Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Google объявил о предстоящем прекращении поддержки Flash в поиске. На веб-страницах, которые содержат Flash-контент, это содержимое будет игнорироваться, а отдельные файлы в формате SWF больше не будут индексироваться. Обновление будет запущено позже в этом году. Google начал индексировать Flash-файлы в 2008 году. Однако поскольку Flash по умолчанию отключен в Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox и Safari, […] Сообщение Google прекращает поддержку Flash в поиске появились сначала на Searchengines.ru.... →

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Компания Perficient Digital выпустила очередную версию своего ежегодного исследования точности цифровых ассистентов – Alexa от Amazon (Echo и Echo Show), Cortana от Microsoft, Assistant от Google (Home и смартфоны) и Siri от Apple. В ходе исследования специалисты проанализировали 5000 запросов на 7 устройствах. По точности ответов среди голосовых помощников по-прежнему лидирует Google Assistant, второе место […] Сообщение Google Assistant остаётся лидером по точности ответов среди голосовых помощников появи... →

The U.S. Department of Defense today announced that Microsoft has won its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, worth up to $10B over a period of ten years. With this, Microsoft will provide infrastructure and platform services for both the Pentagon’s business and mission operations. “The National Defense Strategy dictates that we must improve […]... →

This week, well - this morning - Google announced the biggest change and improvement the company made to search in five-years, they said. It is called BERT and impacts 10% of all queries...... →

In a wide ranging interview with Wall Street Journal global technology editor Jason Dean yesterday, Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield had some strong words regarding Microsoft, saying his company represented an existential threat to the software giant. The interview took place at the WSJ Tech Live event. When Butterfield was asked about a chart […]... →

Microsoft posted quarterly results today that were well ahead of analysts’ expectations, but Azure’s growth rate continues to decline as it competes with AWS. The company’s revenue for the first quarter of the fiscal year rose 14% year-over-year to $33.1 billion. Net income increased 21% to $10.7 billion, or $1.38 per share. Revenue from Microsoft’s […]... →

Microsoft announced this morning that it has redesigned the Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing ads, formerly adCenter) interface. Microsoft said it released a "series of changes to modernize the look, feel, and functionality of our product."... →

Announced this summer at IFA in Berlin, LG’s G8X ThinQ offers yet another take on the folding/dual-screen phenomenon. Rather than the outright foldable display of the Samsung Galaxy or the dual-screen of the forthcoming Microsoft Surface Duo, the device sneaks in additional screen real estate through an accessory. Available here in the States starting November […]... →

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Google нанял на работу бывшего топ-менеджера Microsoft Хавьера Солтеро. Он возглавит подразделение G Suite, которое охватывает такие продукты, как Google Docs, Google Drive и другие. Ранее Солтеро занимал пост вице-президента по разработке голосового помощника Cortana в Microsoft, который покинул в конце прошлого года. До этого он также руководил почтовым сервисом Outlook. Хавьер Солтеро начал работу […] Сообщение G Suite возглавит бывший топ-менеджер Microsoft появились сначала на Searchengines.ru.... →

Google has hired Microsoft’s former Cortana and Outlook VP, Javier Soltero, to head up its productivity and collaboration bundle, G Suite — which includes consumer and business tools such as Gmail, Hangouts, Drive, Google Docs and Sheets. He tweeted the news yesterday, writing: “The opportunity to work with this team on products that have such […]... →

Nvidia is making a hard pitch at this year’s Mobile World Congress Los Angeles that the future of software defined 5G networks should be powered by its chipsets. Through the launch of a new software development toolkit and a series of partnerships announced today with Ericsson (for networking); Microsoft (for its cloud computing); and Red […]... →

Microsoft wants to make it as easy as possible to migrate to Microsoft 365, and today the company announced it had purchased a Canadian startup called Mover to help. The companies did not reveal the acquisition price. Microsoft 365 is the company’s bundle that includes Office 365, Microsoft Teams, security tools and workflow. The idea […]... →

Europe’s chief data protection watchdog has raised concerns over contractual arrangements between Microsoft and the European Union institutions which are making use of its software products and services. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) opened an enquiry into the contractual arrangements between EU institutions and the tech giant this April, following changes to rules governing […]... →

Bob Stutz has had a storied career with enterprise software companies including stints at Siebel Systems, SAP, Microsoft and Salesforce. He announced on Facebook last week that he’s leaving his job as head of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud and heading back to SAP as president of customer experience. Constellation Research founder and principal analyst Ray […]... →

I’ll be the first to admit that when the first generation Surface two-in-one launched, I wasn’t sure this was a device that people actually wanted to use. But Microsoft was clearly on to something, as the proliferation of Surface Pro’s among coffee shop dwellers clearly shows. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced both the seventh generation […]... →

Want to work inside a search engine? Well, this might be your chance. Microsoft is hiring a Program Manager for Bing's core ranking team. The job specifically AI Product Managers, who know a bit about machine learning.... →

The tech world has a lot to offer those with disabilities, but it can be hard to get investors excited about the accessibility space. That's why Microsoft's AI for Accessibility grants are so welcome: equity-free Azure credits and cash for companies looking to adapt AI to the needs of those with disabilities. The company just announced ten more, including education for the blind startup ObjectiveEd.... →

Microsoft today announced two new open-source projects: Dapr, a portable, event-driven runtime that takes some of the complexity out of building microservices, and the Open Application Model (OAM), a specification that allows developers to define the resources their applications need to run on Kubernetes clusters and which Microsoft developed in cooperation with Alibaba Cloud. As […]... →