Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

In July, Microsoft launched Send, a new short-form and lightweight email app. It was only available for Office 365 business and education customers with iPhones, though the company said it would bring the app eventually to Android and Windows Phone users. Microsoft today delivered on half of that promise: You can download Send Beta from […]... →

Microsoft is enhancing the capabilities of its Cortana personal digital assistant within the company’s recently launched Edge browser. Microsoft announced today that it has begun a pilot program to make Cortana automatically show coupons when people visit retailers online in Edge. “This initial release includes coupons for retailers like Staples, Macy’s and Best Buy,” the […]... →

Earlier this summer, Microsoft announced Send, a project for Office 365 users that aims to bring together the best of email and instant messaging. At the time, the service was only available on iPhone, but starting today, Android users will also be able to give it a try. Read More... →

iOS 9 is launching today, and Microsoft’s OneNote team is wasting no time. The company updated OneNote with support for iOS 9, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Handoff, and Spotlight all in one go. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. This is no small update, and Microsoft had to work […]... →

Microsoft объявила о закрытии музыкального проекта Zune, создававшегося для конкуренции с iPod и iTunes, с 15 ноября 2015 года. Сообщение об этом опубликовано на официальном сайте компании.... →

Groove Music, Microsoft’s music-streaming service formerly known as Xbox Music and Zune, is now officially supported by Sonos speakers. Microsoft revealed it was rebranding Xbox Music as Groove Music back in July, at the same time as changing Xbox Video to “Movies & TV,” and both apps were made available soon after in the Windows […]... →

A new music startup has launched with one key raison d’être at its core: to help you learn to play piano. A product of Microsoft Ventures’ Berlin accelerator, Skoove is a personalised music tuition platform that promises “the world’s first truly interactive online piano lessons.” Launching this week in public beta, Skoove is geared towards […]... →

В качестве источника для Mojis выступают видео от Disnet Muppets, Universal Studios, BBC и других, функция доступна в последней версии мессенджера.... →

Skype lets you send files, photos, video messages, emoticons, and even Unicode characters, but not emojis. Instead of doing the logical thing and adding support for emojis, the Microsoft-owned company has decided to create its own “brand new way to express yourself” — Skype today launched a new feature called Skype Mojis, which it describes […]... →

Skype lets you send files, photos, video messages, emoticons, and even Unicode characters, but not emojis. Instead of doing the logical thing and adding support for emoji, the Microsoft-owned company has decided to create its own “brand new way to express yourself” — Skype today launched a new feature called Skype Mojis, which it describes […]... →

Microsoft today announced the availability of a new preview build of Windows 10 Mobile for Windows Insiders. The new update — Build 10536, following Build 10512 from last month — consists mainly of bug fixes, but adds some handy new features, too. An update to the Photos app introduces a folder view that makes it easy to see […]... →

Комиссия Федеральной антимонопольной службы признала действия Google Inc. и Google Ireland ltd. нарушением части 1 статьи 10 закона«О защите конкуренции», сообщает «Интерфакс». В ближайшие 10 дней, ведомство подготовит решение и предписание о прекращении злоупотребления доминирующим положением и отправит сторонам. В феврале ФАС возбудила дело в отношении Google по жалобе российской интернет-компании «Яндекс». «Яндекс» заявил, что американская корпорация диктует свои условия производителям мобильных устройст... →

As expected, Microsoft will host a hardware-focused event on October 6. The company released invites this morning. The shindig may include news concerning the HoloLens ‘nerd helmet,’ the long-expected Surface Pro 4, the Microsoft Band 2, and, of course, new Lumia smartphone handsets1. Here’s an extract from the invite as it came today: The event should give Microsoft a shot… Read More... →

Microsoft today sent out media invites to an October 6 event in NYC. The company says it has “some exciting news to share about Windows 10 devices.” Rumors have been circulating for months that Microsoft plans to unveil new phones (Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL) next month, along with successors to its Surface and Band […]... →

Microsoft has bought Double Labs, a startup that developed Echo Notification Lockscreen, a free lockscreen app for Android. Microsoft confirmed the deal to VentureBeat today following a report on the news from Business Insider. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The startup appears to have been very small. Yin Yin Wu and Xuwen Cao, its […]... →

Cyanogen, the startup behind the Android-based Cyanogen mobile operating system, is working with Microsoft on a major integration of Microsoft’s Cortana personal digital assistant for Cyanogen OS, if a report today is to be believed. But Microsoft wouldn’t confirm the information. Cyanogen is “working with Microsoft to deeply integrate Cortana into the next version of […]... →

After a concerned Windows user wrote in to the Inquirer, reports blew up this week that Microsoft is downloading Windows 10 installation files onto users’ machines without them reserving a copy of the new operating system. We reached out to the company to set the record straight; we confirmed that this occurs merely when Automatic […]... →

Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo can all breathe a sigh of relief. Apple had the living room video game console makers in its gun sights, but it didn’t pull the trigger. True to Steve Jobs’ legendary disdain for games, Apple stopped short of fully endorsing games on its new Apple TV product, and it didn’t load […]... →

На презентации в Сан-Франциско Apple представил новую версию проигрывателя потокового мультимедиа Apple TV, в которую будет интегрирован голосовой помощник Siri. Сейчас этот функционал доступен лишь пользователям смартфонов. После нажатия на кнопку «Siri» на пульте дистанционного управления устройства и фразы «Привет, Siri», пользователи смогут производить поиск по контенту приложений и получать нужную информацию на экране во время просмотра фильма или прослушивания музыки. Во время демонстрации нового фу... →

Microsoft has been granted a patent for technology that converts the 3D scan data collected by the Kinect gaming sensor into a real physical replica of the scanned object. The Kinect has been hugely popular as a gaming interface. It scans, with great accuracy, the movements of a player’s body and translates them into character movements […]... →