Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Вице-президент Microsoft по разработке голосового помощника Cortana Хавьер Солтеро (Javier Soltero) покидает компанию. Солтеро работал в Microsoft с 2014 года. Последний пост он занял в марте этого года. Перед тем, как возглавить разработку Cortana, топ-менеджер руководил созданием обновлённых версий почтового клиента Outlook для iOS и Android. В отставку он уйдёт в декабре. Причины его ухода […] Сообщение Глава по разработке голосового помощника Cortana покидает Microsoft появились сначала на Searchengines... →

Grab, the Singapore startup that bought Uber’s Southeast Asia business earlier this year, continues to announce strategic investors for its ongoing Series H funding round. The latest edition revealed today is Korean automotive firm Hyundai, which is investing $250 million. Hyundai first invested in Grab in January, and it joins recently announced investors Microsoft (undisclosed) […]... →

Dropbox has had APIs for years that enable companies to tap into content stored in their repositories, and they have had partnerships with large vendors like Adobe, Google, Autodesk and Microsoft. Today, the company announced Dropbox Extensions to enhance the ability to build workflows and integrations with third party partners. Quentin Clark, SVP of engineering, […]... →

A list of 50-plus companies, including some of tech’s top names, joined forces this week to pen a letter calling out the Trump administration over a reported plan to narrow gender definitions. Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco and more drafted the letter (full text below) in response to a recent New York Times story […]... →

Microsoft today is rolling out a new version of its game streaming service, Mixer, which it’s calling “Season 2” to reflect the fact that the changes are ongoing, not a one-day release. The company says it’s specifically investing in new areas around expression, monetization, and creator communities. The first of these, called Skills, are focused […]... →

Основатель Amazon Джефф Безос установил мировой антирекорд, потеряв $19,2 млрд из-за падения акций Amazon за последние два дня. Акции технологических компаний в США падают с понедельника, индекс Nasdaq Composite пока остановился на самом низком значении с апреля 2018 года, однако акции Amazon падали быстрее остальных. В начале недели компания отчиталась о результатах за 3 квартал и инвесторы были разочарованы как текущими результатами, так и прогнозом по выручке на год в целом. В результате акции Amazon упа... →

Fresh a strategic investment from Microsoft, Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing leader Grab is back in the money again after it closed $200 million in fresh capital from Booking Holdings, the travel firm formerly known as Priceline. The investment is part of an ongoing round of funding that Grab said is on course to reach $3 billion […]... →

Эксперты обнаружили новый способ заражения компьютеров пользователей через видео, встроенные в файлы Microsoft Word.  Как сообщается на сайте исследовательской компании Cymulate, хакеры вставляют в текст видео, взятое с любого интернет-ресурса, затем редактируют файл document.xml и заменяют ссылку на видео на вредоносный код.  Специалистам Cymulate удалось самостоятельно создать такой зараженный файл. По их словам, изменить параметр embeddedHtml внутри XML-файла оказалось несложно. Дополнительная опасность ... →

At a price typically reserved for semiconductor companies, telecoms, and pharmaceutical giants, IBM announced today it would pay a record $34 billion in cash and debt to acquire enterprise open source provider Red Hat. Ecclipsing Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, this is the biggest software acquisition in history. It’s not the biggest tech acquisition […]... →

The Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract bidding process has drawn a lot of attention. Earlier this month, Google withdrew, claiming ethical considerations. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos responded in an interview at Wired25 that he thinks that it’s a mistake for big tech companies to turn their back on the US military. Microsoft president Brad Smith agrees. […]... →

After getting EU approval a week ago, today Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub, the Git-based code sharing and collaboration service with 31 million developers, has officially closed. The Redmond, WA-based software behemoth first said it would acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock in June of this year. The acquisition is yet another sign of how Microsoft […]... →

More than half a year after splitting from a long time role at Microsoft, former Windows and Device EVP Terry Myerson is finally ready to talk about his future. In a blog post this morning, the executive discussed what he’s been up to for the past several months (running, learning the piano, strengthening personal relationships, […]... →

The Israeli cybersecurity venture studio Team8 has raised $85 million in new financing from a clutch of new and returning strategic investors including Walmart, Airbus, SoftBank, and Microsoft’s investment arm, M-12. The studio’s plans to raise a larger fund were first reported by PEHub in May. Team8 has long believed that by combining the strengths and security […]... →

The Trump administration has a major ask to make of big tech companies. In a meeting at the White House today, officials will ask Amazon, Microsoft, Google and IBM, among others, to make it easier for employees to do stints in the government. It’s a heavy lift, of course, asking well-compensated workers to take time […]... →

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Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Git-based code sharing and collaboration service, GitHub, has been given an unconditional greenlight from European Union regulators. The software giant announced its intention to bag GitHub back in June, saying it would shell out $7.5 billion in stock to do so. At the time it also pledged: “GitHub will retain its […]... →

The team behind mileage-tracking app MileIQ, a company Microsoft acquired a few years ago, is out with a new application. This time, the focus isn’t on tracking miles, but rather expenses. The new app, simply called “Spend,” arrived on the App Store on Thursday, offering automatic expense tracking for work reimbursement purposes or for taxes. […]... →

Стоимость подписки на персональный и домашний Office 365 c 2015 по 2018-й год выросла на 75%.... →

For the longest time, GitHub was all about storing source code and sharing it either with the rest of the world or your colleagues. Today, the company, which is in the process of being acquired by Microsoft, is taking a step in a different but related direction by launching GitHub Actions. Actions allow developers to […]... →

Билл Гейтс считает, что без его старого и дорогого друга не было бы персональных компьютеров.... →