Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Seagate is announcing today it is launching a 2-terabyte hard disk drive for the Microsoft Xbox One and Xbox 360 video game consoles. Making the announcement at the Gamescom fan show in Cologne, Germany, Seagate said it has created the new storage device specifically in mind for Xbox gamers. The machine could easily store data for […]... →

GE announced today that it was expanding its Predix Internet of Things platform to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The IaaS market is dominated by Amazon Web Services with many others including Microsoft, Google and IBM vying for a piece of the action. GE hopes to differentiate itself from the competition by offering infrastructure services specifically tuned to the needs of… Read More... →

In addition to the multitude of sick new gameplay footage we saw today from Gamescom, Microsoft revealed, confirmed and offered updates on some major new features that will be coming to the Xbox One in the upcoming months. The Xbox One is slumping behind the PS4 in the console wars and it seems Microsoft is looking to go forth with features focused on strengthening the Xbox/Windows ecosystem… Read More... →

Disclosure: The organizers of ChinaJoy paid my way to Shanghai. Our coverage remains objective. SHANGHAI — Robert Xiao, chief executive of Perfect World, made bets last year on the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 game consoles in China. Those consoles didn’t do as well as expected, but Xiao said in an […]... →

Microsoft today renamed the web version of Outlook in Office 365: Outlook Web App (OWA) will now be known as “Outlook on the web.” Useless app renaming exercises aside, which are sadly typical for Microsoft, the app is actually getting a big refresh: An improved user interface and new features that “help you be more […]... →

Microsoft is still in the middle of updating the world of PC users to Windows 10 , but it’s already planning to have what it is doing on PC spill over to its gaming console. Xbox One gets its new redesigned dashboard in November. This update improves performance and how Xbox One users find and […]... →

Hideki Kamiya, game director at Platinum Games, took the stage at Microsoft’s Gamescom press conference to show off the first gameplay from Scalebound, an action role-playing game that he said was the biggest game Platinum has ever made. In the game, you play a sword-and-bow wielding hero who is accompanied by a huge dragon. The […]... →

Acer has officially unveiled a new lineup of budget notebooks, and it looks like the Taiwan-headquartered tech titan has Google Chromebooks in its crosshairs. Microsoft first teased the new Cloudbook laptops during a keynote speech at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Orlando, Florida, last month — but few details were revealed at the time. […]... →

Microsoft’s Cortana personal digital assistant is now working on PCs running Windows 10, not just Windows Phones. That means Cortana is a lot more visible as a competitor to Apple’s Siri and Google Now. Cortana certainly has her share of tricks. As I’ve discovered in recent weeks, Cortana can tell time, show stock prices, open […]... →

Posted by wrttnwrdIn spite of all the advice, the strategic discussions and the conference talks, we Internet marketers are still algorithmic thinkers. That’s obvious when you think of SEO. Even when we talk about content, we’re algorithmic thinkers. Ask yourself: How many times has a client asked you, “How much content do we need?” How often do you still hear “How unique does this page need to be?” That’s 100% algorithmic thinking: Produce a certain amount of content, move up a certain number of spaces. Bu... →

Деньги пойдут на развитие проекта и возможность принять участие в конференции разработчиков игр PAX в Бостоне в марте 2016 года... →

To compete with Google and Facebook, Microsoft and AOL are training one another on their respective strengths: content and programmatic.... →

Inside a recent SEC filing, Microsoft detailed the figures behind its massive goodwill writedown that trashed its earnings last quarter. The writedown was an admission that the company’s expensive attempt to break into the first-party smartphone business has struggled. Read More... →

To compete with Google and Facebook, Microsoft and AOL are training one another on their respective strengths: content and programmatic.... →

Microsoft announced this morning the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Incent Games, the makers of a “sales gamification” platform called FantasySalesTeam. As the name implies, the company’s software allows sales organizations to run contests that are similar to those found in fantasy sports. Microsoft says today it will make this feature available to its own customers in… Read More... →

Microsoft has announced it has acquired Incent Games, the company behind FantasySalesTeam, a gamification platform to help incentivize sales teams. The computing giant says that it will soon offer the technology to its own customers, to “help them incentivize their sales teams to new heights and better results,” according to a blog post by Bob Stutz, […]... →

Что помогло социальной сети обойти таких очевидных лидеров в области технологий, как Apple, Google и Microsoft

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Российский старта IzHard Ovivo стал победителем конкурса Microsoft Imagine Cup в категории «Игры». Как сообщает CNews, разработчики получат грант в размере $50 тысяч долларов и приглашение к участию в конференции разработчиков игр в Бостоне в 2016 году.  В состав команды стартапа входят Александр Виласюк (25 лет, аспирант СПбГУ), Дарья Кружинская (21 год, студентка 4 курса СПбГПУ) и Дарья Чернова (22 года, студентка 4 курса СПбГЭУ). Разработка представляет собой игру, где герой путешествует по черно-белому ... →

Microsoft согласилась инвестировать около $100 миллионов в стартап по поиску водителей Uber, стоимость которого оценивается примерно в $50 миллиардов.... →

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. Uber reportedly raises $1B at a $51B valuation from investors including Microsoft Uber has raised a new $1 billion funding round, which pushes the company’s valuation to $51 billion. The new investment money comes […]... →