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10 мая 2016 года на конференции для разработчиков Microsoft Build компания представила набор инструментов Azure Batch AI Training для обучения глубоких нейросетевых моделей. Об этом сообщает издание TechCrunch.... →

It’s no secret that today’s conversational assistants leave a lot to be desired. We spend a lot of time talking about how bad they are at hearing what we say and even worse at interpreting it. But one thing that doesn’t get nearly enough attention is the one-directional nature of conversations we have with Siri, Cortana and the rest. These systems don’t know how to… Read More... →

A lot of what Microsoft is showing at its Build conference this week is squarely aimed at developers. But in the barrage of news about Azure, Visual Studio and .NET, the company also showed off a preview of a new add-in for PowerPoint that is aimed at everyday users. The Presentation Translator can automatically provide real-time translated subtitles or translate the text of their actual… Read More... →

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced the launch of Azure Batch AI Training. While that’s a mouthful, the name pretty much tells you what it is: it’s a new service for batch training deep neural networks on the company’s Azure cloud computing platform. This service is now in private preview. It’s unclear when it’ll become available in… Read More... →

As part of its Build developer conference, Microsoft is launching a new program for independent software vendors (ISVs) today that aims to make its Azure platform more attractive to them: if they deploy their applications on Azure and make them available on its AppSource marketplace, Microsoft will allow its users to access them from tools like PowerApps and it’s IFTTT competitor… Read More... →

Earlier this week, Harman Kardon announced the Invoke, its Cortana-enabled Amazon Echo competitor. While Harman Kardon was the first company to integrate Cortana into this kind of device, it’s not going to be the only one for long. As Microsoft announced today, HP has also signed on to build similar devices. Intel, too, is getting into this game and promises to soon launch reference… Read More... →

After a few months in preview form, Visual Studio for Mac is now officially officially available. This version of Microsoft’s flagship development tool is based on the cross-platform IDE from Xamarin, which it acquired last March. Read More... →

While Microsoft’s big Azure database news today is the launch of Cosmos DB, it’s new “planet-scale” distributed database service, there is a good chance that many developers will actually be more interested in a slightly smaller update to Azure’s database portfolio. At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced the launch of Azure Database for MySQL… Read More... →

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft’s Cognitive Services, its platform for making various kinds of machine learning models easily available to developers, is adding four new services to the 25 that were already available. What makes three of these new services stand out is that they are customizable. Traditionally, services like this tend to focus on pre-trained models that give… Read More... →

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft’s Cognitive Services, it’s platform for making various kinds of machine learning models easily available to developers, is adding four new services to the 25 that were already available on the service. What makes three of these new services stand out is that they are customizable. Traditionally, services like this tend to focus on… Read More... →

There’s nothing wrong with tooting your own horn a bit when you hit a number like 500 million, and that’s what Microsoft did this morning to kick off its Build developer conference. That’s the company’s latest count of monthly active devices using Windows 10. Read More... →

“We want this to be the database of the future and to last for many decades to come,” Microsoft’s Dharma Shukla told me when we talked about Cosmos DB, the new globally distributed database the company is launching at its Build developer conference today. Read More... →

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Microsoft is holding its annual Build developer conference this week and the company is kicking off the event with its inaugural keynote this morning. You can watch the live stream right here. The keynote is scheduled to start at 8 am on the West Coast, 11 am on the East Coast, 4 pm in London and 5 pm in Paris. This is a developer conference, so you shouldn’t expect new hardware devices.… Read More... →

Ритейлер «М.Видео» стал партнером корейского разработчика офисного программного обеспечения Hancom Inc. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсантъ» со ссылкой на представителя розничной сети и директора Hancom Group по развитию бизнеса Ди Кей Кима.  Дистрибутором Hancom для совместного проекта с «М.Видео» является «1С-Софтклаб». Hancom реализует пакет услуг Thinkfree Office NEO. В основном это те же продукты, что и в Microsoft Office: программы работы с текстами, таблицами и презентациями. А также встроенный переводчик,... →

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Kat Holmes is the former principal director of Inclusive Design at Microsoft. In our thirteenth episode, we talk about the definition of inclusive design, take an inside look at her “special ops” design unit, and dive into the best method for deploying human-centered design. Read More... →

Microsoft wants in on the Google Home and Amazon Echo party. Harman Kardon makes this Echo-lookalike is made by Harman Kardon and it’s powered by Microsoft’s Cortana voice platform. The device apparently launches this fall and could be officially revealed later this week. Called the Invoke, the product page for the unannounced product was discovered by Thurrott.com before it was… Read More... →

If the Surface Laptop wasn’t enough, Microsoft is going to announce new devices once again at an event later this month. The company’s vice president of devices Panos Panay teased the event in a tweet and Instagram photo. Beside the city and date, the only hint we have is the use of the hashtag “#Surface.” Given that the Surface Laptop is brand new, the Surface Studio… Read More... →

Сооснователь компании Taiga VR Роман Поволоцкий вложится в пять проектов, ставших победителями хакатона «КиберРоссия». Каждый стартап получит до 500 тысяч рублей в течение месяца. Предприниматель, в свою очередь, приобретет доли в компаниях. Размер долей не раскрывается. Победителями хакатона стали:  1. Tilt Shift – образовательный VR-проект для детей, который в игровой форме учит программированию с помощью логических блоков. 2. Команда «Империум» с проектом VR Helper – приложение для реабилитации людей пос... →