Seattle: Microsoft is launching its own news operation as part of its new-look MSN website when Windows 8 launches later this month.
The world's largest software company is making a "big, multi-million dollar investment" to create a "decent-sized media operation," said Bob Visse, general manager, MSN Product Management Group.
Microsoft sold its 50 per cent stake in news website MSNBC.com in July to longtime partner NBCUniversal, now majority-owned by Comcast.
MSNBC's newsroom at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington is being wound down, while MSN builds up a news team at its nearby Bellevue offices....
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06:46 AM, Oct 02, 2012
Seattle: Microsoft Corp is launching its own news operation as part of its new-look MSN website when Windows 8 launches later this month. The world's largest software company is making a "big, multi-million dollar investment" to create a "decent-sized media operation," said Bob Visse, general manager, MSN Product Management Group. Microsoft sold its 50 per cent stake in news website MSNBC.com in July to longtime partner NBCUniversal, now majority-owned by...
12:26 AM, Oct 02, 2012
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday asked people to stop paying toll tax unless the government explained where the money went, prompting MNS workers to vandalize several toll booths outside Mumbai. Speaking to media persons in Mumbai, Thackeray renewed his attack on the toll collection policy of the Congress-led Maharashtra government and alleged that there was no transparency in the process. "I am not against toll collection. But a...
01:24 AM, Jul 25, 2012
Mumbai: Microsoft has released the official MSN Messenger app for the Window Phone platform. It currently is available only in China region and we are hopeful that it will be released for rest of the world too. The Windows Phone devices did surprise everyone with the lack of any native instant messenger, not even the new LIVE Messenger on the mobile operating system. Now finally the official MSN Messenger has...
11:38 AM, Jul 21, 2012
Los Angeles: NBC News is negotiating to buy Microsoft's portion of MSNBC.com, potentially severing a joint venture that begin nearly 17 years ago. An NBC News spokeswoman said Wednesday by email that "conversations are taking place" but "there is no deal." Microsoft declined to comment. The deal would break up a venture first announced in 1995. Back then, Microsoft Corp. said it would invest $220 million for a 50 per...
10:54 AM, Jul 12, 2012
San Francisco: Microsoft is hooking up MSN.com with a hipper sidekick to broaden its appeal and stay on top of the Internet's hottest topics. The trend-tracking service, called "msnNOW," tunes into the buzz by sifting through millions of Internet searches and links circulating among the hordes on Facebook and Twitter. The chatter is then distilled into the equivalent of a digital water cooler - a place where people can go...
03:31 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Seattle: Microsoft Corp's Hotmail service, the world's most-used online email system, is back to normal operations on Monday after some users over the weekend lost access to emails or found them transferred to a deleted mail folder. The world's largest software company, which has more than 360 million Hotmail users, said it has "restored full email access and recovered content to those who were affected." Microsoft's online message boards and...
06:20 AM, Jan 04, 2011
London: Web giant MSN is facing a barrage of complaints from Hotmail users who claim that some e-mails have been deleted from their accounts. A number of users resorted to forums to vent out their frustration after they logged into their accounts to find empty inboxes and missing folders. It is unclear whether the problem lies with Microsoft, which owns MSN, or whether it is the work of hackers. Some...
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