Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft’s has roped its Edge web browser into its mission to create cross-device experiences for users who routinely bounce between Windows 10 PCs and their smartphones. Microsoft released a preview version of the browser for iOS on Oct. 5, with an Android version to follow soon. Don’t expect to simply visit the Apple App Store […]

Microsoft’s mixed-reality strategy just took a more social turn. Anchored by augmented- and virtual-reality technologies, mixed reality is Microsoft’s attempt to combine computer generated visuals, gestures and the physical world into immersive and potentially productivity-enhancing experiences. HoloLens, the company’s flagship mixed-reality headset, is a prime example of the company’s vision. In fact, Ford recently revealed […]

LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned professional social network, announced on Oct. 4 that it is preparing to launch a new, self-service tool called Talent Insights in 2018. The product applies analytics to its massive and continually-updating trove of career and employer data, providing recruiters and other human resources professionals with actionable insights that enable them to make […]

Microsoft is already using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for an array of intelligent cloud services and to help the visually impaired navigate the world, among several other use cases. Soon, AI will also help make Excel spreadsheets smarter. “Coming in early 2018, Excel will understand new data types, beyond text and numbers, and augment that […]

Microsoft on Dec. 31 is pulling the plug on Groove Music Pass, the software maker’s entry into a music streaming market dominated by the likes of Pandora and Spotify. To help users cope with the impending shutdown, the company inked a deal with a rival service. The exit follows a similar move made by Samsung […]

Maybe Microsoft really does love Linux. Although the Redmond, Wash. software giant’s efforts surrounding Linux are largely focused on cloud customers and software developers, folks that use Skype on the open-source operating system are still on the company’s mind. Microsoft has wholeheartedly embraced Linux as it works to attract more enterprise workloads to its cloud, […]

Internet Explorer’s successor, Microsoft Edge, didn’t offer support for browser plugins or “extensions” as Microsoft calls them, when it first shipped with Windows 10 in 2015. As many avid web users can attest, plugins are a vital part of the internet experience, allowing them to automate repetitive tasks, organize web content and avoid online annoyances, […]

Microsoft continues in its quest to turn Windows’ serviceable interface into a work of art. When it arrives on Oct. 17, the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will feature an assemblage of user interface (UI) tweaks called the Fluent Design System that supposed to give the operating system a more refined and cohesive look. For […]

IT resource management inevitably becomes more complex and in some cases more opaque as businesses entrust more of their workloads to the cloud. To remedy this for its customers, Microsoft unveiled new cloud monitoring and analytics features in the Azure Monitor toolkit during its Ignite conference  that help users decipher events in their logs with […]

There are no shortage of announcements pouring out of the Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, Fla. Sept. 25-29, including new artificial intelligence (AI) tools for developers, AI-enabled Dynamics 365 apps and a multitude of products from the company’s technology partners. Yet few of new reveals are as momentous as the official arrival of SQL Server […]