Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Oculus VR chief technology officer John Carmack was desperate to get the block-building open-world game Minecraft into virtual reality, but it took a lot of effort and a meeting between two of the most powerful people in tech to make that happen. At the Oculus Connect developer conference in Hollywood today, Carmack explained that, for him, […]... →

Microsoft is beefing up the security capability of Windows 10 IoT Core, the compact version of Windows intended for Internet-connected devices. Microsoft’s Bitlocker data encryption technology and its Secure Boot system for only supporting trusted software will both appear in in an upcoming release of the operating system, Microsoft announced today. “By building this into […]... →

Microsoft today launched a new standalone app for scheduling meetings called Invite. Available only for iPhone users in the U.S. and Canada for now, you can download Invite now directly from Apple’s App Store. Here is how it works. First you suggest times that work for you, and then invite attendees to vote. You can […]... →

Yes, you can place blocks in virtual reality. Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition is going to support Oculus Rift, we learned today at Oculus Connect in Los Angeles. Founder Palmer Luckey of Oculus VR announced that Microsoft will bring its block-building phenomenon will support the head-mounted display when it launches in Q1 of 2016. This is a […]... →

Shanghai-based workplace collaboration platform Teambition announced this week that it has raised $12 million in Series B funding from investors including NLVC, IDG, Vangoo Capital, and Gobi Partners. Teambition is an online platform that allows for workplace collaboration on things like events, tasks, posts, and cloud-based file libraries. Immediate comparisons that come to mind include Planner, Asana, Basecamp, Wunderlist, Trello, […]... →

Российский стартап LifeFilm и проект Proveyourskillz, запущенный российской командой на Мальте, прошли отбор в акселератор Bolt, который располагается в испанской Малаге. Об этом Firrma сообщили представители стартапов. LifeFilm получил от акселератора $25 тысяч в обмен на 4% стартапа. По словам сооснователя проекта Рустама Салаватова, деньги пойдут на инкорпорацию в Малаге и на проживание там. Стартап Proveyourskillz получит льготы на сервисы Paypal, Microsoft Azure и Amazon, которые по словам основателя, ... →

Microsoft отказалась от Bing и распространяет операционку для китайцев через проверенный властями Китая канал Baidu "Windows 10 Express", а не международный.... →

Российский разработчик программного обеспечения для виртуализации Parallels планирует продать часть своего бизнеса, ориентированную на корпоративных пользователей. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости» со ссылкой на источник, знакомый с членом совета директоров компании.  Подробности потенциальной сделки не раскрываются. По данным издания, сделка планируется с бизнесом Odin, который выпускает продукты для конечного пользователя. Потенциальным покупателями могут выступить IT-дистрибутор Ingram Micro, который уже явля... →

В Китае Baidu стал поисковой системой и главной страницей по умолчанию в Edge – новом браузере Microsoft в Windows 10. Обычно эту позицию в Edge занимает Bing. В рамках соглашения Baidu также будет установлен в качества поиска по умолчанию в Edge для всех китайских пользователей, которые уже установили Windows 10. Исключением будут лишь те, кто уже вручную настроил другую главную страницу или поисковую систему. При желании настройки по умолчанию можно изменить. Cortana, онлайн-ассистент в Windows-устройст... →

LinkedIn took a step today to build up its presence in China, and China’s Uber rival Didi Kuaidi took a step to make more inroads into the U.S. tech industry: the two companies have signed a deal to form a strategic partnership covering product integration, technology, recruitment, and brand development. The announcement was made during a large meeting today at the Microsoft… Read More... →

Today Microsoft announced it’s partnering with Chinese Internet giant Baidu. The deal will help Microsoft reach its goal of putting Windows 10 on one billion devices world wide. Already Windows 10 is installed on roughly 10 million devices in China. Through the new partnership, Baidu’s 600 million users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 through a distribution […]... →

Microsoft Office 2016 is now available, and along with it comes a number of useful Bing search integrations. The post Bing Search Tips for Microsoft Office 2016 by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

FEATURE: Halo 4 was the end of the Master Chief and Cortana love story. But the iconic hero supersoldier is coming back in Halo 5: Guardians for his first appearance on the Xbox One. The game debuts on October 27, and it represents Microsoft’s best chance to capitalize on the community of 60 million Halo fans and […]... →

DataStax, a company selling licenses for a premium version of the Apache Cassandra distributed NoSQL database, is announcing today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft. The commercially supported DataStax Enterprise software has been for sale on Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace since the launch of the Azure Marketplace last year. Now DataStax, as a […]... →

Blue Jeans Network, a company with web and native mobile applications for video conferencing, is announcing today a $75.5 million round of funding. Companies have plenty of options if they want to hold a video conference for employees or partners. There’s LogMeIn’s join.me, Citrix’s GoToMeeting, Cisco’s WebEx, Logitech’s Lifesize, Google Hangouts, Microsoft Skype/Lync, and Zoom, […]... →

Microsoft has sold more than 60 million Halo games since 2001. But sales of the Xbox One game console have a long way to go before Microsoft captures every single one of those fans on its newest platform. That’s why Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, sees Halo 5: Guardians, which debuts on October 27 […]... →

Компания Cloudflare, работающая на рынке информационной защиты, привлекла $100 млн для развития на новых рынках. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости».... →

You no longer need to boot up a console to listen to your Xbox Live voice messages. Microsoft has given Xbox.com a revamp that includes a number of improvements to make the experience of using Xbox Live easier on the Web. These improvements come as the company prepares to launch a massive reworking of the […]... →

You no longer need to boot up a console to listen to your Xbox Live voice messages. Microsoft has given Xbox.com a revamp that includes a number of improvements to make the experience of using Xbox Live easier on the Web. These improvements come as the company prepares to launch a massive reworking of the […]... →

Microsoft today announced Smart Lookup, a nifty new feature in its Office 2016 software suite. The feature automatically finds information on the Web using Microsoft’s Bing search engine without forcing users to open up an Internet browser and run a search manually. Once you enable the tool — by selecting it from the right-click menu […]... →