By admin on September 7, 2016
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![Microsoft opens its UK data center region to Azure and Office 365 customers Microsoft opens its UK data center region to Azure and Office 365 customers](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/microsoft_cloud_logo.jpg)
Microsoft today announced that its U.K. data center region is now online. The new region, which the company announced last November, currently offers support for Microsoft’s Azure cloud services and Office 365, with support for Dynamics CRM Online slated for the first half of 2017. With the new data centers in the U.K. coming online, Azure now offers […]
By admin on September 6, 2016
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![Microsoft’s Word Flow keyboard takes on Google with integrated GIF and Bing search Microsoft’s Word Flow keyboard takes on Google with integrated GIF and Bing search](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordflow.png)
If customized keyboards for mobile devices are to be the next-gen interface for accessing the wider web – including information you’d normally turn to a search engine to find – then Microsoft today has stepped up its fight with Google with the rollout of a new version of its predictive keyboard app Word Flow. While the […]
By admin on September 5, 2016
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![Microsoft announces new resources to reduce hate speech Microsoft announces new resources to reduce hate speech](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gettyimages-136696008.jpg)
Microsoft today pushed out in a blog post for users of its consumer services new resources to reduce hate speech. Users will now be able to communicate directly with the company to report hate speech, and petition for reinstating content via new online forms. Most people are familiar with efforts by social networks like Twitter and […]
By admin on September 4, 2016
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![Startups will overtake enterprises in the new AI ecosystem Startups will overtake enterprises in the new AI ecosystem](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gettyimages-591999823.jpg)
Artificial intelligence pops up as a buzzword every few years, but it has never moved beyond novelty status. This time, though, it is here to stay, and startups are poised to drive the AI economy forward. Indeed, we are beginning to see glimpses of it. Newcomer ROSS Intelligence, for example, has gained law firm clients […]
By admin on September 3, 2016
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![Microsoft is putting Cortana machine learning in a fridge Microsoft is putting Cortana machine learning in a fridge](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/liebherr-stage-refrigerators-and-freezers-1.jpg)
Microsoft is working with Liebherr’s appliance division to rebuild the refrigerator and make it smarter, faster, strong; well, maybe just smarter. The new collaboration between the two will see Microsoft provide computer vision technology, via its Microsoft Cognitive Services Computer Vision API, to let the fridge identify objects contained within. Why would you want a […]
By admin on September 2, 2016
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![Microsoft teases what looks like a black Surface Book 2 Microsoft teases what looks like a black Surface Book 2](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-08-29-at-7-36-01-am.png)
Generally, you don’t see the first spy shots of a new device coming from the company itself, but Microsoft isn’t really following all that many of the rules with its Surface lineup of house-built Windows hardware. That’s why it makes a certain kind of sense that the first look at what could be a Surface […]
By admin on September 1, 2016
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![Salesforce shares face plant despite beating analyst expectations Salesforce shares face plant despite beating analyst expectations](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/salesforce.jpg)
Salesforce earnings came out today! They’re not great, either, and it looks like a weak outlook for the company’s third quarter is doing some damage to its shares, which were down as much as 8 percent. For a company that literally defined the phrase “software as a service” — basically, running your business online — […]
By admin on August 25, 2016
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![Why AI consolidation will create the worst monopoly in US history Why AI consolidation will create the worst monopoly in US history](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shutterstock_242442001.jpg)
Vinod Iyengar Crunch Network Contributor Vinod Iyengar is the director of product marketing at open source machine learning company H2O.ai. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network Forget Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — we need a trust-buster like Teddy Roosevelt, who in 1902 attacked the Northern Securities Company, a railroad holding […]
By admin on August 24, 2016
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![Select Lenovo Android devices will ship with Office and Skype preloaded Select Lenovo Android devices will ship with Office and Skype preloaded](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p7081210.jpg)
One user’s bloatware is another’s feature. And really, depending on where you fall on Microsoft productivity software, this could go either way, really. Lenovo announced today that it’ll be preloading the software giant’s offerings on future handsets – namely Office, Skype and OneDrive. No word on specific hardware, only that the deal includes “select” Android […]
By admin on August 23, 2016
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![Microsoft tests Project Sonoma, a team chat app for managing shift workers’ schedules Microsoft tests Project Sonoma, a team chat app for managing shift workers’ schedules](http://techdigitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/project-sonoma-android.jpg)
Microsoft has quietly released a new productivity application to both Google Play and the iTunes App Store called Project Sonoma. The app is aimed at those who work outside of a traditional office environment, like shift workers, waiters, and others who need to keep track of ever-changing schedules and who need to chat with co-workers […]