Here are this week’s stock briefings for Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) stocks ended the week at 24.29 (as of 9/3/2010).

Weekly News Roundup: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Tuesday 31 August

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) might be trying to take Google’s position as king of the search hill as it creates a downloadable application for the Google Android mobile phone platform.

The app will be available as a free download for Verizon Wireless users in the Android Marketplace, and will essentially be a mobile version of the company’s Bing search engine.

Wednesday 1 September

State Governor Bob McDonnell announced in a statement that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will spend $499 Million on building the large data center in Mecklenburg County, Southern Virginia. He also added that around 50 people will work at the facility.

Virginia was winning the deal beating North Carolina and Texas.

The latest data center shall be one among the new ’4th generation’ centers.

We will be monitoring the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock price for developments over the next couple of weeks.

Here’s a round-up of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) news stories from this week. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares ended the week at 23.93 (as of 8/27/2010).

Weekly News Roundup: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Tuesday 24 August

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has found innovative way of getting people to use its Bing search engine: by paying to have popular iPhone apps created that allow free music downloads, and, of course, require iPhone users to first download Bing.

Microsoft spokesman Adam Sohn says, “It’s an innovative way that we can introduce ourselves to users of the iPhone platform, encourage downloads of our search app and do it in way that’s fun and engaging.”

Wednesday 25 August

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has taken over Yahoo’s search engine business. The Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Yahoo partnership announced back in 2009 has now come to fruition, with all Yahoo search requests now being processed by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).

The companies are still testing methods of moving Yahoo advertisers to Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) search advertising platform.

Friday 27 August

Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) big Web search project called Bing is now a year old, and despite all the marketing push for the service.

Google is still the reigning champion in terms of market share. Bing has steadily gained market share — up to 12.6 percent this summer, but Google still has 65.8 percent, according to an article from the Motley Fool listing comScore data.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) could see a boost in market share since it recently started handling all of Yahoo’s search capabilities in the U.S. and Canada.

We will continue checking the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock price for developments over the next couple of weeks.

Here’s a round-up of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock briefings from this week. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares ended the week at 24.89 (as of 7/16/2010).

Weekly News Roundup: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Monday

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is teaming up with Fujitsu in a cloud computing venture. The deal will allow Microsoft access to Fujitsu’s data centers and customer base, and Fujitsu will be able to offer Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud-based software, the WSJ says. Fujitsu and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) are planning to announce the deal later this week.

Tuesday

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) had 12.7 percent of the search market in June with its Bing search engine, which has done nothing but gain market share for the past 13 months. In June of 2009, Bing had only 8.4 percent of the market, but now is encroaching on Google’s turf, marking what could be a rise to the top.

Friday

Sales of Microsoft’s XBOX360 sales gained 88% to 451,700 units after the company unveiled its new, slimmed down version of the console. The introduction helped the company inch ahead of Nintendo for the month of June, who sold 422,500 Wii consoles.

It seems that the financial crisis may have affected some elements of the gaming industry, and its fingerprints are still showing in the sales of games. An NPD analyst underlined this fact, saying that sales were more concentrated on the top-selling games.

We will continue checking the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock price for changes over the next couple of weeks.