European Commission Approves Acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft, Subject to Conditions
The European Commission (EC) has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft.
The decision is...
Microsoft Is Careful With New Chatbot Zo, Now Available For Testing
Microsoft is offering users a new chatbot on the app Kik, nine months after it shut down an earlier bot that internet users got...
Microsoft Offers Grants to Organizations Working to Improve Affordable Internet Access
On Thursday, Microsoft renewed its Affordable Access Initiative grant fund for a second year. The fund assists companies working to bring internet access and...
Microsoft Wants To Bring Something Different in The Smartphone Market
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella says that his company remains in the mobile phone business but any new devices will have to bring something...
Microsoft's Solitaire Game Now Available On iOS And Android
Microsoft Solitaire continues to be one of the most-played games of all time on Windows for more than 25 years and now, those on...
Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation, Google Embraces The .NET community
On Wednesday, during its annual Connect(); developer event, Microsoft unveiled a series of products and partnerships that strengthen the company’s Azure cloud platform for building...
Microsoft Buys 237 Additional Megawatts of Wind Energy
On Monday, Microsoft announced its largest purchase of wind energy to date with the signing of two agreements. Combined, these agreements represent 237 megawatts of...
Microsoft Introduces Chat-based Workspace in Office 365
Today, at an event in New York City, Microsoft announced Teams - a new chat-based workspace in Office 365. Microsoft Teams is integrated with the...
Microsoft Identifies Russia-linked Hackers Exploiting Windows Flaw
Microsoft said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and U.S. political hacks is behind recent cyber attacks that exploit...
Microsoft Researchers Reach Human Parity in Conversational Speech Recognition
Microsoft researchers have set a world record for speech recognition, using a technology it announced this week with GPU-accelerated deep learning to recognize words in...
