Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft is bringing the machine-learning technology behind the company’s surprisingly successful How-Old.net Website to Bing Image Search. Branded as the “#HowOldRobot” by Microsoft, the age- and gender-identifying site first appeared as a tech demo during last month’s Build developer conference. Three hours after Microsoft staffers sent an internal email, thousands of users began sharing screenshots […]

Microsoft has released the first SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview, allowing database administrators to test out the software’s new capabilities. The preview is available for download now at the company’s TechNet Evaluation Center. “This public preview gives an early look into many of the capabilities in the release and allows early adopters to get […]

Microsoft has released the first major software update for StorSimple 8000, the company’s line of Azure-backed, hybrid cloud storage arrays. The company acquired StorSimple, an early provider of high-speed, flash-enabled hardware that extends enterprise storage infrastructures into the cloud, in 2012. StorSimple can be used to offload inactive data, backups and archives to the cloud. […]

Microsoft’s ever-expanding embrace of competitors’ mobile operating system platforms continues with a new app for the company’s upcoming Windows 10 operating system. Included with the company’s new flagship OS when it launches this summer is the Phone Companion app, which helps extend select Windows 10 functionality to iPhones, Android and, of course, Windows smartphones. “Regardless […]

Microsoft made waves in March by announcing new partnerships that would bring preinstalled Office apps to Android tablets from Samsung and Dell. Now, the Redmond, Wash., tech giant is announcing that many more OEMs, including Sony and LG, have signed up to bundle the company’s mobile productivity suite. Nick Parker, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s […]

Microsoft is turning its OneNote note-taking app into a blogging aid with a new WordPress add-on. Published to the WordPress plug-in directory, the new OneNote Publisher add-on from Microsoft allows users of the cloud-enabled OneNote app to transform their notes into WordPress posts. Nearly 24 percent of Websites use WordPress, making the open-source content management […]

Microsoft and Salesforce came fairly close to a deal until the former suffered some sticker shock, according to a new report. Backing earlier reports that Microsoft balked at Salesforce’s asking price, effectively ending a possible acquisition, CNBC reported just before the long Memorial Day weekend that the companies were engaged in “significant talks” this spring […]

Intel’s computer processor expertise is being put to work in Microsoft’s new Edge Web browser, the successor to Internet Explorer due this summer. The companies previously collaborated on the Chakra JavaScript engine for Internet Explorer around the Windows 8.1 timeframe, reducing its code size and improving performance in select use cases. For Edge, that partnership […]

Microsoft is now enabling Sway for organizations that have signed up for business and education Office 365 plans. First introduced in October, Sway is a mobile-friendly alternative to building presentations with tools like the company’s own PowerPoint software. Users can drag-and-drop text, images and Web content to interactive presentations that automatically scale to fit smartphones, […]

Microsoft has flipped the switch on a new feature for OneDrive for Business. Now, administrators can extend the company’s data loss prevention (DLP) technology to their accounts on the enterprise file storage, sync and sharing platform. “Many organizations want to ensure their users are only able to sync files to managed or domain-joined PC’s thereby […]