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Vodafone And Microsoft Unite In $1.5 Billion Decade-Long Partnership To Elevate AI, IoT Sectors

This collaboration is anticipated to provide expansive digital platforms to over 300 million businesses, public sector entities, and consumers throughout Europe and Africa.

Jan 16, 2024, 16:01 PM IST

Microsoft to unveil Mesh for Teams in 2022, joins the club of ‘Metaverse’

On November 2, Microsoft made the announcement at the Microsoft Ignite 2021 conference.

Nov 02, 2021, 21:11 PM IST

As Microsoft email software hack spreads, tech experts brace for more impact

It is only a matter of time before the break-in tools are cloned by other spies or cybercriminals, with the potential to compound the problem for users of Microsoft`s widely used Exchange email and calendaring software.

Mar 06, 2021, 12:35 PM IST

Microsoft killing its developer-focused MSDN Magazine

The move comes after the software giant has migrated all of the magazine's technical resources to websites including docs.microsoft.com, the Visual Studio Subscriptions portal and The Visual Studio Blog, The Verge reported on Wednesday.

Aug 08, 2019, 15:25 PM IST

Microsoft beats estimates, powered by growing cloud profits

Since Chief Executive Satya Nadella took over in 2014, Microsoft has been shifting away from its Windows operating system software and towards cloud services, in which customers move their computing work to data centres managed by Microsoft.

Jul 19, 2019, 12:29 PM IST

Microsoft's stock market value catches up with Apple

Global demand for smartphones has slowed in recent years, making it more difficult for Apple to increase its revenue.

Nov 27, 2018, 12:27 PM IST

Apple removes several apps, including Skype, in China

Last year, the Chinese government regulated online publication to rein in the internet as it perceives the web as a crucial domain for controlling public opinion and eliminating anti-Beijing sentiment.

Nov 21, 2017, 22:23 PM IST

Microsoft responded quietly after detecting secret database hack in 2013

The company did not disclose the extent of the attack to the public or its customers after its discovery in 2013.

Oct 17, 2017, 11:03 AM IST

Microsoft, Apple among companies urging US Supreme Court to weigh gay workers' rights

A group of 76 companies submitted a brief to the court saying a split among lower courts on that question had created uncertainty for employers and gay workers.

Oct 11, 2017, 22:08 PM IST

Microsoft's Hotmail, Outlook.com services back up after outage

Microsoft said the issue involved part of the company`s internet traffic load-balancing system which was gobbling up server capacity despite no apparent increase in user traffic.

Sep 19, 2017, 09:03 AM IST

Amazon's Alexa to chat up Microsoft's Cortana

Users will be able to turn to their Echo device and say, "Alexa, open Cortana," or turn to their Windows 10 device and say, "Cortana, open Alexa," the companies said in a statement.

Aug 30, 2017, 19:34 PM IST

Microsoft unveils technology to speed up blockchain and its adoption

Microsoft Corp is working on technology that it believes can make blockchain-based systems faster and more private, as it looks to speed up use of the distributed database software by enterprises.

Aug 10, 2017, 18:47 PM IST

Microsoft Surface devices fail on reliability: Consumer Reports

Microsoft disputed the study, saying the company’s return and support rates differ significantly from the Consumer Reports study.

Aug 10, 2017, 18:14 PM IST

Adobe to pull plug on Flash, ending an era

Adobe, along with partners Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc`s Google, Facebook Inc and Mozilla Corp, said support for Flash will ramp down across the internet in phases over the next three years.

Jul 26, 2017, 08:27 AM IST

Microsoft to offer local version of Azure cloud service

Microsoft is hoping to carve a niche among customers who cannot or do not want to have to move all their computing operations to the massive shared data centers that are collectively known as the cloud.

Jul 10, 2017, 18:46 PM IST

JPMorgan, Microsoft, Intel and others form new blockchain alliance

JPMorgan Chase & Co, Microsoft Corp, Intel Corp and more than two dozen other companies have teamed up to develop standards and technology to make it easier for enterprises to use blockchain code Ethereum in the latest push by large firms to move toward distributed ledger systems.

Feb 28, 2017, 09:16 AM IST

Microsoft to continue to invest over $1 billion annually on cyber security research and development

So as to continue with investment on cyber security research and development in the coming years, US software firm Microsoft Corp will continue to invest over $1 billion annually, as per a senior executive of the company.

Jan 26, 2017, 18:40 PM IST

Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw: Microsoft

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government is behind recent cyber attacks that exploit a newly discovered flaw in its Windows operating system.

Nov 02, 2016, 08:27 AM IST

Google rebrands cloud business, adds more artificial intelligence

Alphabet Inc`s Google said on Thursday it renamed its business-to-business cloud computing brand and enhanced some enterprise applications using artificial intelligence, the company`s latest gambit to better compete with Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp. in the lucrative cloud business.

Sep 30, 2016, 11:01 AM IST

LinkedIn launches "Lite" version for mobile browsing in India

LinkedIn Corp , the operator of the world`s largest online business networking service, has launched in India a "Lite" version of its website for mobile browsing. 

Sep 12, 2016, 18:56 PM IST