Sources: C-Net
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority approves Microsoft's takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. 2023-10-13
Chinese IT company ByteDance agrees to divest from the U.S. branch of TikTok, in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to ban the app within the country. If the deal is approved, Microsoft will handle the app's personal data rather than ByteDance, averting a main source of contention with U.S. officials. 2020-08-1
Amazon files a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense for awarding a US$10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft. The company had previously accused the Department of bias in their decision, given CEO Jeff Bezos has been a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump. 2019-11-22
Microsoft announces that it is acquiring code repository GitHub for US$7.5 billion in stock, pending regulatory review. 2018-06-4
Microsoft announces another 7,800 job cuts primarily in its struggling phone division acquired from Nokia. 2015-07-8
Microsoft announces its upcoming Windows 10 consumer version preview for January 21. 2014-12-12
Microsoft agrees to buy Swedish company Mojang, the makers of Minecraft, for US$2.5 billion. 2014-09-15
The U.S. Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence reach a preliminary joint agreement, likely resolving a lawsuit with the major American Internet provider companies (Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, and LinkedIn), about the information the companies can release to customers regarding requests by the intelligence agencies for information. 2014-01-27
The smartphone wars are re-ignited, as Rockstar Consortium, a company owned by companies including Apple and Microsoft, starts wide-ranging legal action against Google, Samsung, and other makers of Android phones. 2013-11-1
Microsoft launches two new mobile phones marketed to young people. The phones, the Kin One and Kin Two, are built around their social networking features. 2010-04-12