Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Sony and Microsoft went into the gift-giving holiday battle armed with deals and bundles, but only one console could come out on top. PlayStation 4 sold better than Xbox One in November. Here’s the full statement from Sony marketing boss Eric Lempel: “PlayStation 4 is the top selling console in the United States during the month […]... →

Microsoft usually decides which games it will make next by asking its own game developers. But today, the company’s Microsoft Casual Games division said it will ask fans what games they want the division to make next. It’s not just a focus group. Rather, Microsoft is going to take votes and tally them up. The […]... →

Elastic announced today that it was deepening its relationship with Microsoft by adding its open source and commercial products to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Elastic (which used to be known as ElasticSearch) has been working with Microsoft for some time. It runs search on MSN.com, is embedded in Microsoft Dynamics CRM and also built into the Azure framework. With today’s… Read More... →

The adoption of carrier billing got another boost today when Microsoft announced it had partnered with Sprint and San Francisco-based Boku to enable U.S. customers to make purchases from the Windows Store. While Windows phones are still struggling to gain traction, it’s notable that customers will be able to use carrier billing to make purchases […]... →

Microsoft is introducing a handful of new features to its Microsoft Band wearable, and will now let you control your music, receive activity reminders, and more. First announced in early October, the $249 Microsoft Band 2 is a follow-up to the original incarnation launched a year earlier. Featuring a curved display, the second version offered […]... →

SnapLogic, a company that helps connect data from legacy applications to the cloud or to a centralized internal data lake, announced a $37.5 million round today. Investors include Microsoft and Silver Lake Waterman, the growth capital arm of Silver Lake along with existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners and Triangle Peak Partners. Today’s investment brings the total… Read More... →

Предприниматель и основатель корпорации Microsoft Билл Гейтс опубликовал на своём сайте список лучших книг, которые он прочёл в 2015 году.... →

Microsoft объявил о запуске приложений голосового помощника Cortana для iOS и Android. Обе версии пока доступны лишь пользователям в США и Китае. Microsoft также выпустил приложение Cortana для Cyanogen – мобильной операционной системы, разработанной на базе кода Android. Функционал помощника для сторонних платформ ограничен по сравнению с версией для Windows. В частности, пользователи не смогут выполнить ряд команд, которые предлагают Siri на устройствах iOS и Google Now на Android. Прогнозный функционал ... →

В России индустрия технологий глубоко уязвима: большинство стартапов и солидных игроков рынка не в состоянии полноценно использовать свою интеллектуальную собственность.... →

Блог-клиент Windows Live Writer получил новую жизнь в виде утилиты с открытым исходным кодом Open Live Writer. Инструмент Редактор блогов Windows Live (Windows Live Writer) впервые был выпущен в 2007 году в составе пакета Windows Essentials. Приложение позволяет настраивать блог, создавать записи, а также добавлять ним фотографии, видео и карты. Редактор блогов можно использовать со многими популярными платформами для ведения блогов, такими как WordPress, Blogger, TypePad и Livejournal. Несмотря на то, что... →

Posted by ZoompfWith the release of Windows 10, the general public can now use Microsoft Edge, Microsoft's new flagship web browser. Microsoft is striking out in new directions with Edge — they're deprecating Internet Explorer for all modern platforms. Such a drastic change is rare in the web development world, so it makes sense to take a moment to understand what this change means. In this article, we'll discuss Microsoft Edge and see how it removes many of the annoying issues of cross-browser development,... →

Microsoft today announced that it has released a fork of the Windows Live Writer software for creating and posting blogs under an open-source MIT license. Microsoft engineers no longer actively develop Windows Live Writer, so Microsoft volunteers elected to make it freely available for anyone to download and even build on. Windows Live Writer first […]... →

According to a report by Forbes, the under-the-radar but much discussed startup is raising a $827 million C round of funding. Magic Leap’s product seems to be a cross between Microsoft HoloLens and the Oculus Rift, shown here in this demo from October: However, it was this demo back in March that got people pretty stoked about the company: This brings Magic Leap’s funding to… Read More... →

Uber today launched its first desktop app. Windows 10 users can now hail a ride using the on-demand car service from their computer. But the app is dead on arrival because the experience is seriously flawed from the get-go. “You will still need a phone to complete the ride,” Microsoft said. To be clear, Uber […]... →

Before making any changes to your account on XboxLive.com, double check to ensure you’re not on a fake site meant to steal your data. Microsoft has warned today (first reported by ZDnet) that it has “inadvertently disclosed” the security certificate for its Xbox Live website. This means that cyberattackers could duplicate an Xbox Live website without […]... →

Microsoft has officially launched Cortana for Android and iOS — but only in the U.S. and China. The computing giant first revealed plans to introduce its Windows Siri-like digital assistant to other mobile platforms back in May — the Android public beta kicked off in August followed by a limited beta rollout on iOS last […]... →

ANALYSIS: It’s no secret that Microsoft is struggling in the mobile space. Ever since its strategic 2010 reboot, wherein it scrapped its legacy Windows Mobile platform for the incompatible Windows Phone — in the face of unprecedented competition from Apple’s popular iPhone (not to mention Android) — the company has failed to gain anything close to […]... →

Microsoft has launched the new Windows 10 Lumia 550, a $139 LTE smartphone that sports a 4.7” HD display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 (1.1 GHz quad-core) processor. First announced back in October, the Lumia 550 is only available in Europe from today, but Microsoft says that it be arriving in other regions globally “in […]... →

На конференции JSConf Microsoft объявил о решении перевести JavaScript-движок Chakra, используемый в браузерах Microsoft Edge и Internet Explorer, в разряд открытых проектов. Открытая версия получит название ChakraCore и будет опубликована на GitHub в январе 2016 года. Изначально она будет поддерживать только работу на Windows, но в будущем получит поддержку и других платформ. Chakra Core – современный многопоточный JavaScript-движок, который включает парсер, интерпретатор, генератор байткода, JIT-компиля... →

Here’s hoping you had a happy turkey day! I’m sure by now that your refrigerator is cleared of leftovers, right? We took a break last week, so this week we’re rounding up two weeks in one! In our title story, Microsoft has announced big plans for Bing in the future. We’ll also visit search competitor Yandex and touch on some new features they introduced to their webmasters last week. In... [Read More...] The post Ante Up – Microsoft Goes “All In on Search”: Weekly Forum Roundup appeared first on Internet Ma... →