Microsoft makes strategic investment into ride-hailing firm Grab October 9, 2018 Microsoft has signed a five-year agreement with Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab to collaborate on big technology projects, which includes the software firm taking a strategic stake in the business. The valuation of the stake was not disclosed by either company. The deal will see Grab work with Microsoft on exploration of facial recognition, artificial [...]
A lesson in language: Apps will not make you a good writer October 4, 2018 In the past year, I have witnessed an unfortunate proliferation of language apps: those that correct your spelling, grammar and style, and claim to make you a better writer. I’ve tested a few, and here is my considered advice: avoid. Apart from their obvious redundancy – Microsoft has been doing this for 20 years – the [...]
South Korean backers splash out £100m for Microsoft HQ October 1, 2018 Microsoft’s vast HQ campus in Reading has been snapped up by a London-based real estate investor and a Korean asset manager for £100m today. Valesco Group and Seoul-headquartered AIP Asset Management have bought the tech firm’s 245,000 square foot park in the run-up to the arrival of Crossrail’s Elizabeth line, which is set to strengthen [...]
How to get into tech: Microsoft, Toshiba and Siemens back A-Level alternative “tech levels” September 9, 2015 Students in the UK can now take technology-focused alternatives to A-levels, which will set them in good stead to land jobs at some of the country's leading firms. AQA, one of the leading exam boards, has introduced “tech levels” as an option for pupils aged 16-19. These are being offered at colleges across England, [...]
Windows 10 is already outselling Mac OS X and Windows Vista, as Microsoft says its new operating system is growing at “unprecedented” rate September 2, 2015 Microsoft can breathe a sigh of relief: after the unpopularity of Windows 8, the newly-released operating system Windows 10 is growing at an unprecedented rate. After one month on the market, figures released today show the system already has over five per cent of the PC market, making it the fourth biggest operating system in [...]
This is why the world needs Facebook M: Its new AI and people-powered virtual personal assistant in Messenger app could be better than Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana and Google Now August 27, 2015 Soon Facebook will be able to answer any question you have, book a restaurant on your behalf and give you the weather forecast for the day. The social network is working on creating its very own virtual assistant like the already well-known and commonly used Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana and Google Now. Facebook is testing the service, called [...]
Windows 10 now running on 75m devices in 192 countries, Microsoft figures reveal August 26, 2015 More than 75m devices around the world are now running Windows 10 since Microsoft released the new operating system less than a month ago. That means 31 devices – including phones, laptops and Xbox games consoles – were upgraded every single second over the last 28 days. It's the second time Microsoft has released figures [...]
Windows 10 launch: New users love Cortana and Edge – but hate the Office suite August 10, 2015 Windows 10 has been on the market for a week and a half – and the verdict is already in for the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s operating system, as social media analytics firm Brandwatch has analysed what users are tweeting about it. Microsoft has reason for optimism, as haters are outnumbered by fans. Every day, [...]
Apple prepares a voicemail service that will transcribe your messages using Siri to compete with Microsoft’s Cortana and Google Now August 3, 2015 The problem is obvious: Leaving voicemail is quick and convenient. Unfortunately, listening to it is sadly tedious. This age-old telephone dilemma has been solved, and the solution is ingeniously simple: transcribing incoming voicemail messages so that you can read them instead. Apple is preparing a new tool which will use voice assistant Siri to transcribe [...]
Windows 10 launch: 14m devices installed Microsoft’s new operating system in the first 24 hours as users cheer the return of the start menu and Cortana July 31, 2015 The owners of 14m devices rushed to install Windows 10 in the first 24 hours after the launch of the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s long-running operating system, the company said today. Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi wrote about the response to the new OS on the Windows blog: We’re humbled and grateful to see the response to [...]
