Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

PlayStation 4 is a dominant sales force, but that doesn’t mean that Microsoft’s console is withering and dying. For every $1 that the average PlayStation 4 owner spent on Ubisoft games in the French publisher’s fiscal third quarter, the average Xbox One gamer spent $1.25 on the same products. This means Ubisoft is seeing a […]... →

Microsoft is giving all sort of goodies to anyone who buys the digital version of Quantum Break, a third-person shooter that allows the player to manipulate time. Digitally preordering the title for Xbox One so will give you a free copy of the PC version of the game. Microsoft also revealed that the PC version […]... →

The classic game Canabalt was originally a Flash game, but it was successful enough that it ended up being ported to the iPhone (Apple’s App Store). The iOS game was open-sourced on GitHub, and now it’s being used to showcase Microsoft’s tools for porting iOS code to the Windows Universal Platform (UWP). David Burela is […]... →

Microsoft today announced that it now has 74 hardware makers in 25 countries that are pre-installing, or will pre-install, Microsoft apps on its Android phones. Apps included in this arrangement include Word, Excel, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Skype, Nick Parker, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s original equipment manufacturer division, wrote in a blog post. […]... →

Microsoft today announced that Skype will be releasing 10 new Mojis — short, small video clips featuring audio — packing musical snippets from former Beatles band member Paul McCartney. This builds on Skype’s introduction of Mojis in September, for which it relied on content from partners like BBC, The Muppets, and Universal Studios. Some of […]... →

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Microsoft today confirmed that it did in fact acquire Groove music app that was available on iOS from the startup Zikera. The news comes several months after Microsoft somewhat mysteriously changed the name of the Xbox Music app to Groove. “Microsoft acquired Zikera’s Groove music app. We have nothing more to share,” a Microsoft spokesperson […]... →

Microsoft today launched a dedicated page for keeping track of Windows 10’s release notes. To see the latest features, improvements, and changes the company has pushed, you can now just visit Windows 10 update history. “After listening to feedback regarding the level of disclosure for Windows 10 updates, we decided to implement a new system […]... →

Publisher Ubisoft is doing one more big test for its online shooter before releasing the final product on the world next month. Tom Clancy’s The Division is getting an open beta test that will launch February 18 for Microsoft’s Xbox One. PlayStation 4 and PC players will get access beginning February 19. This trial period, […]... →

Советник президента крайне недоволен поддержкой санкций против России со стороны Microsoft и Google

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На сайте BeardyCast 4 февраля вышла публикация, посвященная тест-драйву смартфонов Microsoft Lumia. В ней, в частности, говорилось о жестких условиях акции: в случае невозврата устройства после тестирования участник обязан возместить полную стоимость смартфона, а также выплатить штраф в размере, равном его десятикратной стоимости. Эта информация расходится с правилами акции, в которых сказано только о возмещении стоимости гаджета.... →

I am playing Red Dead Redemption on my Xbox One right now. Microsoft has made the Rockstar Western playable on its newest console using its Xbox 360 backward compatibility feature. You can download the game now if you own it digitally (disc doesn’t work yet), and if you jump through a few hoops. Red Dead Redemption […]... →

Microsoft, though its Microsoft Licensing LLC, and GoPro today announced that they have signed a collaborative patent licensing deal for “certain file storage and other system technologies.” “This agreement with GoPro shows the incredible breadth of technology sharing enabled through patent transactions,” said Nick Psyhogeos, president of Microsoft Technology Licensing,… Read More... →

Сергей Васильев, председатель совета директоров «Русских фондов», написал о современно украинском интернет-рынке.  У любого рынка есть костяк, его хребет и скелет. Обычно это – лидеры рынка, которые собирают основную прибыль. Эта прибыль и является источником основного роста. Кто делает основные сделки и покупки в американском интернете?  Это, прежде всего, его основные игроки: Google, Microsoft, Facebook и другие. Они делают и многомиллиардные сделки и покупки поменьше. Они формирует культуру рынка, задают... →

ANALYSIS: The mobile landscape is littered with manufacturers who lost their way, from Palm to BlackBerry to HTC to Danger.... →

Microsoft’s Bing is trying to carve out a niche for itself on mobile by focusing on the types of common searches and information requests people need to access while on the go. To that end, the company this week rolled out new iOS and Android applications with features like a barcode scanner for price comparisons, a tool to find the cheapest nearby gas prices, and, on iOS to start, a… Read More... →

Один из трёх соучредителей компании SwiftKey Крис Хилл-Скотт обменял свою долю на велосипед спустя несколько месяцев после запуска сервиса в 2008 году. 3 февраля 2016 года стало известно, что компанию купила корпорация Microsoft за $250 млн. Разработчик мог заработать на этой сделке $36 млн, пишет The Guardian.... →

Every few months, Microsoft shares Windows Store numbers to help developers figure out what is worth investing their time and energy into. Today, the company unveiled the latest numbers, and for the first time disclosed downloads across all Windows devices and operating systems by category. The conclusion? Unsurprisingly, games dominate. Microsoft also shared that over […]... →

TechCrunch is pleased to host the live video stream of the Microsoft Ventures Tel Aviv Accelerator demo day. Watch the presentations right here starting at 4:00 PM GMT. The event is private so this live stream is the only way for the general public to watch the event. Ten companies will take the stage and present their company to a group of investors. Microsoft Ventures launched in 2013 in a… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced that its Azure IoT Hub — a cloud service for registering, managing, and communicating with Internet-connected devices — will become generally available tomorrow, February 4. Azure IoT Hub is a big part of Azure IoT Suite, a bundle of products that can be used to build and run applications that integrate with […]... →