New Microsoft CEO under Pressure from Investors to Take off Xbox and Bing

Microsoft’s new CEO (with an Indian accent) Satya Nadella is under immense pressure to turn Microsoft around. According to reports from The Washington Post, two influential Microsoft shareholders have been putting pressure on the boss to scuttle the Xbox, Surface, and Bing so as to specialize in what the corporate was built on, selling software to businesses. Windows profits last year were at $9.5 billion, down from $11.6 billion in 2012 and $12.3 billion in 2011, which is attributed to low client sales. Unsold Surface sales also contributed …

Microsoft Reported It’s Strong Final Quarter

On Thursday, Microsoft announced that the company had doubled it’s Surface Tablet sales in the last three months of 2013 and has move around 4 million Xbox One consoles since introducing the next-generation gaming system just before the holiday season. Company sold across 7.4 units of Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles in the holiday quarter, according to the reports. …

Microsoft Powered Up With Bing Voice Search

Microsoft’s answer to Siri, a Bing-powered voice search having Halo’s Cortana’s voice (its character player’s voice). A blog reported that an app referred to as Cortana will arrive on Lumia phones in April, initially as a beta for developers only. According to this blog, the search app will be voiced by Jen Taylor, the actor who plays Cortana in Halo, …