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- Dow Jones Futures: Can Stock Market Rally Amid Coronavirus Crisis? Watch Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft, AMD – Investor's Business Daily 2020/03/30
Dow Jones Futures: Can Stock Market Rally Amid Coronavirus Crisis? Watch Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft, AMD Investor's Business Daily - New Surface Surprise As Microsoft’s Radical Surface Book Revealed – Forbes 2020/03/29
New Surface Surprise As Microsoft’s Radical Surface Book Revealed Forbes - All the winners from Microsoft's 20/20 security awards – ChannelLife New Zealand 2020/03/29
All the winners from Microsoft's 20/20 security awards ChannelLife New Zealand - Divesting from one facial recognition startup, Microsoft ends outside investments in the tech – TechCrunch 2020/03/29
Divesting from one facial recognition startup, Microsoft ends outside investments in the tech TechCrunchMicrosoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy The Verge … - Amid the covid-19 pandemic, Microsoft raises Office price – Somag News 2020/03/29
Amid the covid-19 pandemic, Microsoft raises Office price Somag News - How to Replace Windows 10 System Programs With Non-Microsoft Apps – BleepingComputer 2020/03/29
How to Replace Windows 10 System Programs With Non-Microsoft Apps BleepingComputer - Virtual Video Backgrounds, 10000 users in a team and PSTN join… – Tom Talks Blog 2020/03/29
Virtual Video Backgrounds, 10000 users in a team and PSTN join… Tom Talks Blog - Microsoft tweaks Xbox and Teams services during 775 percent surge in cloud demand – The Verge 2020/03/29
Microsoft tweaks Xbox and Teams services during 775 percent surge in cloud demand The VergeMicrosoft: Cloud services demand up 775 percent; prioritization rules in place due to COVID-19 ZDNetMicroso … - Microsoft patent uses your subconscious to mine crypto – Decrypt 2020/03/29
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- Update #2 on Microsoft cloud services continuity 2020/03/29
I’m following up with a post answering some of the top related questions we’ve heard from customers around the globe. The post Update #2 on Microsoft cloud services continuity appeared first on Micros … - M12 turned its Female Founders Competition into a virtual event 2020/03/26
Here’s what Microsoft’s venture fund learned in the process. The post M12 turned its Female Founders Competition into a virtual event appeared first on Microsoft 365 Blog. - Host your virtual class with Microsoft Teams meetings integrated into your LMS 2020/03/24
Microsoft Teams meeting creation is now available in Canvas, Blackboard, Schoology, Brightspace, and itsLearning. The post Host your virtual class with Microsoft Teams meetings integrated into your LM … - Learning from our customers in the Greater China Region 2020/03/24
Each week we will be spotlighting customers in one impacted region around the globe. First up: the Greater China Region. The post Learning from our customers in the Greater China Region appeared first … - Our commitment to customers and Microsoft cloud services continuity 2020/03/21
Here’s what the Azure team is doing to enable business continuity at this critical time. The post Our commitment to customers and Microsoft cloud services continuity appeared first on Microsoft 365 Bl … - Helping our developers stay productive while working remotely 2020/03/20
Software development is a team sport. How do you enable engineers to work together when they need to work apart? The post Helping our developers stay productive while working remotely appeared first o … - Microsoft Teams at 3: Everything you need to connect with your teammates and be more productive 2020/03/19
This week marks the third anniversary of Microsoft Teams. It’s been an incredible three years, and I’m inspired to see the way organizations across the globe are using Teams to transform the way they … - 2 weeks in: what we’ve learned about remote work 2020/03/18
In the two weeks since our team moved to remote work, the fight against COVID-19 has intensified. Many people across the world are staying home and discovering what it’s really like to be there at all … - Delivering online meetings and events 2020/03/18
Microsoft Teams Meetings, Microsoft 365 live events, LinkedIn Live, and—coming soon—PowerPoint Live are all designed to help you create engaging, effective virtual gatherings. And we want to help you … - Helping small and medium-sized businesses work remotely with Teams 2020/03/17
We understand that as an SMB you can’t afford to be out of touch. That’s why we’re making Teams available for everyone. The post Helping small and medium-sized businesses work remotely with Teams appe …
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- Plex is now offering its Live TV over-the-air feature for free for 3 months 2020/03/29
Earlier this week, Plex announced that its Live TV feature would be unlocked for free for all users until June 30th to assist those that are staying home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This feature all … - Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is now playable for free on Android smartphones and tablets 2020/03/29
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game has finally launched on Android. This digital card game is based on the popular The Witcher video games which themselves were inspire by the novels, both of which inspired … - Ori and the Will of the Wisps to get a dynamic HUD, bug fixes, and more in latest update 2020/03/29
The recently released Ori and the Will of the Wisps video game is set to get a patch in the near future that will add new options for a Dynamic HUD mode, the ability to remove the HUD entirely, and ne … - The Resident Evil Resistance Open Beta and RE3 Demo are now live on Xbox One consoles 2020/03/29
The Resident Evil 3 remake isn’t due out until April 3rd but gamers can have an early taste today by downloading the free Resident Evil 3: Raccoon City Demo on Xbox One consoles. This demo takes place … - Microsoft’s SwiftKey Keyboard updates on Android devices with support for 6 new languages 2020/03/29
Microsoft’s SwiftKey Keyboard app for Android devices updated today with support for six new languages in addition to the usual bug fixes and improvements. The six languages are Mapudungun, Arawak, Ch … - One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 video game launches on Microsoft’s Xbox One consoles 2020/03/29
The fourth video game in the One Piece: Pirate Warriors series, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, is now playable on Microsoft’s family of Xbox One consoles from the OG Xbox One up to the Xbox One X. Base … - Windows 10 news recap: Microsoft working on patch for VPN issue with Office 365, Control Panel could be hidden soon, and more 2020/03/28
Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. Microsoft “rushing to release” Windows 10 patch to a … - Microsoft news recap: Slack working on cross-platform calling with Microsoft Teams, Mixer adds Education category, and more 2020/03/28
Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read! Slack says they’re working on cross-platform call … - Microsoft Edge version 83 hits Dev Channel early with Extensions syncing 2020/03/27
Due to the ongoing Coronavirus crisis, this update is coming a bit earlier than usual, and it brings the ability to sync extensions, family safety settings, and more. - Leaked specs show “Surface Laptop 4” running AMD Ryzen 4000 or Intel Tiger Lake-U CPUs 2020/03/27
New leaked benchmark results reveal that new Surface Laptop models with Intel TigerLake-U and AMD Ryzen 4000 CPUs could be in the pipeline.
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- Microsoft tweaks Xbox and Teams services during 775 percent surge in cloud demand 2020/03/29
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is seeing a massive increase in demand for its cloud services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “We have seen a 775 percent increase of our clo … - Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy 2020/03/27
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft says it will no longer invest in third-party facial recognition companies following a controversy around its funding of Israeli startup AnyVision, whi … - Slack is working on Microsoft Teams integration for calls 2020/03/27
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Slack is working on integrating Microsoft Teams calling features into its chat app. The integration would allow users of both rival services to call each other, … - Xbox Series X graphics source code stolen and leaked online 2020/03/26
AMD says that a hacker has obtained source files for some of its current and future GPUs, including details about the Xbox Series X. “In December 2019, we were contacted by someone who claimed to have … - Personal voice assistants struggle with black voices, new study shows 2020/03/24
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Speech recognition systems have more trouble understanding black users’ voices than those of white users, according to a new Stanford study. The researchers used voice … - The right shape for big-screened, portable computers 2020/03/24
Last week, Tom Warren argued that Apple finally admits Microsoft was right about tablets by adding trackpad support to the iPad. I knew he was working on this piece when I wrote last Thursday’s newsle … - Microsoft discloses new Windows vulnerability that’s being actively exploited 2020/03/23
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft disclosed a new remote code execution vulnerability today that can be found in all supported versions of Windows and is currently being exploited in “ … - Microsoft gets ready for a new era of Windows 2020/03/23
Microsoft reorganized its Windows + Devices team last month, placing Surface chief Panos Panay in charge of both Windows and hardware. While it’s still early days for Panay, we’re starting to get an i … - Microsoft to prioritize cloud access for first responders and emergency services 2020/03/23
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is planning to prioritize access to its cloud-based Azure services to first responders, emergency services, and critical infrastructure if there are c … - A first look at Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming service for Windows PCs 2020/03/20
Microsoft has started testing its Project xCloud game streaming service for Windows 10 PCs this week. The software giant is making the preview version, which lets you stream Xbox games to a PC, availa …
