more effectively help students learn. As the GM of Microsoft’s Education group I spend time in schools and universities, and with teachers and faculty. I...
    on5 Apr 2010

  • Blog Post: Remembering Ed Roberts

    Ed Roberts, a very special man and personal computing pioneer, passed away on April 1. The following joint statement was issued today by Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen on the death of Ed Roberts, and posted to the Gates Notes Web site. We are deeply saddened by the passing of our...
    on1 Apr 2010

  • Blog Post: Microsoft in the Automotive Infotainment Driver’s Seat

    What does a 16,000-pound semi-trailer truck have in common with a 315-horsepower Ford Mustang GT? When you talk, both vehicles listen. Last week, Ford Motor Co. announced that Ford SYNC, powered by Microsoft, has been installed in 2 million vehicles . This comes only 10 months after Ford delivered...
    on30 Mar 2010
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