Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Microsoft and Lowe’s today announced a pilot project that will bring Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality visor to a select number of Lowe’s home improvement stores. Using HoloLens, Lowe’s plans to give shoppers the ability to see different design options for their kitchens, countertops, appliances, etc. without having to actually assemble them. Lowe’s will… Read More... →

Microsoft today unveiled its latest partnership around its HoloLens augmented reality headset. Lowe’s, a company with a chain of home improvement stores, will bring HoloLens into some stores in the Seattle area — that is, within driving distance of Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington — and allow shoppers to customize kitchens with holograms. “Lowe’s is […]... →

Extension support has long been one of the weaker features in Microsoft’s browsers. With Edge, the company now offers a new, more modern browser, and starting today, users who signed up for the Windows Insider program can try the first preview release of Edge with support for extensions. This doesn’t come as a complete surprise, of course. Extensions were always on… Read More... →

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with a big focus on Microsoft Edge. The company’s new browser has finally received extension support, arguably the most-requested feature by far. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Microsoft is still building Windows 10, this means Windows Insiders are […]... →

For the past several months, Apple has been working on “Project McQueen,” a plan to become more reliant on its own data center infrastructure and reduce its dependence on public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, a source familiar with the matter tells VentureBeat. Apple isn’t happy with the fact AWS […]... →

Microsoft today finally started rolling out Windows 10 Mobile to 18 devices running Windows Phone 8.1. As we noted, there is a lot to gain by upgrading to Windows 10 Mobile, though some features are dependent on your hardware. But you may also lose some features, according to the Windows 10 specifications page. First of […]... →

As we revealed yesterday, Microsoft today started rolling out Windows 10 Mobile to existing Windows Phone devices. Specifically, Microsoft is starting with the Lumia 435, Lumia 535, Lumia 635 (1GB of RAM), Lumia 640, Lumia 640 XL, Lumia 735, Lumia 830, and Lumia 930. A handful of devices have already shipped with Windows 10 Mobile […]... →

Minecraft in all its blocky glory is setting up shop on mobile virtual reality on the Gear VR. I had a chance to demo the game at an Oculus media event during GDC in SF this week and there was a decent amount of hype surrounding the wildly popular game making its mobile VR debut. Microsoft is already set to launch a version of the game for the Rift sometime this spring. The mobile VR… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced that it is partnering with Dominion Virginia Power and the Commonwealth of Virginia to build a 20 megawatts solar energy plant in Virginia. Microsoft — like its competitors AWS, Google and others — has long been investing in renewable energy projects. Most of these investments focused on powering its data centers. Microsoft’s new deal is… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced that its browsers will stop supporting the RC4 cipher over HTTPS connections next month. The change to Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 will come as part a cumulative security update on the next Patch Tuesday (the second Tuesday of every month): April 12, 2016. RC4 is a stream cipher designed in […]... →

Microsoft wants developers to use Xbox Live to facilitate budding esports and pro-gamer scenes. The company announced today that it is incorporating a new tournaments feature geared toward developers into Xbox Live. Xbox product manager Jason Ronald took the stage at the Game Developers Conference today in San Francisco to detail how Microsoft is working […]... →

EXCLUSIVE: After months of anticipation and a mix of official and internally-communicated delays, Microsoft’s long-awaited Windows 10 Mobile upgrade is on the eve of being deployed. Playing its cards incredibly close to the chest, the company will announce its same-day availability on March 17, according to a person familiar with the company’s plans. As previously reported by […]... →

Everalbum now lets you import photos and videos from more sources to create well-rounded shared albums. The company announced today that it has added support for Microsoft OneDrive, Apple’s iMessage, Amazon Cloud Drive, and Flickr. It has also implemented a feature that lets you opt in to have duplicate photos removed at any time. As […]... →

Bing представил превью-версию новых Bing Search API, предназначенную для разработчиков. Данные API предлагают следующие возможности: поиск по сотням миллиардов веб-страниц, изображений, видео и новостей; доступ к трендовым темам, включая новости, изображения и видео; возможность сортировки найденных фото и видео по размеру, лицензии, стилю и цене. Ниже – пошаговое сравнение функционала, доступного в рамках текущего API, и новой версии: Новые API являются REST API и следуют последним стандартам семантическ... →

Microsoft wants to show you that it can do cover shooting without Epic. Gears of War 4’s beta is coming April 18 for players who qualify for “early access,” according to Microsoft. This is a test of the first new release in the series for the Xbox One and Windows 10, and this early trial […]... →

Microsoft is today announcing updates to its Azure Government public cloud, which is tailored to the needs of government agencies. The most interesting bit of news is that Microsoft will be opening up two new Azure data center regions that are specifically intended for the U.S. Department of Defense, a department that includes the Army, […]... →

Late last year, Microsoft announced that it would start hosting its Azure cloud computing platform and some of its other cloud-based services out of local data centers in both Germany and Canada. Both of these new regions, Azure Canada and Azure Germany are now officially in preview. To ensure data sovereignty in Germany, Microsoft partnered with Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems as its… Read More... →

Salesforce has its fingers in many pies when it comes to tracking customers, customer service and marketing, but up until now it left field service to third parties like ServiceMax. That changed today when the cloud giant announced a new field service product they have dubbed Field Service Lightning. Salesforce licensed parts of their new solution from ClickSoftware for hard bits… Read More... →

In December 2014, Microsoft added Bitcoin as a payment option, courtesy of Bitcoin processor BitPay, for a variety of its gaming and mobile content. On Saturday, a simple message titled “Microsoft Store doesn’t accept Bitcoin” was spotted on Microsoft’s website, and naturally some interpreted that as meaning support for the digital currency had ended. We […]... →

Microsoft pulled the covers off of some holograms that people have made with Actiongram, a tool for creating holographic experiences for the HoloLens augmented reality headset that doesn’t require developers to have a lot of visual effects experience. Microsoft first made mention of Actiongram last month, and the company’s showing off some of the results […]... →