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17:27 03.02.2016

Index Ventures Has A New, $550 Million Fund, And A New Partner, Too

When the world learned yesterday that keyboard developer Swiftkey is being acquired by Microsoft for $250 million — about 10 times what it raised from investors — it seemed just another success in a string for Index Ventures, the global venture firm with offices in San Francisco, London, and Geneva. Indeed, the now 20-year-old venture firm has had a very good run of things,… Read More... →

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17:00 03.02.2016

Review: Doppler Labs AR Listening System Signals The Future Is Here

For years now, we’ve though of Augmented Reality in the context of our vision — Google Glass started the trend, and the Microsoft HoloLens enforced it. But the folks at Doppler Labs believe the future of augmented reality starts with the ears. It’s Here. The Doppler Labs Here buds, live in-ear audio tuners that let you tune and tweak your own hearing experience, have… Read More... →

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13:16 03.02.2016

Microsoft купила разработчика умной клавиатуры для смартфонов

Сумма сделки составила $250 млн... →

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12:11 03.02.2016

Microsoft confirms it has acquired SwiftKey, creators of the smart keyboard app

After a day of rumors, Microsoft has now confirmed that it has acquired SwiftKey, the London-based company behind the popular predictive keyboard app of the same name. Founded in 2008, SwiftKey developed a solid reputation on Android over a number of years as a replacement keyboard app on phones and tablets. It learns your writing style […]... →

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11:53 03.02.2016

Microsoft выкупила SwiftKey — разработчика альтернативных клавиатур для iOS и Android

Компания SwiftKey, разработчик одноимённых клавиатур для iOS и Android, вошла в состав Microsoft. По данным Financial Times, сумма сделки составила $250 млн.... →

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11:32 03.02.2016

Microsoft Confirms SwiftKey Acquisition (For $250M In Cash)

Microsoft today confirmed that it has acquired SwiftKey — a startup based out of London that makes keyboard apps for Android and iOS devices and is already installed and used on some 300 million devices. The terms of the deal are not being disclosed but sources close to the deal tell us it’s $250 million in cash. The news of the upcoming sale was first broken by the FT last… Read More... →

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02:55 03.02.2016

Watch how Microsoft plans to change the Super Bowl with HoloLens and augmented reality

Augmented reality could change the way humans interface with everything. And Microsoft knows that, for Americans, football is everything. The Windows company released a promotional video today that reveals its vision for how the HoloLens AR head-mounted display might expand the way people enjoy content like professional football. The Super Bowl is Sunday in Silicon Valley, and […]... →

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02:40 03.02.2016

Microsoft Is Acquiring London’s AI-Driven Swiftkey For $250M

Microsoft is understood to be acquiring London-based Swiftkey, the startup which employed artificial intelligence to create a ground-breaking predictive smartphone keyboard, according to sources. The Financial Times is reporting that the deal is “around $250m”. TechCrunch understands the figure is just under that amount. The companies are understood to have been in talks for a… Read More... →

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02:18 03.02.2016

Microsoft has reportedly acquired mobile keyboard company SwiftKey for around $250M

Microsoft has acquired SwiftKey, a company that built an intuitive keyboard for iOS and Android (but not Windows Phone) devices, according to a new report today. Microsoft paid around $250 million to do the deal and is set to announce it later this week, the Financial Times said. SwiftKey announced a $17.5 million funding round […]... →

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02:07 03.02.2016

Here’s What Watching The Super Bowl With Microsoft’s HoloLens Could Look Like

Watching sports could soon be a very different experience — at least if it’s up to Microsoft and the NFL. Before you know it, a holographic player could be charging through your walls and replays could play in 3D on your coffee table. Microsoft today released a new concept for its HoloLens augmented reality goggles that shows off its vision for what the combination of sports and… Read More... →

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22:24 02.02.2016

Microsoft Turns On Yammer For Office 365 Business Customers

Get ready for Yammer, Microsoft announced today – and it’s not kidding. Microsoft said this afternoon it will begin to activate Yammer for all its eligible Office 365 business customers starting today, in what’s a major push for the enterprise social networking service. The rollout will come in waves, beginning with those customers who have a business subscription, and… Read More... →

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20:00 02.02.2016

Microsoft is enabling Yammer by default for all eligible Office 365 commercial customers

Microsoft today is announcing that its Yammer enterprise social network will now be turned on by default for all eligible commercial customers of Office 365 suite of services. Until this point, Office 365 administrators had to set up Yammer in order to allow employees to use the service. Microsoft acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion in […]... →

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19:01 02.02.2016

Zula Pivotes Into ZCast, A Podcasting Platform For The Masses

Mobile collaboration app Zula, co-founded by noted investor Jeff Pulver in 2013, won the Audience award at TC Disrupt a few years ago, and a seed round From Microsoft Ventures. From there things didn’t quite pan out, and now the company has pivoted into a new product that aims to “make podcasting accessible to the masses.” ZCast claims to allow anyone to produce a high… Read More... →

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18:38 02.02.2016

One third of Steam users run Windows 10

Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for January, revealing that more than one in every three gamers on Steam is now using Windows 10. The latest and greatest from Microsoft may have just passed 11 percent market share, but on Steam the adoption rate is already at 34 percent. In its first month, […]... →

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14:11 02.02.2016

Microsoft запустил 5 бесплатных курсов, полезных стартаперам

Как создать свой сайт, приложение, игру, разместить стартап в облаке и монетизировать его... →

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05:04 02.02.2016

Microsoft starts offering Windows 10 as a ‘Recommended Update’

Microsoft has begun to encourage people running Windows 7 and 8.1 users to install Windows 10 as a “Recommended Update” in the Windows Update application. A few months ago Microsoft said that it would start to do this “early” in 2016, and now it’s happening. “As we shared in late October on the Windows Blog, […]... →

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22:25 01.02.2016

Tom Clancy’s The Division is getting an open beta, according to Xbox Italy

Ubisoft isn’t done testing its upcoming online shooter, according to a leak from one of Microsoft’s social-media accounts. Xbox One will get an open beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division starting February 16, according to official Xbox Italy Facebook page (as first caught by Eurogamer). The test will allegedly run through February 21. Unlike the […]... →

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18:47 01.02.2016

Комиссаров, гендиректор «Новых облачных технологий»: На российском рынке софта b2c стремится к исчезающе малой величине

О первых успехах "МойОфис", маркетинге Microsoft, маленьком Google и отличии российского и зарубежного рынков.... →

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17:35 01.02.2016

Windows 10 passes 10% market share, overtakes Windows 8.1 and Windows XP

Six months after its release, Windows 10 has finally passed 10 percent market share. Not only that, but the latest and greatest version from Microsoft has also overtaken Windows 8.1 and Windows XP, according to the latest figures from Net Applications. Windows 10 was installed on over 75 million PCs in its first four weeks, […]... →

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08:11 01.02.2016

Microsoft’s Project Natick brings data centers underwater

Microsoft today unveiled Project Natick, a fascinating research initiative that could bring cloud computing infrastructure closer to big cities near large bodies of water — by putting data centers underwater. Microsoft isn’t running any Web services, like Office 365, through data center infrastructure inside of these capsules. But Microsoft did build one (named Leona Philpot, […]... →

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