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20:40 11.08.2015

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Microsoft and Yahoo back up $12M round for Unify Square Unify Square closed a $12 million “series B extension” round led by Microsoft. The startups announced today that the round had indicated back […]... →

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20:37 11.08.2015

Checking In On Windows 10

A few points, dear reader, to get ourselves acclimated: Windows 10 landed in the market at the beginning of this month to moderately strong reviews Microsoft is hellbent on attracting a user base for its new operating system quickly A large Windows 10 user install base implies higher rates of app downloads. That makes extant developers happy, and attracts new developers. The more and better… Read More... →

2,277 techcrunch.com

20:04 11.08.2015

Microsoft launches Skype for Business apps for iOS and Android in preview

Microsoft today announced a preview of new iOS and Android apps for Skype for Business, a piece of software that’s meant as a modern-day replacement for Microsoft Lync. Microsoft made Skype for Business generally available in April and released a Skype for Business app for Windows Phone last month. Now the app is becoming available […]... →

4,422 venturebeat.com

18:28 11.08.2015

A Programmer Is Recreating The Classic Game Night Trap In The Browser

Our sister site Engadget has a fun interview with a programmer who is currently porting live action video game Night Trap to the browser using HTML5. Why? Because Night Trap, one of the first video games to use live-action video interspersed with game play, is awesome. The creator, Dave Voyles, is a technical evangelist at Microsoft and he wrote that he relished the challenge of recreating… Read More... →

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18:16 11.08.2015

This Natural Language Interface Aims To Let Anyone Make Animations Jump

UK-based animation tech and post-production effects studio iKinema has been demoing a natural language interface for controlling animations which CEO Alexandre Pechev reckons could prove its worth in a future of virtual and blended reality — assuming wearables like Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens make it big. Read More... →

2,206 techcrunch.com

19:55 10.08.2015

Microsoft updates OneDrive with more Office integration: Get notifications when someone edits your documents

Microsoft today released Shared Folder sync for all OneDrive and OneDrive for Business users. It’s now easier to see when someone edits shared content, collaborate with others on one file or folder, and search within the shared files themselves. The first change, which is rolling out now and will be made available to all in […]... →

2,274 venturebeat.com

19:48 10.08.2015

Microsoft releases free Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2, MinnowBoard Max

Microsoft today announced the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core, the tiny version of Windows designed for sensor-laden Internet-connected devices, for two types of maker-friendly hardware: the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. The preview for the OS, which is now available for free, first came out in late April, at Microsoft’s Build […]... →

2,242 venturebeat.com

19:47 10.08.2015

Windows RT’s Last Hurrah

While the market has known for long seconds that Windows RT is over, it has not been clear where users of operating system would end up in the Windows 10 era. Microsoft’s Gabriel Aul noted about a month ago that RT users would get something, but until recently it wasn’t clear what that something would be. Read More... →

2,218 techcrunch.com

19:26 10.08.2015

Adobe joins Netflix, Microsoft in expanding maternity leave

Adobe is the latest tech company to stretch its paid maternity and paternity leave. Adobe announced today that it’s expanding its paid maternity leave policy to 26 weeks for primary care givers; secondary care givers will be allowed to take a total of 16 weeks. The announcement comes on the heels of Netflix’s recently launched program that offers new moms […]... →

2,129 venturebeat.com

18:01 10.08.2015

Интернет Еды: стейк из коровы с вай-фаем

Microsoft, Fujitsu и другие компании пришли в сельское хозяйство с датчиками и облачными технологиями, чтобы спаривать коров и спасать пчёл от клещей.... →

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01:31 08.08.2015

Microsoft may add North Korea’s new time zone to Windows

Windows could soon start allowing users to live on North Korea time. Hours after the Korean Central News Agency reported that, starting on Aug. 15, North Korea will move to a new time zone — the one it had before coming under Japan’s colonial rule — Microsoft announced that it’s considering the idea of adding […]... →

2,936 venturebeat.com

20:00 07.08.2015

China’s game console problem and where the real opportunity is

Disclosure: The organizers of ChinaJoy paid my way to Shanghai. Our coverage remains objective. SHANGHAI — Xaiofeng Zeng is one of the veteran analysts who studies the Chinese gaming market — and lives in Shanghai. He works as a senior for market researcher Niko Partners, and he recently forecast that the Sony and Microsoft game […]... →

2,286 venturebeat.com

19:45 07.08.2015

This music video is a glorious tribute to Clippy

Clippy is arguably the most beloved and hated animated character that Microsoft has ever come up with. We can’t think of a better way to pay tribute to the little paperclip than a whole music video. That’s exactly what the UK band Delta Heavy has done. Their song Ghost doesn’t mention Clippy by name, but […]... →

2,264 venturebeat.com

16:00 07.08.2015

XBox One NFL app gets Next Generation Stats; Surface Pro 3 coming to teams

Microsoft today is announcing updates to its NFL app for the Xbox One console that will give fans a better sense of what’s happening at games in real life. Meanwhile, on the sidelines, Microsoft said today that it’s outfitting NFL coaches and players with new Surface Pro 3 tablets to replace the Surface Pro 2’s […]... →

2,282 venturebeat.com

00:39 07.08.2015

Microsoft launches its Azure Data Factory integration service out of preview

Microsoft today announced the general availability of Azure Data Factory (ADF), a cloud service for data integration — the process of aggregating data from multiple sources, so that people can analyze it all later. “With ADF, existing data processing services can be composed into data pipelines that are highly available and managed in the cloud,” […]... →

2,653 venturebeat.com

21:02 06.08.2015

Microsoft Launches Open Source Tool To Help iOS Developers Port Their Apps To Windows

At its Build developer conference earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it would soon release tools that would make it easier for iOS and Android developers to take their existing code and port their apps to Windows. The Android version of this, officially named the Windows Bridge for Android, is now in private beta. The iOS version, however — previously known under the… Read More... →

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21:01 06.08.2015

Microsoft open sources Windows Bridge for iOS, one of four tools for building universal Windows apps

Microsoft today open sourced Windows Bridge for iOS (previously known as “Project Islandwood”). The tool isn’t being released yet — that is still slated for later this fall, but Microsoft wants to do the rest of its development “in the open.” More to follow More information: Powered by VBProfiles... →

3,429 venturebeat.com

20:23 06.08.2015

Informatica completes $5.3B deal to go private; CEO Sohaib Abbasi steps down; Microsoft and Salesforce Ventures invest

Publicly traded data integration company Informatica today announced that it has officially sold itself to the Permira funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a deal valued at $5.3 billion. The plan was announced earlier this year. Microsoft and Salesforce Ventures are now strategic investors in the company, according to a statement on the […]... →

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19:31 06.08.2015

Microsoft Outlook For Apple Watch One-Ups Apple’s Native Email Client

Microsoft Outlook is now a fully-featured Apple Watch app. An updated version of the iOS application released today added the new smartwatch functionality, which includes the ability to quickly glance at your inbox from the Apple Watch face, access pre-written replies, emoji and voice dictation, get custom notifications, schedule items for later, and more. The iOS and Android versions of… Read More... →

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19:12 06.08.2015

Microsoft launches Outlook for Apple Watch, OneNote for Android Wear, and Translator for both

Microsoft today launched and updating many of its apps for wearables. The biggest releases are of course the new apps: Outlook for Apple Watch, OneNote for Android Wear, and Microsoft Translator for both Apple Watch and Android Wear. More to follow More information: Powered by VBProfiles... →

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