Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Microsoft announced today that it has purchased Metanautix, a big-data focused startup that came out of stealth in 2014. The company was backed by $7 million in capital, including cash from well-known venture firm Sequoia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to TechCrunch’s prior coverage of Metanautix, the company’s external funding came in majority at the time of… Read More... →

Microsoft today updated the web version of its email client in Office 365, Outlook on the web (formerly Outlook Web App), with address book improvements and flight events in your calendar. The former focuses on learning who you send emails to and helping you avoid mistakes while the latter automatically adds flights to your calendar […]... →

Microsoft has acquired a young Palo Alto startup called Metanautix, a firm specializing in helping large enterprises filter through their hordes of in-house data. Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed Co-founded in 2012 by Theo Vassilakis and Toli Lerios, who had previously worked at Google and Facebook respectively, Metanautix launched in September last year […]... →

Разработчик программного обеспечения Scirra установил в Лондоне рекламный щит, изображение на котором нарисовал сооснователь компании Том Гуллен за 15 минут с помощью Microsoft Paint. Таким образом бренд продвигает свой конструктор двухмерных игр Construct 2 для начинающих игровых разработчиков.... →

Топ-менеджеры Google, Microsoft и Foursquare поделились главными экранами своих телефонов... →

Спортивный агент Джери Магуайер из одноименного фильма после увольнения за критику начальства решает создать свою фирму. Правда, у него всего лишь один клиент – спортсмен Род Тидуэлл, от которого зависит существование всей компании. Но, несмотря на возникающие трудности, Джери продолжает верить и в свои силы, и в Рода. Пусть это и кино, но история Магуайера отлично показывает, что даже когда от тебя почти все отвернулись, не стоит сдаваться – иногда единственный клиент может спасти бизнес. Firrma подготовил... →

Two quick hits from the world of Microsoft before you head off and plunge your upper body in eggnog: A new Windows 10 Mobile build is out for users on both the Fast and Slow rings of the Insider program, and, if you are a regular Windows Phone user running 8.1, you won’t get new code until the new year, a retread of prior timing promises. In sequence, I think. Out today is the… Read More... →

Microsoft Translator, the iOS and Android app which enables people speaking different languages to hold a smartphone-assisted conversation, has been updated to include two-device conversation support for those platforms’ respective smartwatches. Users can now speak into, and read text on, their Apple Watch or Android Wear device, while their companion does the same on the […]... →

Microsoft today announced that it will now ship Windows 10 phones, such as the Lumia 950, with Office Mobile apps preinstalled. The announcement gives phones Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Skype for Business, according to a blog post today from Office corporate vice president Kirk Koenigsbauer. The phones of course feature Windows 10 features […]... →

Remember Microsoft’s Silverlight Flash competitor? Few people probably do (and Microsoft has long given up on it), but for the longest time, you needed Silverlight to watch Netflix in your Firefox browser on Windows. Starting today, however, you can watch Netflix in Firefox on Windows without having to install any plugins. For now, this is only true for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows users… Read More... →

Microsoft has a new app out called ‘Microsoft Apps‘ on Android that contains a list of its Android apps that you can download on the Android app store. There are two parts to this development. The first is that Microsoft’s cross-platform work continues, and that the company has yet to let up an inch on its work to bring its software and services to users on every… Read More... →

With the Microsoft HoloLens, an augmented reality headset, the Redmond-based firm is trying to get developers excited about its potential as early as possible, opening a HoloLens experience section in the company’s new 5th Avenue retail store in Manhattan. The HoloLens isn’t the same as virtual reality platforms like Oculus or the Samsung Gear VR. Instead, the HoloLens projects… Read More... →

Издание Business Insider попросило представителей зарубежной ИТ-индустрии рассказать о том, какие приложения они держат на первом экране своего смартфона и почему. В подборку попали основатель Product Hunt Райан Гувер, генеральный директор Microsoft Сатья Наделла и другие.Редакция vc.ru выбрала несколько интересных моментов из материала.... →

Last month, Microsoft rolled out the first major Windows 10 update for PCs and tablets. Today, the company is detailing one of the security improvements included within: Microsoft SmartScreen can now block drive-by attacks. Microsoft SmartScreen is a security filter that is leveraged by a few of the company’s products, including Internet Explorer and Edge. […]... →

Microsoft today announced that it’s finally providing unlimited storage to people who pay for the OneDrive for Business cloud file sharing service. This fulfills a promise that Microsoft made last year. Once known as SkyDrive Pro, OneDrive for Business unlimited storage will be provided to customers of specific product SKUs: Office 365 Enterprise E3, E4, […]... →

Microsoft today announced the release of a new Windows 10 preview for PCs for people in the fast ring of the Windows Insider Program. There aren’t many obvious changes in this build. But consider it a starting point — Microsoft is committing now to putting out builds more frequently starting in just a couple of […]... →

Microsoft today launched its Skype for Business app for Android out of preview. You can download the new app now directly from Google Play — Android users with Lync 2013 will be automatically updated to the Skype for Business app based on their device settings. Skype for Business arrived in April and got a dedicated […]... →

Remember Danger? The mobile maker Microsoft acquired for $500 million back in 2008 in the hopes of firing up its mobile fortunes? Things didn’t pan out quite so well for Microsoft of course, but Danger co-founder Joe Britt is doing just fine. In fact he’s uncloaking his new startup today — one he’s presumably been ploughing some of his unspent Danger money into. Read More... →

Netflix has launched a new universal app for Windows 10, as the video-streaming giant becomes the latest in a line of companies to embrace Microsoft’s new operating system. Rebuilt from the ground up, the new Netflix app replaces the existing version in the Windows Store and they’re not hugely different at first glance, but it […]... →

Textio CEO Kieran Snyder always loved taking a quantitative approach to how language worked with her studies in linguistics. And when she and her co-founder Jensen Harris were leaving Microsoft to start a new company, it was only natural that it would be centered around language in some way. That’s how Textio, a startup that analyzes text for how well words and phrases perform in… Read More... →