Pedro Hernandez

What good is real-time analytics if users are forced to wait for a slow interface to refresh? Microsoft wants to make sure that users don’t have to wait idly for business insights when they call up their Power BI dashboards. The company has added a new dashboard Performance Inspector tool to its cloud-enabled business intelligence […]

Microsoft is planning to add eye-tracking technology to Windows 10, a move the software maker says will help improve how people with disabilities interact with technology. The technology, dubbed Eye Control, was inspired by the Eye Gaze Wheelchair project, winner of Microsoft’s internal One Week Hackathon in 2014. It enabled Steve Gleason, a former NFL […]

Microsoft and PayPal today announced a partnership that enables peer-to-peer payments on the Skype mobile app. Using the latest version of the Skype app for iOS and Android, along with the Send Money add-in, people can now send funds directly to their contacts. Although the mobile app is required to send money, recipients can use […]

Microsoft is borrowing from the cell phone industry’s playbook and rolling out a financing and upgrade program for the company’s family of Surface devices. Just in time for the back-to-school shopping season, the new Surface Plus program essentially allows consumers to take home a Surface Pro, Surface Laptop, Surface Book or the Surface Studio all-in-PC […]

Capping a busy month for Microsoft’s business software portfolio, the software giant announced new updates for its Office apps. Microsoft 365, a new bundled offering that includes Windows 10, Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), grabbed the spotlight during the Inspire conference in July. For Office 365 Business premium customers, the company also […]

Microsoft has incorporated a fingerprint reader to its latest premium keyboard, a move the company hopes will help purchasers improve security and log into their favorite accounts faster. Descriptively named the Microsoft Modern Keyboard with Fingerprint ID, the recently-released input device features a “hidden” biometric scanner, according to the company. But Hidden is a relative […]

Working IT in Hollywood is a stressful gig these days. Microsoft hopes to relieve some of the pressure with its slate of secure, cloud-based media services. Retailers, banks and healthcare organizations aren’t the only ones targeted by attackers. Movie studios, production companies and the entertainment industry at large are increasingly at risk. In April, a […]

At its Build developer conference in May, Microsoft teased some features in the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update that will allow users to take tasks they started on a PC and resume them on an iOS or Android device, and vice versa. Now, some users can take an early, if limited peek at those […]

Windows 10 Creators Update is finally available to all users worldwide, Microsoft announced on July 27. The software giant officially released Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) in April 11. But the company’s strategy of rolling out major operating system updates using a staggered approach meant that many users had to wait weeks, if not […]

It’s that time of the year when the IT industry is focuses its attention on cyber-security, albeit a little apprehensively. During the Black Hat security conference, currently taking place in Las Vegas, security researchers share their latest findings, often providing a sobering and even disturbing survey of vulnerability in important software and IT systems. Microsoft, […]