Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft’s Translator app for Android has learned a new trick: offline translations. Microsoft announced today that the app now supports offline language packs based on the company’s research on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Currently, nine languages are available, namely Chinese (simplified), French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. The offline translation tech […]

Microsoft’s hopes for Windows 10 in the enterprise just got a major lift, the software giant announced Feb. 17. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has agreed to upgrade 4 million seats to Microsoft’s latest operating system by this time next year, said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Microsoft Windows and Devices, in a […]

In the coming weeks, Office Delve users will be able to further personalize their profiles, courtesy of a new Office 365 update. Launched in 2014, the cloud-powered Delve app uses the company’s machine-learning technology to surface Office content and communications that relate to a user’s role and responsibilities within an organization. The latest release builds […]

Azure SQL is Microsoft’s bid to get enterprises to float their databases on the company’s cloud, but it may be overkill for some organizations or developers looking to test their apps. Microsoft’s answer to the problem is to release SQL Server Express to the Azure Gallery marketplace. Customers can now access SQL Server Express with […]

Microsoft officially launched the Lumia 650 phone in select European markets, the company announced on Feb. 15. Though the Windows 10-powered smartphone retails for about $199, the company made an effort to bring some premium features to the low-end device, according to Microsoft Program Manager and Devices Lead Samuli Hänninen. The Lumia 650 was designed […]

After enabling Azure Search on cloud databases, Microsoft is now turning its attention to unstructured data. Due to customer demand, Microsoft released a preview version of its Search indexer for Azure Blob Storage, the company’s cloud-based unstructured data storage service, Eugene Shvets, a Microsoft Azure Search senior software engineer announced on Feb. 9. “Our indexers […]

Microsoft wants to give military logistics a cloud-based, analytics-driven makeover. The Redmond, Wash., software giant is offering the U.S. Armed Forces a peek at the future of planning and executing military campaigns. “To demonstrate how defense organizations can combine a highly secure portal with advanced analytics to improve their performance, we recently developed a proof-of-concept […]

Project Oxford, Microsoft’s cloud-based collection of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) software tools, has already spawned some entertaining Web experiences, including TwinsOrNot.net, MyMoustache.net and the viral hit How-Old.net. Just in time for this year’s Westminster Kennel Club Show in New York, Microsoft is using its AI technology on dogs with a new app for […]

Administrators have a new cloud-based option when it comes to managing Nano Servers. Announced last year alongside Microsoft’s homegrown container platform, Nano Server is a stripped-down version of Windows Server intended for the cloud and other environments where stability, security and speed are prized above a comprehensive feature set. Leaner than even the Server Core […]

Hoping to add clarity to the Office client app update model, Microsoft introduced a new Deferred Channel build Feb. 9. “The Deferred Channel allows organizations to choose an update schedule that reduces the frequency of feature changes for the Windows desktop apps, enabling IT admins and developers to have more time between releases to validate […]