Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft continues to expand access to its online voice and video communications offering. Now, all users in the United States and United Kingdom can make Skype calls or conduct text chats directly in their Web browsers without downloading and installing a Skype client. “As we explained at the end of last year, Skype for Web […]

Windows 10 will feature built-in support for multiple desktops when it launches later this summer, but Microsoft isn’t banking on only that feature to help users organize their workspaces and stay productive. The advent of wide-screen monitors and Windows 7’s Aero Snap feature helped make it easier to work with two windows side-by-side. For example, […]

Microsoft is opening two new Azure data centers in Canada, the company announced this past week. The massive cloud computing facilities are set to open in Toronto and Quebec City in 2016. Quentin Kong, vice president of marketing and business development for Softchoice, an IT services provider serving North America, told eWEEK that the move […]

Yahoo is shutting down Maps. Nearly three years into Yahoo’s reinvention under CEO Marissa Mayer, formerly a high-ranking Google executive, the company is shuttering some services including Maps. In a second-quarter progress report posted on Tumblr on June 4—Yahoo acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion in 2013—chief architect Amotz Maimon announced that Yahoo is closing down […]

Dropbox released a handful of updates to its enterprise cloud file-storage and -sharing platform, allowing businesses to better incorporate the service into their data security and user management environments. “Today represents a major milestone for our service, as we launch a collection of key features across three areas close to the hearts of IT: security, […]

Businesses are apparently flocking to Microsoft’s new Office 365 Import Service, heaping so much archived email onto the cloud-based service that they are running into technical roadblocks. “There are millions of Office 365 archives in active use,” revealed the Office 365 Archiving Team in a blog post announcing an update to Office 365’s email archiving […]

Microsoft has partnered with Tinfoil Security, a DevOps security specialist, to help developers secure their Azure-backed Web applications with a new vulnerability scanning option. “For Azure Web Apps, Tinfoil Security is the only security vulnerability scanning option built into the Azure App Service management experience,” said Nazim Lala, a Microsoft Azure Websites software engineer, in […]

Windows 10 won’t ship until July 29, but the public can already get a glimpse of the PCs, tablets and 2-in-1s that will run the operating system. At the Computex conference in Taiwan today, Microsoft and its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners announced a bevy of new devices designed to run the company’s upcoming operating […]

Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Microsoft’s cloud-based security product for protecting corporate inboxes, is out of beta the company announced. “We are pleased to announce that Exchange Online ATP is now available to purchase through our direct channel, the Microsoft Online Subscription Program (MOSP),” Shobhit Sahay, Office 365 technical product manager, said in a […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—WebFocus’ new Auto Linking feature, improved data integrity, next-generation visualizations and a new, more mobile-friendly business intelligence portal were among the major highlights featured during Information Builders’ Summit 2015 conference here this week. Meanwhile, some of the company’s customers are banking on other new functionalities to help them boost their BI efforts. Thomas Janssen, […]

Microsoft has acquired 6Wunderkinder, the German startup behind the popular to-do app Wunderlist, for an undisclosed amount. An earlier report in the Wall Street Journal estimated the value of the deal at $100 million to $200 million according to an insider with knowledge of the transaction. Eran Megiddo, general manager of Microsoft OneNote, said Wunderlist […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Celebrating its 40th year, New York-based business intelligence specialist Information Builders announced today new updates and enhancements to its software platforms that the company expects will pave the way for another 40 years of helping knowledge workers glean business-boosting insights from their company data. One of the most enabling new capabilities is an Auto […]