Last week, Microsoft announced that they are now accepting Bitcoins for XBOX and Windows store purchases. This is another great step forward for Bitcoin and other crypto-currency users. I love seeing more avenues open to spend alternative currencies.
“For us, this is about giving people options and helping them do more on their devices and in the cloud,” said Eric Lockard, corporate vice president of Universal Store at Microsoft, in a statement. “The use of digital currencies such as bitcoin, while not yet mainstream, is growing beyond the early enthusiasts. We expect this growth to continue and allowing people to use bitcoin to purchase our products and services now allows us to be at the front edge of that trend.”
Almost a year ago, Google announced it's intention of accepting Bitcoin, but I haven't seen any news since then.