Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Федеральная налоговая служба (ФНС) поставила Google, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics, футбольный клуб «Челси», Netflix и ещё 12 компаний на учёт для выплаты в России НДС с продажи электронных услуг и товаров («налог на Google»). Об этом пишет «Интерфакс».... →

Более 40 иностранных IT-компаний компаний, включая Google, Apple и Netflix, будут платить «налог на Google» в России. Как заявил руководитель Федеральной налоговой службы Михаил Мишустин на встрече с премьер-министром Дмитрием Медведевым: «На сегодняшний день на соответствующий учет поставлены компании Google, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics, «Челси», Netflix и порядка 39 компаний подали заявления». Налог введен с 1 января в рамках закона, обязывающего иностранные компании, продающие электронный конте... →

По данным Microsoft, за последние два-три года число кибератак выросло в 30-35 раз.... →

Microsoft reported financials for its fiscal second quarter today, posting earnings of $0.83 per share on $26.1 billion in revenue. That compares with Wall Street’s forecast of $0.79 per share on revenue of $25.3 billion for the quarter, and earnings of $0.78 per share on revenue of $25.7 billion a year ago. Read More... →

TechCrunch is pleased to offer Microsoft Accelerator’s London Demo Day today at 4:00 p.m. GMT, 8:00 a.m. PST. The Microsoft Accelerator is a six-month program aimed at helping entrepreneurs scale to global markets. There are seven accelerators located around the world, from Seattle to Beijing, from London to Tel-Aviv. The Microsoft Accelerator in London has a diverse mix of… Read More... →

Издание Business Insider опубликовало материал о том, почему голосовой помощник от Amazon — Echo — удерживает лидерство на рынке ассистентов, какими преимуществами перед ним обладают помощники от Google и Microsoft и каким образом они могут получить свою долю пользователей. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

I always really, really liked the idea of “Snap Mode” on Xbox One. Alas, the feature’s real world execution kinda sucked. It was slow and kludgy to the point that third party apps like Netflix ditched it a few months after launch. Now Microsoft is nixing Snap Mode outright — but will it get a replacement? Read More... →

Satya Nadella is set to join the board of Starbucks. The Microsoft CEO was announced as one of a trio of nominees who, if approved by shareholders, will increase the size of the coffee brand’s board to 14 people. Starbucks said Nadella was put forward for his “invaluable insight in international operations and distribution” and, of course, his potential to strengthen… Read More... →

Microsoft has long positioned its HoloLens augmented reality (AR) helmet as a tool for the enterprise. One of the verticals the company has been especially interested in is construction and late last year, Trimble’s $1,499 SketchUp Viewer became the first commercial HoloLens application for the construction industry in the Windows Store. Since then, Microsoft has partnered with Trimble… Read More... →

Doppler Labs is growing its executive team as it prepares to ship its first major product release. Today, the company announced that Brian Hall, former Corporate VP of Devices at Microsoft, will be joining Doppler Labs as its COO. Hall joins the smart earbud company after 20 years at Microsoft where he was most recently tasked with working on products like the Microsoft Surface, Surface Hub… Read More... →

Microsoft won a narrow victory in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals today, as the court split 4-4 on whether to rehear arguments from the Department of Justice about why it wants to access Microsoft customer data stored on servers in Ireland. The Justice Department and Microsoft have grappled over the issue since 2013, when a New York judge issued a warrant demanding that Microsoft turn… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced Intune for Education, a new tier of its existing enterprise application and device management service that’s specifically meant for school. In addition, the company announced that a number of its partners will soon start shipping a wider variety of affordable Windows 10 PCs. This move comes shortly after Google announced yet another push for its Chromebooks… Read More... →

If you haven’t been following the enterprise space of late, you may well have missed the memo that collaborative white boards are the hot newness. Microsoft has one and Google has one, and really, it was only a matter of time before those stalwarts of workplace hardware Cisco got in on the fun. As its name implies, the Cisco Spark Board is built around the company’s proprietary… Read More... →

Microsoft announced this morning that it has tapped Kevin Scott as its new Chief Technology Officer. The c-level promotion is an expansion of Scott’s current role as Senior Vice President of Infrastructure at LinkedIn, a move designed to “drive strategic, cross-company initiatives” between the business social networking platform and its parent, according to Microsoft. Scott… Read More... →

Illusive Networks, a cybersecurity startup based out of Israel that protects networks by building “deception” frameworks to identify and trap malicious hackers, has added Microsoft Ventures — the software giant’s young investment arm — as its newest strategic investor. In keeping with the startup’s name and purpose in this world, Illusive is not disclosing… Read More... →

Microsoft heads to court Monday morning to defend its right to disclose when the government requests data on its users. The case, known as Microsoft v. Department of Justice began in 2016 when Microsoft sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) to challenge a part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) under which the government serves warrants to tech companies. The lawsuit is… Read More... →

Microsoft собирается ещё раз сократить штат компании по всему миру, на этот раз уволив около 700 человек, пишет Business Insider со ссылкой на собственные источники. Таким образом компания хочет оптимизировать рабочие процессы, указывает издание.... →

After a short preview in September last year, and the small matter of getting acquired for $26.2 billion by Microsoft, today LinkedIn — the social network for the professional world with some 470 million users — is finally unveiling its redesign of its desktop site, complete with a simpler, app-like look; a new messaging experience that appears as a pop-up on the homepage;… Read More... →

Microsoft тестирует возможность запуска голосового помощника Cortana с экрана блокировки Android.... →

Microsoft has been making notable improvements to the experiences on its Twitch competitor, Beam, since it purchased the startup this past August. A major update was just launched globally for the service which highlights a new faster video player, Xbox Live sign-ins, and a redesigned home page that makes the service’s various communities more visible to users. These features had… Read More... →