Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

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 […]... →

Sprout Social is announcing a big Series C round of funding — the company says it has raised $42 million from Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division and New Enterprise Associates. Brands using the company’s tools for monitoring and publishing to social media include Hyatt, Marvel, Microsoft, Uber, Zendesk and Zipcar. It says it’s currently working with more than… Read More... →

AMSTERDAM — That supercomputer in your pocket will soon make Sony’s and Microsoft’s latest home gaming consoles look old and crusty. ARM, the technology design company responsible for the chip architecture in mobile devices, is preparing for another big leap in computational power for smartphones and tablets. At the Casual Connect conference in Amsterdam this week, ARM […]... →

Posted by ksalehWhy do people buy what they buy? Businesses and psychologists have been trying to answer this question for years. Turns out, one big driver for purchasing decisions is social proof. Social proof serves as validation of a product’s quality or value for money. If many people like a product, your customers will assume that it must be good.Savvy e-commerce store owners can increase conversion rates dramatically by leveraging social proof. What is social proof and how can you use it effectively?A... →

Skype for iOS now sports native support for Microsoft Office documents, meaning you can Available in both the iPhone and iPad apps, the Office integration is a natural extension to the existing tie-up between Skype and Office that gives you free video- and voice-calls in Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint. So you could already see […]... →

Mobile messaging giant Line has announced that it’s shuttering MixRadio, the music-streaming service it acquired from Microsoft 14 months ago. MixRadio was initially developed by Nokia way back in 2007, though it has been known under various names over the years, such as Nokia Music and Nokia MixRadio. The service was taken over as part […]... →

Messaging app firm Line bought MixRadio from Microsoft in December 2014 and now, just over a year later, it is closing the music streaming service down after deeming that its business isn’t financially viable. Read More... →

Hulu’s streaming service was already available on nearly all major platforms, including desktop, mobile, tablet, gaming consoles and other TV-connected devices. However, it was lacking support for one major computing platform: Windows 10. That changes today, as Microsoft and Hulu announce a new version of Hulu application, which includes Windows 10 specific features like Live Tiles… Read More... →

Microsoft unveiled its first Lumia phones running Windows 10 back in October, and today it offered up a third and much cheaper variant. Read More... →

Microsoft has launched a new Lumia-branded Windows 10 Mobile smartphone, representing only the fourth device to sport the operating system anywhere in the world. Costing $199 before local taxes and subsidies, the Lumia 650 is available in black or white, and will only be made available in a handful of European markets from February 18. […]... →

GUEST: Ever since Apple’s Siri heralded the age of intelligent assistants (IAs) four years ago — followed by Microsoft, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook — pundits have complained that intelligent assistant technology isn’t living up to its promise. The truth is that innovation in this domain, as in all technological domains, follows a predictable cycle and goes […]... →

Microsoft has patented a “modular computing device” that would enable people to put together the exact PC components they want, which would allow for replacement of certain parts rather than force people to buy entire new computers when they want upgrades. Microsoft applied for the patent in July 2015, and it was published earlier this […]... →

Even Microsoft’s new image recognition app has no idea what kind of dog I have. Oh well! If you don’t own a mixed-breed mutt saved from the kill shelter, however, you might have fun with the company’s latest Microsoft Garage project: Fetch!, a new iPhone app that looks at photos of dogs to identify its breed. Or, in the case when it can’t make an exact match, the app… Read More... →

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