Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are Xbox game console and the Microsoft Surface series of tablets. It is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues.
Search engines are making it harder to see the difference between regular results and paid ads. Does the FTC have the power to do something? Or can consumers figure it out… Read more »
Swiss/U.S. infrastructure-as-a-service provider CloudSigma has joined the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure in gaining Ubuntu certification — a move that should make it more attractive for those looking… Read more »
Now that Azure users will be able to access the Docker Hub within the Azure management portal, it’s going to be a whole lot easier for developers to spin up Docker… Read more »
Most people are these days using browsers that support the much safer TLS web encryption protocol, but some aren’t, notably those still using Internet Explorer 6 — most of whom seem… Read more »
How aggressively priced can tablets using Windows 8.1 with Bing be? Microsoft’s hardware partners in Asia are showing us with slates costing as little as $65. Don’t be surprised to see… Read more »
Microsoft is expanding the line of Skype services with a new video messaging app called Skype Qik. The cross-platform software works on iPhones, Android handsets and Windows Phone with video messages… Read more »
Are EU regulators over-estimating Google’s influence? Chairman Eric Schmidt pointed to new competitive threats, including Amazon, in a speech in Berlin. Read more »
Google announced on Monday that its Sheets spreadsheet application in Google Drive can now fill in missing table values using machine learning. The new Chrome Store add-in, called Smart Autofill, utilizes Google’s… Read more »
Satya Nadella found himself in the spotlight again last week, but this time it wasn’t because of his layoffs or product announcements. Instead, he had walked into a minefield that is… Read more »
It’s a good thing Salesforce.com has “dramatically” expanded its data center footprint in order to support its new Wave analytics service, because the product’s performance could ultimately decide how it fares… Read more »