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Microsoft Becomes Leading SaaS Provider, Beating Salesforce in Second Quarter
Long-standing SaaS market leader Salesforce has lost its number one position to Microsoft. With the Software as a Service market booming, what does this mean for Microsoft and Salesforce’s relationship?
Dropbox Wants Long-Time Users to Change their Passwords
Dropbox insists there has been no breach. The company is shoring up security measures in the wake of several high profile leaks and hacks.
Privacy Shield Now Covers 200 Companies, Inlcuding Microsoft
Ninety companies are now registered for the new Privacy Shield framework, and among them is Microsoft, who has also listed a number of subsidiaries.
Salesforce Lines Up Against Microsoft Office with Quip Acquisition
Salesforce and Microsoft have tightened their relationship over the last two years. However, the recent LinkedIn bidding war, Salesforce has now purchased Quip for $582 million.
Azure Active Directory B2C Generally Available in North America
Microsoft has started rolling out Azure Active Directory to general availability. Starting in North America, the cloud app identity management tool will be released to other global regions in the coming months.
Microsoft Vet Richard Irving Moves to Hulu
A long time Xbox manager, Richard Irving had been at Microsoft for 18 years and played a role in the development of the Xbox 360, Kinect, Xbox One, and HoloLens.
Microsoft Patent For “Multiple Personalities” Is Easier for Handling of Online Profiles
A new patent would let users manage messaging profiles through different personalities. These personas could be used for different contact to show different online appearances.
Avast Acquires AVG to Create Antivirus Juggernaut
A $1.3 billion deal has been accepted for Avast to purchase AVG, merging together two leading PC and mobile antivirus providers under one company.
Microsoft Big Data Veteran Helping Alibaba Reach Cloud Goals
Alibaba has drafted in former Microsoft Bing and big data manager Zhou Jingren to help drive its big data management and increase its Alicloud cloud service solutions.
50 Smartest Companies 2016: MIT Technology Review Ranks Microsoft 26th in List
The Editors at MIT named “technological change” as the reason for this swift climb and noted,
“When we included Microsoft on last year’s list for...
Microsoft and Salesforce Announce Lightning Components Integration for Outlook
The two companies are building on their already fruitful partnership by integrating Lightning Components into Microsoft’s Outlook software on web and desktop.
Microsoft Expands Conversation as a Platform Idea with Wand Labs Acquisition
The company has purchased the messaging app vendor and immediately folded it into existing projects for Conversation as a Platform, which looks to make bots and language learning
Hack on uTorrent Took Private Details of 35,000 Forum Members
The fallout from last week’s uTorrent breach has been confirmed as 35,000 forum members suffered exploited private details, sparing many of the 388,000 total users.
Microsoft Azure Active Directory to Ban Commonly Leaked Passwords
The company’s recently launched password banning list feature is making its way to Azure Active Directory, blocking users from creating easy to hack passwords.
WinZip Latest to Launch Universal Windows App for Microsoft’s Windows 10 Platform
File extraction tool WinZip is now available across all Windows 10 devices in the form of a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app.
Microsoft Research Reveals MAG Inspired Workshops for International World Wide Conference
The focus of the company’s presence at the 25TH WWW will be around Microsoft Academic Graph (MAG), which was debuted at the conference in 2015.
Starbucks Exec Jim Hanna Joins Microsoft as Datacenter Sustainability Director
Microsoft has announced that Starbucks Environmental Director Jim Hanna will be joining the company as Microsoft's director for Datacenter Sustainability.
Zikera confirms Microsoft’s acquisition of its Groove Music service
Zikera, the Canadian startup behind the Groove music app has revealed that Microsoft has acquired their app and the technology behind it. This confirms the rumors floating around ever since the company renamed its music service.
Hootsuite adds Microsoft support for Dynamics CRM, Office 365 SharePoint and Yammer
The popular social media management platform now integrates directly with Microsoft products, sharing data with Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM, SharePoint and Yammer. New real-time conversations are aimed to enhance the sales process and customer service.
Something´s Cooking HOT: An Update on Microsoft Hololens and Windows Holographics
What´s going on with Hololens? Since last fall we see an increasing flow of leaks and updates about Windows 10 and Windows 10 for Phones. Not so with...
