The Windows Team has curated and released a new collection called Haunted Hub with spooky-themed movies, TV shows, music, apps and games to get you ready for Halloween, available in the Windows Store on your Windows 10 PC. Within it, you can rent “Hotel Transylvania” for 31 cents (but only until Monday … Read more »
For David Rothschild, an economist with Microsoft’s research organization in New York, providing continuously updated odds for the major party candidates is a prominent part of his daily routine. Rothschild runs his own website, PredictWise, which hosts his probability forecasts about the outcomes of public contests including political elections, reality … Read more »
Advertising Week New York 2016 has wrapped up and the Bing Ads Blog has posted six takeaways from the event, including the importance of empowering inclusivity and watching technologies on the horizon, such as voice search and personal digital assistants, and how they will reshape consumer decisions. “A modern business … Read more »
“Minecraft Windows 10 Edition Beta” is all about building worlds block-by-block with your imagination, from makeshift shelters to the grandest of castles. And now it’s ready for some spooky Halloween creativity with the new Campfire Tales skin pack ($1.99). This new pack is full of mythical monsters, horrible hauntings and … Read more »
Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Service Pack 1, which includes customer-requested features like cross-browser support, new product platforms and easier deployment options of the Privileged Access Management components, is now generally available. In addition, with Service Pack 1, customers can leverage an Office 365 mailbox for Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) self-service … Read more »
Storage Service Encryption helps your organization protect and safeguard data to meet your organizational security and compliance commitments, writes Poornima Natarajan, Cloud + Enterprise program manager. Azure Site Recovery’s support for Storage Service Encryption “delivers further on our promise of providing an enterprise-class, secure and reliable business continuity solution. With … Read more »
The number of people working from home, not including those who are self-employed, has more than doubled since 2005, with 3.7 million employees now telecommuting at least 50 percent of the time. Ways to stay productive, connected and happy away from the office include making use of instant messaging, mobile … Read more »
On Thursday, Microsoft and business group Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) announced a new predictive policy tool to support legislative advocacy in energy. Powered by Microsoft Azure integrated cloud-computing services and machine learning, AEE’s PowerSuite online bill-tracking platform will now enable AEE member companies and state partner organizations to leverage data … Read more »
Microsoft partner RyanTech provides a great example of how organizations can help boost gender diversity in the technology industry — and how Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference can help further that goal. Leaders of the cloud services company were inspired to develop their female demographic, in part, due to the sessions … Read more »
Microsoft Cloud launched in India a year ago, and on Thursday, additional subscription options were announced that enable Indian customers to access Azure’s India regions via credit card (direct online subscriptions). “This allows customers to leverage the full power of our hyperscale offering on demand,” writes Tom Keane, Microsoft Azure … Read more »
The future of home improvement envisioned by Lowe’s and HoloLens. The audience at Microsoft Ignite got a preview of the home renovation app Lowe’s developed with Microsoft HoloLens.
