Pedro Hernandez

As their popularity on YouTube can attest, first-person time-lapse videos can be mesmerizing. Unfortunately, they can also be shaky, headache-inducing viewing experiences. An innovation from Microsoft Research, called Hyperlapse, may spell the end to unwatchable time-lapse videos. The project began after Johannes Kopf, a Microsoft researcher as well as a mountain climber, noticed that compressing […]

Xbox One is getting a big storage upgrade, but with a catch. Microsoft is readying the release of a 1TB version of its Xbox One for Nov. 3, Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, announced today during a press event at Gamescom 2014, the European video game conference now taking place in Cologne, Germany. Current models […]

Microsoft has rolled out a new update to the company’s Bing search engine in an attempt to appeal to developers. Shabbar Husain, senior program manager of Bing’s Tech Team, announced the changes, the result of a yearlong effort, in a Bing Blogs post. His group had “been working hard to develop a more natural way […]

Microsoft is warning businesses that Internet Explorer 8’s time is running out. Organizations with Web applications that have standardized on older versions of Internet Explorer (IE) have until Jan. 12, 2016, to upgrade before the company withdraws support, Roger Capriotti, director of Internet Explorer, wrote in a blog post. After that date, “only the most […]

Microsoft and iFixit, an electronics repair Website and parts store, have teamed up on a new program, called the Pro Tech Network. The goal is to help make disposable electronics a thing of the past. The free program offers resources on starting or growing a small business that repairs smartphones, tablets and computers. “Written by […]

Microsoft is reportedly taking a page from Apple’s retail playbook and scoping out a posh Fifth Avenue address in New York City. Apple’s Fifth Avenue location has not only become a popular landmark, it spearheads the Cupertino, Calif.-based device maker’s lucrative retail operations. Its iconic glass cube draws a steady stream of tourists and locals, […]

Skype as a photo-sharing platform? Already capable of voice over IP (VoIP), video calling and text chat, Microsoft is adding the ability to share photos between users to its Skype communications platform. The feature made its debut on Aug. 6 with the release of Skype 2.21 for Windows Phone 8 and 8.1. “Right now, building […]

Chinese government officials returned to Microsoft this week in an antitrust probe that has spread to the company’s partner Accenture, a technology services and consulting firm. On July 28, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) announced that the agency’s anti-monopoly investigators had seized computers, documents, emails and files from Microsoft’s offices in Beijing, […]

The Windows Service Pack era is well and truly over. Although dubbed “updates” in recent times (e.g., Windows 8.1 Update), Microsoft’s habit of packaging new features, enhancements and security patches into major service packs has endured since before the days of its classic Windows XP desktop operating system. Each service pack marked a big milestone […]

Microsoft’s latest appointment signals that it is indeed taking a “mobile-first” approach to the technology market. Margaret L. (Peggy) Johnson has been named executive vice president of Business Development, a role that makes her “responsible for driving strategic business deals and partnerships across various industries with key customers, strategic innovation partners, OEMs, key accounts, third-party […]