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SUNDOG: MARKETING + TECHNOLOGY Nokia Uses Gamification To Motivate Windows Phone Developers
Its fun to root for the underdog. Its not as fun to be one. Windows Phone has struggled to capture even a small piece of the mobile phone pie because of a myriad of reasons. Perhaps the biggest proble...
Posted on 12/7/12 at 9:30 AM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! 11 Time Wasters and Movies to Watch
Here are a few oddball and esoteric blogs and a few short movies you may enjoy: A Laker in China, telling the entertaining tale of a Midwesterner teaching English in China. Vintage Ads, which...
Posted on 1/12/10 at 6:00 AM
North Dakota, Microsoft announce alliance to boost tech education 
North Dakota’s governor and Microsoft officials announced a public-private partnership Thursday that a company official said will help narrow the “opportunity gap” for young people who lack access to technology education, especially in rural areas.
By Mike Nowatzki , March 15, 2013
VIDEO: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to speak at Concordia
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates will speak at Concordia College in April, President William Craft announced Wednesday.
By Ryan Johnson , February 27, 2013
NYPD, Microsoft create crime-fighting tech system
A 911 call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly showing officers an interactive map of the neighborhood, footage from nearby security cameras, whether there are high radiation levels and whether any other threats have been made against the city.
By Colleen Long , February 20, 2013
Microsoft could expand Fargo campus by 2015
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Microsoft is going through some growing pains in south Fargo, which could be alleviated with an expansion as early as 2015.
By Erik Burgess , February 17, 2013
Best Buy offers exclusive Windows 8 deals, demos
Confused by Windows 8? Best Buy hopes it can help. The consumer-electronics retailer is hoping to capitalize on the launch of Windows 8.
By Mae Anderson , October 24, 2012
Microsoft honored for green efforts
Microsoft announced Friday that its Fargo campus cafeteria is the first Three Star Certified Green Restaurant in the state.
Dining Services General Manager Jim Normandin is already shooting for that fourth star.
By Wendy Reuer , September 29, 2012
Microsoft Unveils 'Surface' Tablet Computer
Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a tablet computer to compete with Apple's iPad. CEO Steve Ballmer announced the new tablet, calling it part of a "whole new family of devices" the company is developing.
By Ryan Nakashima , June 19, 2012
B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses
An infusion of money from Microsoft Corp. sent Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock zooming Monday, as the software giant established a way to get back into the e-books business.
By Peter Svensson , April 30, 2012
Microsoft exec named to ND Board of Higher Ed
A Microsoft executive and former North Dakota State University football coach has been named to North Dakota's Board of Higher Education. Don Morton will join the board July 1. He'll replace Michael Haugen of Fargo. Haugen is stepping down after serving one four-year term.
By Associated Press , April 24, 2012
Tech companies Google, Microsoft, others team to battle email scams
Fifteen major technology and financial companies have formed an organization to design a system for authenticating emails from legitimate senders and weeding out fakes. The new system is called DMARC — short for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance.
By Barbara Ortutay , January 30, 2012
Microsoft, Hitachi announce joint venture in Fargo
The agreement announced today would establish a technical development center in Fargo. Plans call for the business to start out at the Microsoft campus and eventually move into a new facility.
By Associated Press , December 05, 2011
UPDATE: Bill Gates testifies in $1 billion lawsuit against Microsoft
Microsoft's Windows 95 rollout presented the most challenges in the company's history, leading to several last-minute changes to technical features that would no longer support a rival software maker's word processor, Bill Gates testified today in a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit filed by the creator of WordPerfect.
By Paul Foy , November 21, 2011
Microsoft Corp. marks 10th anniversary in Fargo
The company has scheduled a reception Tuesday afternoon for local business leaders and elected officials. Company officials say about 200 people are scheduled to attend.
By Associated Press , June 07, 2011
Microsoft deal should vastly expand reach of Skype
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker's 36-year history.
By Michael Liedtke and Peter Svensson , May 10, 2011
Nokia, Microsoft in smart phone pact to rival Apple, Google
Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said Friday it plans to use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone software as the main platform for its smart phones in an effort to pull market share away from Apple's iPhone and Android, Google's software for phones and tablets.
By Matti Huuhtanen , February 11, 2011
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