Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Yelp будет предоставлять свои данные Sprinklr – компании, которая работает в области социального мониторинга и аналитики. Финансовые условия сделки не раскрывались. Клиентами Sprinklr являются крупные бренды. Например, McDonald's использует Sprinklr, чтобы отслеживать отзывы клиентов по таким платформам, как YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, WeChat и другим. Теперь к их числу присоединится Yelp. Среди клиентов Sprinklr также значатся Microsoft, Samsung и Nike. «Yelp – определённо интересный источник ... →

With each of the six biggest global consumer technology companies now deeply invested and feverishly in development, VR/AR has become too big to fail. Facebook Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR (powered by Oculus), Google Cardboard and its Magic Leap investment (and perhaps even Google Glass’ second coming), Sony PlayStation VR and Microsoft HoloLens are public. And the eventual entry of Apple… Read More... →

After exiting the smartphone market dramatically by selling its mobile making division to Microsoft for $7.2 billion back in 2013, Nokia has hinted it is looking to return to the smartphone business by a different route — taking advantage of a clause in its sale agreement that allows it to use the Nokia brand on handsets again starting from this year. Read More... →

Виртуального ассистента можно отредактировать... →

Компания Microsoft выпустила приложение для написания заметок и рисования Plumbago, предназначенное для планшетов на Windows 8.1 и Windows 10.... →

Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Mobile preview today to match the Windows 10 Mobile release yesterday. The latest build includes improvements to Cortana’s music feature and the Edge browser. Officially, Microsoft plans to roll out Windows 10 Mobile to existing Windows Phone users in Q1 2016. We’ve heard the internal target was February, but […]... →

Giants of the tech world are banding together to found a new group to support the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) industry. The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is touted as an open IoT standards group to unify standards, expedite innovation, and “create IoT solutions and devices that work seamlessly together,” according to a press release. […]... →

Microsoft’s Office suite already has a popular note-taking app with OneNote, but today the company is turning its attention to how note-taking should work on tablets that support stylus and touch-based input. The company has now released Plumbago, a digital notebook application for Windows 8.1 and 10 tablets that allows users to handwrite text, highlight, plus sketch and draw using… Read More... →

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a slew of improvements. The latest build includes tweaks to Cortana’s music feature, the Edge browser, and Skype integration. 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 […]... →

In January, Skype announced it would soon roll out free group video calling to users on mobile devices, including iOS and Android. Today, Microsoft has followed through on that promise. The company says that it has now started to introduced group calling on smartphones and tablets in North America and Western Europe, to be followed by the rest of the world in the weeks ahead. According to a… Read More... →

Minecraft’s getting more content today. Microsoft announced today that the first big update of the year for its block-building game is available now for the Windows 10 and mobile versions. Minecraft, which is on just about every platform imaginable, has sold over 70 million copies (which is why Microsoft bought Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 […]... →

Microsoft today updated Microsoft Translator for Android and iOS. The former has received a new AI-powered translation engine while the latter has gained Optical Character Recognition (OCR) image translation. You can download the latest versions now directly from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. As its name implies, Microsoft Translator is the company’s translation service, […]... →

Skype, Microsoft’s messaging, voice calling, and video calling service, is announcing today that it has begun to roll out free group video calling functionality on iOS and Android devices in North America and Western Europe. The feature, which supports as many as 25 participants at once, should be working in those markets in the next […]... →

Microsoft has announced that its WorldWide Telescope (WWT) project is being offloaded from Microsoft’s research division and onto the American Astronomical Society (ASA), the professional body for astronomers in North America. To recap, WWT began as a research project way back in 2007, and involved Microsoft collaborating with academic institutions to give a “unified contextual […]... →

Ресурс создан на фоне пересмотра партнерских отношений между Microsoft и Yahoo!... →

Microsoft объявил о запуске рекламной сети Bing Network, который знаменует собой прекращение существования Yahoo Bing Network. Новая сеть включает расширенный ряд партнёров, в числе которых значатся AOL, Wall Street Journal и другие, что приносит рекламодателям ещё больше переходов каждый день. Создание Bing Network – это результат новых договорённостей в области поискового сотрудничества между Yahoo и Bing, которые были достигнуты в апреле 2015 года. По условиям первоначальной сделки управление премиум-... →

Microsoft announced today it’s now beginning to roll out its new Office 365-powered version of Outlook.com to all users, following its launch into preview mode last year. Thanks to its deep integration with Microsoft’s Office 365 platform, Outlook users will be able to do things like collaborate on documents sent as email attachments while they reply to messages, share files… Read More... →

Social media engagement startup Sprout Social announced today that it closed a $42 million series C round led by the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. Sprout Social, which offers social media analytics and advocacy to Uber, Marvel, Microsoft, and Zipcar, said the investment will help the “expansion of both its products and customer base.” New Enterprise […]... →

Microsoft is now selling Red Hat Enterprise Linux licenses. Starting today, you will be able to deploy Red Hat Linux Enterprise (RHLE) from the Azure Marketplace and get support for your deployments from both Microsoft and Red Hat. In addition, Microsoft today announced that it is now offering certified Bitnami images in the Azure Marketplace and it now supports Walmart‘s (yes —… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced its massive Outlook.com update first unveiled in May 2015 is now out of preview. There are a ton of new features in this release, and a big change on the back end: Outlook.com is now powered by Office 365. Although Microsoft is removing the preview label today, it is still gradually rolling […]... →