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Microsoft earnings Q3 FY2021: $41.7B in revenue with strong Xbox and Surface growth
Microsoft has announced its third quarter FY2021 earnings, showing strong growth from Azure, Surface hardware, and Xbox gaming.
Today, Microsoft released its quarterly earnings report. During the third quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, it brought in $41.7 billion in revenue, a 19% increase over last year. Operating income was $17 billion, a 31% increase, and net income was $15.5 billion GAAP and $14.8 billion non-GAAP, which is a 44% and 38% increase, respectively.
Microsoft Build 2021 set for May 25-27; registration is now open
Microsoft has announced the dates of its Build 2021 developer conference and opened up registration for the all-digital show.
Today, Microsoft opened up registration for its Build 2021 developer conference. It also confirmed the dates, which are from May 25 through May 27. Once again, the event will be all-virtual, as the Redmond firm promised to only do virtual events through July of this year. That also means that it will be free for everyone.
Microsoft Office and OneNote now available for Amazon Fire OS
Microsoft has announced that its unified Office app and OneNote are now available for Amazon's Fire tablets in the Appstore.
Today, Microsoft announced that it's bringing new Microsoft 365 apps to Amazon's Fire tablets. Specifically, the unified Microsoft Office app and OneNote are making their way to the Appstore.
Parallels Desktop on Chrome OS now supports AMD Ryzen processors
Parallels announced today that its Parallels Desktop software supports AMD Ryzen 3000C processors, allowing you to run Windows on Chrome OS.
Six months ago, Parallels and Google partnered up to bring Parallels Desktop to Chrome OS devices. But while you were able to run Windows in virtualization, the hardware that it ran on was limited. That's being expanded today.
Microsoft can't keep up with Apple's iPad anymore
With Apple putting an M1 processor in its latest iPad Pro tablets, it's becoming clear that Microsoft can't keep up with its Surface PCs.
It was 2010 when Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, a so-called “third device” that sat comfortably between a smartphone and a laptop. Jobs said that in order for that to work, the product needed to be better at some things than its siblings. He used cases like reading as examples, and those use cases were a far cry from today's iPad Pro.
Windows 10 version 20H2 almost as popular as version 2004, according to AdDuplex
AdDuplex's monthly Windows 10 usage report is out, showing that version 20H2 came just a hair short of having more users than version 2004.
Today, AdDuplex released its monthly report on Windows 10 version usage. It's based on the usage of about 5,000 apps in the Microsoft Store that use AdDuplex SDK v.2 and higher. The data was collected on April 26.
Dell's Latitude 7320 Detachable packs 4G LTE, a pen garage, and it's available today
Dell has a new Windows 10 tablet for businesses called the LAtitude 7320 Detachable, complete with 4G LTE, AI features, and more.
Today, Dell is launching its Latitude 7320 Detachable, a new Windows 10 tablet for businesses and aimed at people who are on the go. It weighs in at 1.82 pounds, which is just a touch heavier than one of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablets. It also includes a feature you might have seen on the Surface Pro X: a pen garage in the keyboard.
Surface Laptop 4 ad once again has Microsoft taking shots at Apple
Microsoft has once again published an advertisement positioning its Surface Laptop 4 hardware against Apple's MacBook Air laptop.
Microsoft is once again back with a Surface ad that pokes fun at Apple. The commercial stars the familiar character from the most recent run of Surface ads. This time, it's the brand new Surface Laptop 4 against the MacBook Air.
When can I get Windows 11? Release date and more!
Windows 11 is coming soon, so you might be wondering when the release date will be, and when you can start running it officially.
Microsoft's Windows 11 is official. It's the next generation of Windows and if you're excited about it, you're probably wondering when you can get it. It started rolling out on October 5, 2021, so you can get it now.