June 11, 2017
Tune in to Microsoft’s E3 “Project Scorpio” live stream
It’s a big week for gamers everywhere, and Xbox loyalists in particular have plenty to be excited about. Microsoft is going live with their E3 press conference today…
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June 1, 2017
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass launches to all Xbox One owners
Xbox Game Pass, the all-you-can game monthly subscription service for Xbox One, is now available to anyone who owns the console. The service went live for Xbox Gold…
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Skype’s Snapchat-inspired makeover puts the camera a swipe away, adds stories
Microsoft today is launching a completely revamped version of its Skype application, with a new set of features that draw obvious inspiration from messaging rivals, like Messenger and…
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Report: Microsoft to buy security firm Hexadite for $100M as Cloudyn still in progress
While we wait to get more news on Microsoft closing a reported acquisition of Cloudyn, another report has emerged of one more enterprise startup that the software giant is buying in Israel.…
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Crunch Report | Microsoft Announces New Surface Pro
Microsoft announces new Surface Pro, Apple and Nokia settle patent dispute, Uber underpaid NYC drivers, Snapchat allows custom stories for friend groups and Pinterest adds dish recognition. All…
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Salesforce marches steadily toward $10B run rate goal
Salesforce is on a steady climb toward a $10 billion revenue run rate. And while it’s not quite there yet, its recent, nearly $2.4 billion quarter puts it…
Read articleMay 12, 2017
Minecraft arrives on the Nintendo Switch
It didn’t make the cut as one of the many announcements to emerge from Microsoft’s Build 2017 event this week, but this morning the company unveiled that Minecraft –…
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Microsoft announces its own motion controllers for mixed reality
Microsoft doubled down on its commitment to what it called “mixed reality” today at its Build developer conference, revealing motion controllers that work closely with VR headsets from…
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Microsoft Maluuba is teaching machines to ask questions
Microsoft Maluuba, the research team of PhDs that Microsoft acquired back in January, has been hard at work exploring the nexus of machine learning and question generation with…
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Microsoft’s Presentation Translator translates presentations in real time
A lot of what Microsoft is showing at its Build conference this week is squarely aimed at developers. But in the barrage of news about Azure, Visual Studio and…
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