Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) News: Bill Gates Applaud, Ludicrous Tactics, E3 Spotlight Battle With Sony Corporation (ADR) (SNE) & More

Bill Gates lauds Britain for tackling world hunger (NewIndianExpress)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) founder Bill Gates has praised Britain for tackling child hunger across the world, as the government committed 655 million pounds over the next six years to save millions of kids from malnutrition. The Guardian daily said Gates’s comments came after an announcement by International Development Minister Justine Greening, who said the money would save the lives of 1.7 million children under five years. A recent report by The Lancet said nearly half of the deaths of children under fives – 3.1 million – each year were principally caused by malnutrition.

Microsoft’s dirty PR tactics denied by Reddit (StickSkills)
It’s not crazy to think that a big company like Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) would do anything in its power to halt any sort of negative buzz, even when its chosen tactics seem somewhat ludicrous. Such a thing happened this week when allegations of the company using social media to alter its reputation arose, but those have been quickly denied by social media site Reddit. Earlier this week, there were claims that Microsoft was attempting damage control after the negative outburst in response to the Xbox One.

Microsoft outlines new features of Xbox One controller (EL33TOnline)
One has to hand it to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for not resting on its laurels when it came to designing the Xbox One controller. The Xbox 360’s pad is one of the most popular in videogame history so it would have been easy for Microsoft to make a few tweaks here and there and present a Xbox One controller which didn’t stray too far from the previous model. Instead, the new controller features more than 40 innovations and is the end result of 20 research studies conducted around the world and 200 prototypes!