That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

These 15 free coding classes for kids are available now to help your kids learn skills that are becoming more and more essential in our current times. Knowing even just basic computer programming is ...

Rabbids Coding was designed for gamers aged seven and up. Players select each bit of code from a menu, drag them into the play area, arrange the bits in the right order and then trigger the ...

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

A student completes the Minecraft-themed coding tutorial that Microsoft built with Code.org. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft wants to turn kids’ love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming ...

A new Rabbids game from Ubisoft teaches players the basics of coding for free. Available on Windows via Ubisoft's game store, Uplay, Rabbids Coding teaches sequential programming, loops, and ...

In January 2014, the simple-but-addictive mobile game Flappy Bird was the most-downloaded app from the IOS App store, earning its twenty-something creator a reported $50,000 a day. Those kinds of ...