Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Duane Forrester, referred to as the face of Microsoft's search engine, Bing and the Webmaster community, announced on his blog that he is leaving Bing. He was not fired like he was back in October 2014, when Microsoft had mass layoffs and he was on the chopping block...... →

Сегодня, 20 октября 2015 года, стало известно о том, что Yahoo и Google после длительных переговоров заключили новую поисковую сделку. Цель мероприятия – укрепить позиции поисковых систем на Европейском рынке и при этом избежать нарушений антимонопольного законодательства. В октябре 2015 компании достигли договорённости в плане поискового сотрудничества: Google обеспечит Yahoo гораздо большую гибкость в плане предоставления своим клиентам поисковых и рекламных услуг. Поставщиком дополнительных услуг со сто... →

У Yahoo есть действующее соглашение с Microsoft об использовании Bing, но пришедшей из Google Мариссе Майер различными ухищрениями удалось забрать у Microsoft права на 49% трафика.... →

Yahoo! Tests Google Again Back in July we noticed Yahoo! was testing Google-powered search results . From that post... When Yahoo! recently renewed their search deal with Microsoft, Yahoo! was once again allowed to sell their own desktop search ads & they are only required to give 51% of the search volume to Bing. There has been significant speculation as to what Yahoo! would do with the carve out. Would they build their own search technology?... →

Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Mobile preview today. The new build for phones includes support for missed call notifications and sending texts on your PC, Skype integration, as well as improvements to Cortana, the Photo app, and Storage settings. With this build on your phone, Cortana will now notify you on your PC (as […]... →

Yahoo says it will soon be able to choose Google to complete its users’ Internet searches and deliver ads around the search results. Yahoo can also direct its searches to Microsoft Bing, or use its own search engine. It can also send its searches to other third party search engines. Yahoo will use its own discretion […]... →

Microsoft today announced the beginning of a new bug bounty to pay researchers to find security holes in some of the tech giant’s recently open-sourced web development tools. The new program specifically applies to Microsoft’s .NET Core foundational libraries known as CoreFX and the ASP.NET server-side Web app development framework. In a surprising move, Microsoft […]... →

Microsoft today announced that its OneNote notetaking app for iPad can now work with startup FiftyThree’s iOS-centric Pencil stylus, and documents made with Paper notetaking app on iOS can now be sent to OneNote. The news is especially interesting because it shows Microsoft more strongly supporting FiftyThree, which saw Apple announce its own stylus for […]... →

EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft’s got a new Halo coming out soon, and it is celebrating that impending release by spinning some of the shooter franchise’s classic tunes. Halo is getting its own music station on the Dash Radio music app. Dash is a Web-based music site that serves up curated and narrated playlists from some of the world’s […]... →

Microsoft today announced several updates to its efforts to sell Surface devices into enterprises. Microsoft now has more than 5,000 resellers onboard, a few months after the tech giant committed to expanding its sales channel to bring on “a few thousand globally.” Prior to that, Microsoft had a couple hundred Surface resellers. The increase in […]... →

Microsoft is teaming up with Swiss automation technology company ABB to launch a new electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging services platform. With around 140,000 employees globally, Zurich-based ABB is one of the biggest engineering firms in the world. ABB has offered fast-charging stations for electric cars for some time, but the tie-up with Microsoft will see […]... →

In an effort to acquire more Google Apps for Work customers, Google just announced a new promotion that’s a huge shot across Microsoft’s bow. The company says that it will give interested customers access to Google Apps for Work for free, while they’re still under an enterprise agreement (EA) with another provider. While Google didn’t call out Microsoft or IBM by… Read More... →

Компания Parallels, основанная Сергеем Белоусовым, запустила новый проект «Росплатформа». Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант». Целью «Росплатформы» является создание российской облачной платформы, которая заменит решения Microsoft Azure, Amazon Cloud и VMware vCloud. Предполагается, что на реализацию проекта до конца 2016 года потребуется более 1 млрд рублей. Ядром «Росплатформы» станут продукты Parallels Cloud Server, Parallels Automation и виртуальные рабочие столы (VDI). Для «Росплатформы» создается отдельное ... →

Обозреватель vc.ru изучил историю развития сервиса Expedia — от небольшого проекта внутри компании Microsoft до лидера в сфере онлайн-бронирования.... →

Проект "Росплатформа" расчитывает привлечь 1,05 млрд рублей инвестиций и выйти на самоокупаемость к 2018 году.... →

Компания Parallels начала разработку проекта «Росплатформа», который призван стать российским аналогом Microsoft Azure, VMware vCloud и продуктов Amazon. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант».... →

Turns out the Ballmer Peak is real. Shares in Twitter spiked 4.85 percent today, closing at $31.15 per share. Trading above the $30 mark is an important psychological threshold for Twitter. Put another way, as $40 is to Microsoft, $30 is to Twitter. What happened? Former Microsoft CEO and current eccentric sports fan Steve Ballmer announced that he has acquired a 4 percent minority stake in… Read More... →

After a period of being something akin to sold out, pre-orders are back online for Microsoft’s new Surface Book laptop-hybrid, but delays are the name of the game. It seems essentially clear at the moment that Microsoft either underestimated demand for the device, or simply couldn’t make more before it hit the unveil button. The Surface Book starts at $1,499, and has… Read More... →

SAN FRANCISCO – Virtual reality is just a stepping stone for augmented reality. This was a conclusion a group of panelist reached during a breakout session discussion about the future of video games at GamesBeat 2015. Game developers today may still be trying to figure out how best to integrate virtual reality technology to enhance […]... →

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer now owns not only the Los Angeles Clippers, but a big chunk of Twitter as well. Ballmer earlier this morning disclosed that he owned 4% of Twitter in a Tweet. His share purchases apparently came over the course of the past few months. At Twitter’s current valuation of $20.76 billion, that stake is worth around $830 million. Good job… Read More... →