Pedro Hernandez

Surface Pro 3, the newest x86-based tablet offering from Microsoft, is attracting the health care industry’s attention. It’s no secret that the Surface Pro line of Windows tablets is aimed at businesses, albeit not exclusively. According to Cyril Belikoff, senior director of the Microsoft Surface division, the device is already making some early waves among […]

Microsoft is championing the e-waste recycling movement. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech titan, along with Sony America, Xerox and Goodwill Industries, has been named a founding member of R2 Leaders, an electronics recycling group that aims to keep used gadgets and PCs out of landfills. “This reflects Microsoft’s commitment to support the development of standards for […]

Data privacy on the cloud is serious business for Microsoft. And so the company is letting its users know its privacy policy for its cloud services in advance of the release of an updated Microsoft Services Agreement (MSA) that is due to take effect later this summer. On July 31, Microsoft will update the user […]

The Outlook Web App (OWA) for Android, first announced during the Microsoft Exchange Conference in March, is now just making its way to select smartphones powered by Google’s market-leading mobile operating system. As noted by Greg Baribault, principal group program manager of the company’s Exchange Engineering Team, during a session at MEC, the new app […]

Microsoft continues to break down language barriers in business. Yammer has rolled out “message translation in both the iOS and Android Yammer apps, powered by Microsoft Translator,” Adrianne Martinson, product manager, said in a statement. The technology, which hails from the Microsoft Research division, powers the company’s translations apps for Windows and Windows Phone along […]

Starting up and managing Docker hosts on Microsoft Azure is now easier, courtesy of new code that integrates with the cloud service’s updated command-line interface (CLI) tools. Now, Docker-enabled virtual machines (VMs) can be created by simply “running the command ‘azure vm docker create,’” explained Ross Gardler, a Microsoft Open Technologies (MS Open Tech) senior […]

The Skype for iPhone app is getting a makeover. Microsoft announced that Skype 5.0 for iOS 7 will soon be sporting a new look. “The new Skype for iPhone is redesigned to put your conversation at the center of a faster, smoother and far more integrated experience,” Skype product marketing manager Eric Lin said in […]

In the wake of last year’s National Security Agency spying revelations and after the discovery of the high-profile “Heartbleed” vulnerability, security has become a top priority for cloud services providers. Microsoft, for its part, is hardening its Azure Web Sites service with support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), announced Erez Benari, an Azure Web Sites […]

Microsoft has released a new Google Chrome extension that allows users to “clip” Web pages directly into their OneNote notebooks. Once installed, the free extension, called OneNote Clipper, appears as an icon that resides just to the right of the browser’s “omnibox,” Google’s combined search and address bar. Clicking the icon saves Web pages as […]

Starting June 9 and amid the E3 2014 proceedings, Microsoft is offering the Xbox One, stripped of one of its major features, for $399. It’s a price point that matches the cost of rival Sony’s PlayStation 4. Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant’s Devices and Studios division, said in […]