Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

The just announced HP Chromebook 13 is a new take on the hardware side of Chrome OS — a premium system, with some specs reminiscent of Chrome OS laptops, but with the ultrabook spice seen on the market from Apple and Microsoft. Its construction consists of pressed aluminum frame with plastic accents and keys, and definitely comes across as a more premium product than the everyday… Read More... →

Xamarin, the cross-platform development platform Microsoft recently acquired, is holding its annual developer conference today. No developer conference would be complete without a large number of announcements and Xamarin — almost as if to show that the Microsoft acquisition hasn’t stalled its momentum — is launching updates to almost all of the core features of its… Read More... →

«Если вы постоянно вертитесь в этой индустрии, то хотите вы того или нет, но начинаете замечать определённые тренды и тенденции. Мне кажется, что за виртуальной реальностью кроется действительно огромный потенциал» — слова создателя игр Doom и Quake, а также сооснователя Oculus VR Джона Кармака, как нельзя лучше описывают будущее виртуальной реальности.Эксперты считают, что к 2020 году индустрия виртуальной реальности будет оцениваться в $30 млрд и сейчас VR движется туда огромными шагами. При поддержке ком... →

Twist Bioscience, a startup making and using synthetic DNA to store digital data, just struck a contract with Microsoft and the University of Washington to encode vast amounts of information on synthetic genes. Big data means business and the company able to gather a lot of it is very valuable to investors and stockholders. But that data needs to be stored somewhere and can cost a lot for… Read More... →

Соучредитель Microsoft поделился мыслями об образовательном потенциале чат-ботов... →

Microsoft announced this morning the launch of Skype for Business for Mac Preview  – the business-focused version of Skype’s communications services aimed at a commercial client base. I.T. administrators and individuals can sign up to test the new desktop software, which introduces features like Outlook integration, additional security, and calls that allow for up to 250 people… Read More... →

There are dozens of task-management and to-do apps in the market today, with some like Any.do, Wunderlist (now owned by Microsoft) and Todoist already used by tens of millions of people to organise their lives and coordinate that with people they know. Now, make way for a new one called WeDo, whose developers believe it can do things better for a wider market of people. Launching… Read More... →

Пользователи сервиса вопросов и ответов Quora обсудили худшие решения основателя Microsoft Билла Гейтса в качестве генерального директора компании. На ситуацию обратило внимание издание Business Insider.... →

Adobe is launching an update to its Document Cloud service today that will bring support for both Box and Microsoft OneDrive to the company’s PDF-centric digital document solution. Adobe previously announced a similar partnership with Dropbox. Thanks to this partnership, Document Cloud users will now be able to use tools like Adobe Sign, the company’s e-sign solution, with… Read More... →

Microsoft has released a next-word predicting keyboard as an iOS app as it seeks to tap into the popularity of the latter’s mobile ecosystem in the hopes of expanding its influence in the mobile productivity space. Read More... →

Облачные услуги показали самый большой рост продаж... →

В российском финале международного конкурса технологических проектов Imagine Cup 2016 объявлены победители в трех категориях: «Инновации», «Социальные проекты» и «Игры». Всего в финал конкурса было подано 200 заявок, из которых было представлено 20 команд. В категории «Инновации» победил смоленский проект Women’s Health, который использует смартфон и носимый датчик температуры для отслеживания параметров женского здоровья и репродуктивных циклов.  Второе место досталось московской команде Yado  – социальная... →

Без «помощи» Еврокомиссии Microsoft зарабатывал на классическом Android и поддерживал «собственный» Cyanogen, поэтому потеря интереса к проблемам «Яндекса» на Android выглядит логично.... →

It’s going to be a good Friday for those testing the latest releases of the Windows 10 operating system, as Microsoft is today rolling out a new build of its PC and mobile OS which will allow users to try the newly announced Windows Ink experience for the first time. Windows Ink, announced at the Build 2016 event last month, offers improved pen support for Windows 10 PCs, including… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced earnings for its third financial quarter of 2016. The company reported non-GAAP revenue of $22.1 billion for the last quarter and $0.62 of adjusted earnings per share (EPS) and $0.47 GAAP EPS. Wall Street expected Microsoft to report an EPS of $0.64 on revenue of just under $22.1 billion. Microsoft’s own guidance for the quarter was for revenue to be… Read More... →

Бывший главный редактор издания Wired Кевин Келли опубликовал материал, посвящённый устройствам виртуальной и дополненной реальности и одному из самых загадочных стартапов Кремниевой долины — Magic Leap. Келли порассуждал о том, в каком состоянии находится индустрия, каковы её перспективы и какие вопросы стоят перед предпринимателями в этой отрасли.Редакция vc.ru выбрала наиболее интересные моменты из материала.... →

At Microsoft’s annual BUILD conference in March, the company announced its plans to bring bots to Skype and other communications platforms, including Slack, Outlook, LINE, and elsewhere. Today, the company says Skype bots have rolled out in “preview” to two additional platforms: Mac and Skype on the web. The bots were already live on mobile, including iPhone, iPad and… Read More... →

Azure Container Service, Microsoft’s container scheduling and orchestration service for its Azure cloud computing service, is now generally available. The service, which allows its users to choose either Mesosphere’s Data Center Operating System (DC/OS) or Docker’s Swarm and Compose to deploy and orchestrate their containers, was first announced in September 2015 and hit… Read More... →

Many of the world’s legendary tech companies got started just as the public markets were cooling off; Microsoft, Apple, HP, IBM, Oracle, FedEx, etc. The most recent case in point is the startup class of 2008 – 2009: Dropbox, Airbnb, Pinterest, Uber and Tiny Speck (Slack) all got their early funding in those dismal years. And, while not everyone agrees that there is a massive… Read More... →

Mike Vernal, a Facebook VP who has spent the last eight-plus years at the company, most recently leading its search, profile, local, and developer platform product groups, is leaving the company to become a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital. Before joining Facebook, Vernal spent nearly six years at Microsoft, first as a product manager as later as a development lead. The Harvard grad… Read More... →