Pedro Hernandez

Lync, Microsoft’s enterprise communications platform, is venturing beyond the compact confines of Android smartphones. Now Android tablet users can participate in Lync conversations, courtesy of a new app that supports both smartphones and tablets that run Google’s mobile operating system. On May 12, Lync Mobile Product Manager Barak Manor announced the availability of the new […]

Kinect is looking less integral to the Xbox One experience after Xbox head Phil Spencer announced on May 13 that Microsoft will begin offering a less expensive version of the console. Currently, the Xbox One retails for $499. “Beginning on June 9, in all markets where Xbox One is sold, we will offer Xbox One, […]

Microsoft is signaling to businesses at the TechEd 2014 conference in Houston that their Office 365 data will be subject to even stronger security in the coming months. Office 365, a pillar of Microsoft’s new mobile and cloud strategy, has emerged as a big money maker for the company. At last count, Office 365 “is […]

Microsoft Azure, the software’s maker cloud computing platform, is casting a big shadow over the TechEd 2014 conference in Houston. Highlighting Azure’s critical role in the company’s new “mobile-first, cloud-first” approach to computing, Microsoft introduced several new enhancements and offerings that are meant to attract businesses to its cloud. Among the major announcements was ExpressRoute, […]

Microsoft is giving Windows 8.1 holdouts a little more time to update their systems to the latest version of the company’s flagship operating system. Last month, coinciding with the Windows XP support cut-off date, Microsoft released the Windows 8.1 Spring Update, a week after the company distributed the code to developers at the Build conference […]

Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute is open for business, announced the software giant during its TechEd conference in Houston. ExpressRoute provides a private, secure link to Azure cloud services via partner network and data center services providers, enabling businesses to blend the security and manageability of on-premises IT systems with the scalability and elasticity of the public […]

Microsoft has extended Power BI for Office 365 with a new update that brings forecasting capabilities to the company’s cloud-based business intelligence software. First introduced last summer, Power BI is Microsoft’s self-service BI offering that enables users to explore and analyze data using Excel, a major pillar of the company’s popular Office productivity software suite. […]

Just weeks after rolling out a private preview of the Office Mix add-on for PowerPoint, Microsoft now is letting the general public take the technology for a spin. A company spokesperson alerted eWEEK in a May 8 email that “today we are announcing that the customer preview of Microsoft’s Office Mix is publicly available.” A […]

Microsoft offered a glimpse of its mobile IT management ambitions during the March 27 launch of Office for iPad. Now, Brad Anderson, corporate vice president of Windows Server & System Center, is spelling out just how the company plans to make its mark in the sizzling mobile device management (MDM) market. “Our vision is to […]

Internet Explorer 11 for the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 mobile operating system is shedding its desktop baggage. In a sign that Microsoft is serious about its new “mobile first” corporate strategy, the company is previewing some of the features that users can expect when they fire up Windows Phone 8.1’s bundled Web browser. IE11 will […]