Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Поисковая система по-прежнему конкурирует с Google и с 2018 года приносит Microsoft больше $7,5 млрд выручки от рекламы в год.... →

An American giant may have figured out a way to simplify the tedious procedure of issuing driver’s licenses. And an early sneak peek of this solution is now live in parts of India. Hundreds of people who have taken the driver’s license test in Dehradun, the capital of Indian state Uttarakhand near the Himalayan foothills, […]... →

An accidental sweep of the App Store removed over 20 million ratings from the most popular apps — including from well-known brands like Google, Microsoft, Starbucks, Hulu, Nike, and others — as well as from smaller developers. The issue began on October 23, 2019 and wasn’t resolved until yesterday, October 29. Apple hasn’t yet explained […]... →

Microsoft-owned Github has removed the APK of an app for organizing political protests in the autonomous community of Catalonia — acting on a takedown request from Spain’s military police (aka the Guardia Civil). As we reported earlier this month supporters of independence for Catalonia have regrouped under a new banner — calling itself Tsunami Democràtic […]... →

Amazon, Microsoft and Google are often referred to as the Big 3 in the cloud infrastructure market, and if you had any doubt about the growth potential of the cloud, take a look at this quarter’s eye-popping revenue numbers from these three companies, which reached almost $22 billion this earnings’s season. Before we get into […]... →

A year ago, Google rolled out “.new” links that worked like shortcuts to instantly create new Google documents. For example, you could type “doc.new” (without the quotes) to create a new Google Doc or “sheet.new” to create a new spreadsheet. Today, Google is bringing the .new shortcuts to the rest of the web. Now, any […]... →

The DoD JEDI contract saga came to a thrilling conclusion on Friday afternoon, appropriately enough, with one final plot twist. The presumptive favorite, Amazon did not win, stunning many, including likely the company itself. In the end, Microsoft took home the $10 billion prize. This contract was filled with drama from the beginning, given the […]... →

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 […]... →