Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Face-swapping — taking your image and adjusting it to fit on to a different body, creature or object — has taken the photo app world by storm, as millions of people look for new and novel things to do with their selfies. Microsoft is the latest company to enter the fray. The company’s in-house app studio Microsoft Garage has quietly launched a new app — the aptly… Read More... →

Microsoft готовит масштабный редизайн Skype. Об этом сообщается в официальном блоге сервиса. Одним из основных нововведений станет запуск функции Highlights, с помощью которой пользователи смогут делиться со своими друзьями самоудаляющимися фото и видео. Такая возможность уже существует в Snapchat, Instagram и Вконтакте. В отличие от этих сервисов, в Skype такие сообщения будут храниться не 24 часа, […]... →

Xbox Game Pass, the all-you-can game monthly subscription service for Xbox One, is now available to anyone who owns the console. The service went live for Xbox Gold members last week, but is now open for anyone who both A) has an Xbox One console and B) wants to plunk down $9.99 per month to access the library of over 100 games, including Xbox 360 and Xbox One titles. Game Pass… Read More... →

Microsoft today launched version 2.0 of what is now called the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit. This open source toolkit, which was previously known as CNTK, is Microsoft’s competitor to similar tools like TensorFlow, Caffe and Torch and while the first version was able to challenge many of its competitors in terms of speed, this second version puts an emphasis on usability (by adding… Read More... →

От легендарной скрепки Microsoft до голосового помощника Google Now.... →

От легендарной скрепки Microsoft до голосового помощника Google Now.... →

The European Commission is trumpeting what it dubs “significant progress” on hate speech takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft vs their performance six months prior. Though it also cautions some challenges remain.  Read More... →

Microsoft today is launching a completely revamped version of its Skype application, with a new set of features that draw obvious inspiration from messaging rivals, like Messenger and Snapchat. Yes, that means Skype now has its own Stories-like feature, which it’s calling Highlights, as well as a redesign that puts the camera only a swipe away from your chats, among other things. The… Read More... →

Тема возобновления работы LinkedIn на территории России может быть поднята ближайшей осенью. Как сообщает РБК, со ссылкой на заявление руководителя ведомства Александра Жарова, к этому времени будет окончательно завершена сделка Microsoft и LinkedIn, и тогда новые владельцы соцсети рассмотрят ее возвращение на российский рынок. «Насколько я знаю, все организационные процедуры будут завершены к осени. И […]... →

Созданная миллиардером Полом Алленом компания Stratolaunch Systems 31 мая впервые вывела из ангара самолёт, предназначенный для доставки ракет на орбиту. Его размах крыльев больше, чем у любого другого воздушного судна, заметили создатели проекта.... →

Microsoft today announced the launch of Draft, a new open-source tool that helps developers streamline the processes of developing container-based applications that are meant to run on Kubernetes clusters. Read More... →

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at Code Conference on Tuesday and talked about why he took a large position in Twitter. “There’s a real opportunity to make that a valuable economic asset,” said Ballmer, defending his decision to invest in what has been a volatile ride for the social media company. He believes in its potential because it “gives people… Read More... →

Инвестиционная компания Columbus Nova Technology Partners, считающаяся проектом миллиардера Виктора Вексельберга, вложилась в стартап Frame. Разработчик платформы виртуализации приложений привлек $16 млн. Также в раунде приняли участие Microsoft Ventures и фонд In-Q-Tel, пишет «Коммерсант». Полученные инвестиции Frame направит на ускорение перехода рынка от виртуализации в локальной среде на собственную облачную платформу компании. На сегодняшний день средства позволят запускать виртуальные приложения и дес... →

Mark Zuckerberg gives this year’s Harvard commencement speech, Uber and Lyft are returning to Austin, Ford has some leadership shake-ups and TC Battlefield company Beam (acquired by Microsoft) is now called Mixer. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

Microsoft’s live-streaming service Beam, which the company acquired last year shortly after it emerged as the winner of the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, is today getting a new name: Mixer. The name is meant to express the way the service brings people together, the team explains, but it’s not the only change rolling out today, as it turns out. Mixer is also launching… Read More... →

Стали известны подробности сделки по продаже разработчика облачных сервисов Grid Dynamics Виктории Лившиц китайской компании Automated Systems Limited (ASL), подконтрольной Beijing Teamsun Technology Co. Ltd. (Teamsun). О сделке Firrma писала в декабре прошлого года.  По данным «Ведомостей», фонд «ВТБ – портфельные инвестиции», созданный с участием капитала Российской венчурной компании (РВК), продал свою долю в компании в размере 22,4% за $29 млн. Общая сумма сделки составляет $128 млн. ASL заплатит $118 м... →

Microsoft today announced that virtually all of its engineers now use the Git version control system to develop its Windows operating system. The Windows Git repository includes about 3.5 million files that weigh in at about 300GB when you check them into Git. Git, however, wasn’t built for a project of this size, so Microsoft developed the Git Virtual File System to be able to get… Read More... →

Xbox One owners get a new reason to fire up their consoles on June 1: Xbox Game Pass, the download service Microsoft created to deliver subscription-based gaming with a library of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games in an all-you-can game model. The service is similar to PlayStation Now, Sony’s PlayStation 4-based equivalent, and also to Nivida’s GeForce NOW streaming service for its… Read More... →

While we wait to get more news on Microsoft closing a reported acquisition of Cloudyn, another report has emerged of one more enterprise startup that the software giant is buying in Israel. Calacalist reported earlier today that Microsoft is paying $100 million to acquire Hexadite, a cybersecurity company that uses AI to sort through and address smaller network attacks — which can… Read More... →

Posted by ronell-smithThat sound you hear is the coming together of MozCon 2017. [You can hear that, right? It's not just me.] With less than two months to go, most of the nuts and bolts of the event have been fastened together to create what looks to be one of the strongest MozCons in history. Yeah, that's saying a lot, but once you've perused the speakers' lineup, we're sure you'll agree. MozCon has a rich tradition of bringing together the best and brightest minds in digital marketing, creating a place f... →