Apple today at its “Hello Again” keynote event announced quite a few updates for its Apple TV box alongside the new Macbook Pro models. Continue reading “Apple TV gets updated: new TV app, Minecraft and more coming later this year”
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Microsoft reports $20.5B in revenue in FY Q1 2017, phone revenue drops 72%
Microsoft has announced financial reports for FY fiscal year (the third quarter of the 2016 calendar year), Q1 2017. The company has recorded $20.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Continue reading “Microsoft reports $20.5B in revenue in FY Q1 2017, phone revenue drops 72%”
Microsoft’s advanced speech recognition system reaches human parity
Researchers at Microsoft claim they have made a major breakthrough in speech recognition by creating a technology that recognizes the words in a conversation as well as a person does.
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Google, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook team up for Partnership on AI
Google, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are coming together to form a non-profit organisation to educate the public and understand how it will influence people and society. The organization is dubbed as Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to benefit people and society.
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Renault-Nissan teams up with Microsoft for connected car technology
Microsoft has joined hands with Renault-Nissan Alliance to work together on next-generation connected car services on cars powered by Microsoft Azure.
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Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Z2 Plus, Mi Air Purifier, Mi Band 2, Nokia 216, Moto E3 Power and more
Lenovo launched its flagship the Z2 Plus this week in India. The smartphone is powered by high-end quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Z2 Plus, Mi Air Purifier, Mi Band 2, Nokia 216, Moto E3 Power and more”
Microsoft kills Sunrise, improves Outlook’s calendar with new features
Microsoft is officially pulling the plug on Sunrise Calendar app it had acquired last year in February. Continue reading “Microsoft kills Sunrise, improves Outlook’s calendar with new features”
Microsoft to kill off Lumia lineup by December
While this might not come as a surprise to most, Microsoft is apparently planning to kill its Lumia lineup of devices by end of the year.
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Microsoft said to be working on Slack competitor called Skype Teams
Microsoft is said to be working on group messaging service which will be dubbed as Skype Teams. The service that will let team members chat with each other is said to be a direct rival for the popular service Slack.
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Microsoft’s Word Flow keyboard for iOS gets built-in search
Microsoft had released the Word Flow keyboard for iOS in April this year. Now, the company has updated the keyboard with built-in-search functionality. Continue reading “Microsoft’s Word Flow keyboard for iOS gets built-in search”
Microsoft acquires AI scheduling startup Genee
Microsoft has acquired Genee, an artificial-intelligence (AI) powered scheduling service. Launched in 2014, Genee uses AI to help automatically schedule meetings based on the participants’ schedules. Continue reading “Microsoft acquires AI scheduling startup Genee”
Lenovo phones to come preloaded with Microsoft apps
Lenovo and Microsoft have inked a strategic deal under which the former will preload latter’s apps on its Android devices. Continue reading “Lenovo phones to come preloaded with Microsoft apps”
Microsoft to bring Windows Holographic experience to all Windows 10 PCs
Windows Holographic that powers Microsoft’s HoloLens will soon be able to run on any Windows 10 PC. The company has announced that it will release an update to Windows 10, which will enable mainstream PCs to run the Windows Holographic shell and associated mixed reality and universal Windows applications.
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Microsoft finally starts rolling out Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary update
The Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary update is finally here. Microsoft has started rolling out Windows 10 Anniversary update for mobile devices that run on Windows 10.
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Microsoft acquires Beam interactive game livestreaming service
With an aim to its improve life streaming experience, Microsoft has acquired interactive game streaming service Beam. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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