Microsoft ‘My People’ Feature Pins Your Close Contacts Directly to Windows 10 Taskbar HIGHLIGHTS Users can send messages through platform of their choice Emoji animations named ‘shoulder taps’ introduced Support for third-party applications to come…
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Microsoft develops first human-like speech recognition system
The researchers and engineers in Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Research reported a word error rate (WER) of 5.9%, down from the 6.3% WER the team reported just last month. Photo: AFP Washington: In a major…
Microsoft Build 2016 India: Bots, IoT, and Windows Apps
Microsoft Build 2016 India: Bots, IoT, and Windows Apps HIGHLIGHTS Build is Microsoft’s conference for Windows developers. It was held in various parts of the world, including India. Bots as a conversation platform was the…
15 Great Microsoft Word Add-Ins for Social Media, Email Marketing, More
Ever since its launch in 1983, Microsoft Word has been an integral part of daily office life for millions of workers. It doesn’t matter what sort of business you’re running or what type of industry…
Microsoft Confirms No Band 3 Fitness Tracker This Year; Band 2 Inventory Sold Out
HIGHLIGHTS Microsoft has no plans to launch Band 3 this year Band 2 no more available via official company stores The company may be done with its Band products Microsoft has confirmed that there will…
Microsoft Making a Little Brexit of Its Own
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced plans to shut down Skype’s London offices. Up to 400 staff members could be made redundant as part of the move, which will see Skype abandon its three-floor building in Holborn in…
Microsoft Announces Cloud Partnership With Adobe
At the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Atlanta today, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced a new partnership with Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE). Under the partnership, Microsoft Azure will become the preferred cloud platform for the Adobe Marketing Cloud, Creative Cloud…
Microsoft Doubles Down on Cybersecurity with Improvements to Windows Defender
Microsoft’s Windows Defender is getting a major retooling to improve its ability to combat malware. This week, 23,000 IT professionals are gathered at the Microsoft Ignite conference in Atlanta to learn about some of the…
Microsoft Says the MacBook Air as Useful as a ‘Hat for Your Cat’
HIGHLIGHTS Microsoft has pushed out a new Surface Pro 4 commercial The company fires at Apple for its ‘less useful’ MacBook Air Microsoft recently compared Surface Pro 4 with iPad Pro Microsoft has been pushing…
Facebook, Unity Partner to Take on Steam and Other PC Gaming Platforms
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook is partnering with Unity to distribute PC games Developers can get access to Unity 5.4 to export games to Facebook There is also an app in the works for PCs In its quest…