Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

HP today unveiled the Elite x2 1012, a new two-in-one tablet that looks a lot like the recently announced $799 Spectre x2 tablet but is designed for people working at big companies. It’s HP’s clearest answer yet to Microsoft’s Surface line, which now has more than 5,000 resellers. The base model of the new HP […]... →

Герой сериала «Кремниевая долина», основатель стартапа Pied Piper Ричард Хендрикс каждый день сталкивается с новыми препятствиями: вначале он не знает продать ли свою идею или взять деньги инвестора и самому строить компанию, затем как управлять командой, привлекать новых людей и так далее. Одним из испытаний становится выступление на финале конференции Techcrunch Disrupt. Ричард и вся команда уверенны, что они обречены на провал, так как их алгоритм сжатия еще не  совсем готов. И в последний момент, в ночь... →

Герой сериала «Кремниевая долина», основатель стартапа Pied Piper Ричард Хендрикс каждый день сталкивается с новыми препятствиями: вначале он не знает продать ли свою идею или взять деньги инвестора и самому строить компанию, затем как управлять командой, привлекать новых людей и так далее. Одним из испытаний становится выступление на финале конференции Techcrunch Disrupt. Ричард и вся команда уверенны, что они обречены на провал, так как их алгоритм сжатия еще не  совсем готов. И в последний момент, в ночь... →

Microsoft полностью переработал приложение Bing для iPhone. В новой версии появился раздел местной информации «Near me» и глубокие ссылки на установленные на смартфоне приложения. Нововведения призваны обогатить опыт пользователей. Обновлённое приложение пока доступно лишь для жителей США. На главном экране приложения теперь расположены кнопки для быстрого поиска. Нажатие на кнопку «Near me» покажет магазины, мероприятия, рестораны поблизости и другую местную информацию. Ещё одним заметным изменением стал... →

Microsoft sill stop supporting Windows 10 IoT Core — the version of Windows designed for Internet-connected devices — on Intel’s low-cost Galileo boards on November 30. Designed with the maker community in mind, Intel’s Arduino-compatible Galileo boards ship with Intel Quark SoC X1000 chips. Intel and Microsoft are traditionally closely aligned, but on these boards […]... →

Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Mobile preview today. Like the last one, there are no new features in this new build for phones, as the company is preparing for the mobile operating system’s launch. Microsoft calls this a “really great build.” That said, there is an issue for those who installed the previous build […]... →

Quick hit here, comrades: Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Mobile version today, build 10581. Now, this new edition is for subscribers of the Windows Insider program in the ‘Fast’ ring, so it’s not for everyone. At the same time, any new build is welcome in the mobile Windows world. So, what is new? Improved communications for one. According to Microsoft’s Nerd… Read More... →

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its 501(k) approval to Reflexion Health for its Vera system. What makes this so noteworthy is that the company is using Microsoft’s Kinect sensor to aid in physical therapy. “We are thrilled to be one of a growing number of digital medicine companies to […]... →

Microsoft today is unveiling a redesign of its Bing app for the iPhone for people in the U.S. The new version puts local attractions front and center in a prominent Near Me section, and deep links into content in other apps provide users with a richer experience. Like the old app, you can use your […]... →

In addition to all the Visual Studio news announced at its Connect(); 2015 event, Microsoft today also launched Microsoft Graph, which gives applications access to digital work and digital life data across the Microsoft cloud. Put another way, developers can now leverage data, intelligence, and APIs with a single authorization token. If this sounds familiar, […]... →

Microsoft today announced a large number of updates to its developer and DevOps tools and services at its Connect conference in New York. These range for a new free program for developers who are just getting started, all the way to a new subscription service, a marketplace for extensions, updates to .NET, and the renaming of Visual Studio Online. This is the first major dev tools update… Read More... →

Microsoft today unleashed a torrent of news at its Connect(); 2015 developer event in New York City. The company open-sourced Visual Studio Code, launched a free Visual Studio Dev Essentials program, pushed out .NET Core 5 and ASP.NET 5 release candidates, unveiled Visual Studio cloud subscriptions, debuted the Visual Studio Marketplace, and a lot more. […]... →

Microsoft is livestreaming its big developer event today and tomorrow in New York City: the very nerdy-named Connect(); 2015. If you’re not in NYC on November 18 or November 19, don’t worry, you can watch it right here. Mitra Azizirad, Microsoft’s general manager of developer platform and sales, promised VentureBeat that the event would cement […]... →

Satya Nadella came to Washington, DC this morning, and delivered The Microsoft State of Security address, laying out Microsoft’s security vision and all of the tools and technologies that entails. Speaking at the Microsoft Government Cloud Forum, he articulated the company vision. Key to this was not only finding ways to secure the key elements of the Microsoft ecosystem —… Read More... →

Microsoft has laid out plans to bolster enterprise security and help its customers “evolve their security” for what it calls the “mobile-first, cloud-first world.” Talking at the Microsoft Government Cloud Forum in Washington, D.C., today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discussed Microsoft’s “new approach” to security, while addressing many facets of the problem it and other […]... →

Hootsuite has further integrated its social media management platform with Microsoft’s suite of products. Starting today, data will be shared between Hootsuite and Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM, SharePoint, and Yammer. The expectation is that team members will not longer have access to this data in a silo, but can make use of real-time conversations to enhance […]... →

Microsoft wants to pique the curiosity of future-gazing sci-fi fans with a new book of short stories inspired by the company’s early-stage research work. Available as an e-book for Kindle, Kobo, iBooks, among other popular e-reading platforms, “Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Stories Inspired by Microsoft” is a compendium of stories covering machine learning, quantum […]... →

ANALYSIS: News broke today that Rdio is effectively shutting down: The 5-year-old company is filing for bankruptcy and competitor Pandora is swooping in to buy “key assets” for $75 million. It’s a sad day, but anyone who has been watching the online music market knows that it was inevitable. Indeed, Rdio never disclosed user numbers, and […]... →

In a stunner today, Microsoft Corporate VP Bob Stutz reportedly stepped down from his job running Microsoft Dynamics CRM. MSDynamicsWorld broke the story, but R Ray Wang, who is principal at Constellation Research confirms that Stutz texted him this afternoon with the news. The memo went out today at 4 pm and Jujhar Singh, who has been a key player on the team, will be taking over for Stutz. Read More... →

If voice-based assistants are to become the primary way we interact with our devices now and in the future, then Google has just upped the ante in the battle between its own voice search functionality and that of rival mobile assistants like Apple’s Siri or Microsoft’s Cortana. While Google’s app has historically done a better job at understanding its users and answering… Read More... →