Only three U.S. companies have ever announced buyback programs bigger than Microsoft's latest - though the new dividend yield is still low relative to those of fellow Dow components Microsoft Corp. is ...

The board of directors also approved a new share repurchase program authorizing up to $60 billion in share repurchases. (FE Online) Microsoft Corp. said that its board of directors declared a ...

The software company has dedicated $1.1 million to programs that develop new uses for the VIrtual Earth and SensorMap applications Microsoft announced $1.1 million in funding for academic research ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Space42 and Microsoft to support the Map Africa Initiative. The ...

The Linux Foundation has partnered with some of the world’s biggest technology companies to develop interoperable and open map data, in what is a clear move to counter Google’s dominance in the ...

Google Maps relabeled the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America, and Apple is doing the same. Apple Maps, Bing Maps and Google Maps have all changed their Maps software and apps to now display Gulf of ...