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In this digital age, it is not uncommon to see a child with a smart device in his hands, absorbed in playing the latest game. But in August, at the 2014 Microsoft Kodu Summer Camp sponsored by Microsoft Taiwan and the American Innovation Center (AIC), children aged 9-12 got behind the screen to develop...

From L-R: Hadi Partovi, co-founder of Code.org; Erik Martin, general manager of Reddit, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, with Jennifer Tang and Jarrel Seah of Team Eyenaemia Winners of the Microsoft Imagine Cup , the company’s premier competition for student technologists, developers and aspiring...

Kicking off with a blast on 21 April, the Asia Pacific Week of Code witnessed thousands of youth attending events and activities. Part of Microsoft YouthSpark ’s #WeSpeakCode campaign, the Asia Pacific Week of Code encourages youth to learn basic coding skills so they can be equipped for the modern...

There are nearly 3.5 billion people speaking more than 2000 languages in Asia Pacific. Can you imagine if there was a common language that could unite this diverse region and open doors to opportunities? Through our YouthSpark programme, Microsoft is challenging youth across Asia Pacific to do...

We Speak Code. Do you? As part of Microsoft's global YouthSpark Initiative, and with celebrities around Asia showing their support for more young people to learn to code in school, we are proud to present a Week of Code to encourage everyone to try their first Hour of Code at code.org . It's...

With our world getting more virtualised and the proliferation of new technologies providing instant mobility, it is commonplace today to see children as young as six years old clacking away on a computer or surfing the Internet with a smartphone in hand. In Taiwan, 90 percent of children aged six to...

Taiwan’s high youth unemployment rate is a cause for worry for many, especially after it hit 14.1 percent in August. Microsoft Taiwan ’s YouthSpark launch event in October came at the right time. The event promoted free programmes for youth to acquire skills that the market demands, and reinforced...

Since its launch in September 2012, Microsoft Taiwan ’s GIRLS Power Up internship programme has been steadily picking up momentum in helping bring young and aspiring businesswomen in Taiwan another step closer to becoming entrepreneurs. The first internship programme for female college students...

Microsoft Taiwan teamed up with a leading Taiwanese non-profit organization, Child Welfare League Foundation (CWLF), to conduct a survey among children to discover the threat of potential Internet risks. Results of the survey were unveiled on 12 July 2011 during a press conference that was attended by...

From showcasing the use of technology and supporting philanthropic activities to unlocking the potential of game applications as advanced learning tools, student teams from Asia put up a strong showing at the 11th Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals where 87 student teams from 71 countries competed for fame...