Pedro Hernandez

This summer, Microsoft’s Skype for Windows 10 and Mac desktops will gain a new mode that will enable users to work collaboratively on livestreams, podcasts and other video content. Dubbed Skype for Content Creators and currently in beta, the new mode dispenses with the need for additional equipment to record multiuser video calls and streams. […]

Microsoft is getting ready to release the next feature major update to Windows 10, code-named Redstone 4 (RS4). It’s a fairly substantial update, offering enterprise users advanced setup capabilities and allowing developers to natively evaluate machine-learning models on a local Windows PC. In an April 5 update on the status of Windows 10 preview build […]

Despite warnings from cyber-security experts, ransomware keeps racking up victims. With new security capabilities for Office 365, Microsoft is offering users ways to fight back. Ransomware is a prime example of how cyber-criminals are not only weaponizing software exploits, but also monetizing them. Once it gains a foothold on a victim’s system—typically a Windows PC—ransomware […]

With new, lower-cost Azure IoT Hub subscriptions, Microsoft wants to make it easier for businesses to kick off their enterprise internet of things projects. Served up by Microsoft’s cloud, Azure IoT Hub is a device connectivity, provisioning and management service that the tech giant launched in early 2016. Since then, Microsoft has integrated the service […]

Looking to grow its Power BI business intelligence and data analytics ecosystem, Microsoft went shopping close to home for its latest buy. Microsoft has acquired enterprise report rendering technologies from fellow Redmond, Wash., technology firm Forerunner Software for an undisclosed amount, the company announced on April 2. Specifically, the software giant has snapped up Forerunner […]

Microsoft is accelerating its transformation into cloud-first technology company, not only with major personnel moves, but also by increasing the reach of its Azure cloud-computing operations. Recently, the company announced the general availability of its new cloud application service called Azure Availability Zones in select regions in the U.S. Reducing the risk cloud of data […]

Microsoft has added new capabilities to Excel that infuse spreadsheets with artificial intelligence, opening up new and faster ways for users to churn out reports. Excel’s “new, cloud-connected data types” are being rolled out to Office 365 business users who also happen to participate in the Office Insider early-access program, announced Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice […]

Microsoft’s executive leadership is being reorganized, reflecting the Redmond, Wash., technology giant’s continual evolution from a maker of packaged software products to a provider of artificial intelligence technologies and cloud computing services. In an email to employees, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined how the company is being arranged into three distinct engineering groups in the […]

Microsoft credits its use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from chipmaker Intel, at least in part for the performance of Bing’s intelligent search capabilities. The company’s search engine is now capable of gathering information from multiple sources and present its findings as a fact-filled summary. This and other time-saving methods of fetching information found […]

Low-code app development specialist Zoho wants businesses of all sizes to build and deploy apps of their own with the latest version of Zoho Creator. Zoho Creator 5 is the fifth major update to the low-code app builder in its 12-year history explained Zoho Creator lead Tejas Gadhia. Although the company issues new enhancements and features […]