Ubuntu makes its debuts in Microsoft Azure as part of HDInsight analytics
Ubuntu has made its bedut in Azure Data Lake Analytics – a new processing and analytics service that lets customers focus on application logic instead of infrastructure. T.K. Ranga Rengarajan of...
View ArticleMicrosoft set to introduce different Windows 10 activity reports for children...
Microsoft has announced that it will introduce separate activity reports for children and teenagers to help parents understand how their kids use computers at home. The announcement was made while...
View ArticleInnovation Africa 2015: Education in Africa top priority for Microsoft
Kampala, Uganda – Global Vice President of Education, Anthony Salcito, will reaffirm Microsoft’s education investments on the continent at the Innovation Africa Summit in Uganda this week. Innovation...
View ArticleSkype’s translator now available to all Windows users
Today, Microsoft has today added its Star Trek-style translator to Skype for Windows. Live translation is supported and available for six voice languages which include English, French, German, Italian,...
View ArticleMicrosoft creates smart laptop battery system that lasts longer
Microsoft Research has come up with a brand new laptop battery system which not only learns all your habits but it also provides longer autonomy based on the stuff you do on a computer. Basically,...
View ArticleWindows 10 gets another update with Skype integration
Microsoft detailed a number of statistics relating to the performance of apps on its Windows 10 platform today, alongside a new build of the operating system for its testing community. According to the...
View ArticleMicrosoft researchers experimenting with multi-person mixed reality
Augmented or mixed reality renders virtual images in a view of the real world. As awesome and spectacular this experience may be, it’s still a solitary activity that only a wearer can experience....
View ArticleSurface Book already sold out on Microsoft Store
Microsoft’s recently unveiled, first ever laptop, the Surface Book seems to be off to a good start, with pre-orders on Microsoft Store already sold out. This could mean that the Surface book is selling...
View ArticleChallenges to consider before you pre-order Microsoft Surface Book
Surface Book was announced during Microsoft’s Windows 10 Devices Event earlier this month. The first ever laptop built by Microsoft, is actually a lot more than a laptop, with a fully detachable screen...
View ArticleExtension support for Microsoft Edge delayed until 2016
Although Microsoft Edge was a significant upgrade from Internet Explorer, it’s still missing certain important features, most noticeably: extensions. Microsoft was planning to build extensions support...
View ArticleWindows 10 Upgrade to Become Automatic as a ‘Recommended Update’ in 2016
Microsoft is willing to go to great length to get you to upgrade to Windows 10. The company says that starting next year, every Windows 7 or Windows 8 user will see Windows 10 as a “recommended update”...
View Article10 reasons why your business needs Windows 10
With the majority of businesses having decided to take a pass on Windows 8, many are now running on operating systems that are at least six years old and beginning to show their age. For sure, Windows...
View ArticleMicrosoft present Data Center, Cloud Solutions at Business Seminar
In light of the current economic challenges facing businesses in emerging markets, Main One and Microsoft have called for the adoption of data center co-location and enterprise cloud solutions,...
View ArticleCOMESA and Microsoft collaborate to promote access, skills and innovation in...
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa through the COMESA Business Council (CBC) and Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) have taken a step toward strengthening their working alliance today by...
View ArticleGoogle tops tech companies’ rankings in respect of users rights and privacy
How well are the biggest tech companies upholding your rights and privacy? A long-term study published Tuesday ranks the likes of Google and Facebook based on dozens of criteria, from what data they...
View ArticleWindows 10 preview members get fresh new build
Microsoft has released a fresh new build of Windows 10 to preview members today. That’s a fairly regular occurrence, but today’s release is the final version of a big new Windows 10 update that will...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Artificial Intelligence can tell when you’re angry
Microsoft reckons its AI can read your emotions. The company’s putting its money where your mouth is and is letting anyone upload their face to its emotion-detecting API. Part of Project Oxford, it...
View ArticleTim Cook thinks Microsoft’s Surface Book is ‘sort of deluded’
On the day when iPad Pro pre-orders go live, Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken a not-so subtle shot at rival Microsoft, describing its popular new Surface Book laptop as a “deluded” device that “tries too...
View ArticleMicrosoft open-sources its distributed machine learning library DMTK
Software giant Microsoft has today announced the release of a new open-source machine learning toolkit that goes by the name DMTK. DMTK contains a framework for training models on multiple servers, a...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dynamics Corporate VP Bob Stutz Steps Down
MSDynamicsWorld broke the story, and Microsoft has confirmed the news in a statement. Bob Stutz will be leaving Microsoft and will take a well-deserved break. Over the past 3.5 years, Bob and his team...
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