Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft announced on Oct. 24 the general availability of an Azure storage client library for Xamarin, allowing developers to better integrate the company’s cloud storage into their apps. “Xamarin is a leading mobile app development platform that allows developers to use a shared C# codebase to create iOS, Android, and Windows Store apps with native […]

Microsoft has added six new Austronesian languages to its text translation API, the company announced this week. Now, users of the Skype desktop apps for Windows, trade instant messages with native Fijian, Filipino, Malagasy, Samoan, Tahitian and Tongan speakers. The languages are also available in the iOS and Android Microsoft Translator apps and Bing’s Translator […]

Microsoft posted strong first-quarter fiscal 2017 results Oct. 20, once again crediting its cloud computing portfolio for lifting the Redmond, Wash., software maker’s fortunes. Not too long ago, Microsoft was viewed as a PC-obsessed company that maintained a suffocating grip on its technology platforms. Today, Microsoft is a leading cloud provider that champions some open-source […]

Microsoft’s fiscal year 2017 is off to a strong start. On Oct. 20, the Redmond, Wash., software maker announced it had generated $22.3 billion in sales and a profit of $7.1 billion, or 76 cents per share, during its first fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30. Wall Street analysts had expected Microsoft to post revenue of […]

Microsoft is busily piecing together its upcoming “Redstone 2” update for Windows 10, which is expected sometime in the spring of 2017. (Redstone 1 was the code name of this summer’s Anniversary Update.) Windows Insiders, members of the company’s early-access program, can take some of its features and enhanced capabilities for a spin now. New […]

Microsoft and its maker community partners want to make it easier for hardware hackers, makers and burgeoning internet of things (IoT) developers to create solutions using Windows 10 IoT Core, the lightweight variant of the flagship operating system for connected devices. Building on its existing relationship with the Adafruit marketplace, Microsoft announce the availability of […]

Microsoft’s notetaking app has learned a few new tricks, including a new display mode aimed at multitaskers. An update to the Android version of the app allows users to display OneNote alongside another app that supports the mobile operating system’s new multi-window feature. Available in Android 7.0 Nougat, multi-window support enables users to run apps […]

Microsoft and German business software giant SAP on Oct. 18 announced that the latter’s cloud-based human capital management (HCM) software portfolio will soon be available on Azure. The deal marks the first time SAP is supplementing its own infrastructure and running SuccessFactors HCM on a third-party cloud, the companies said. In the next five years, […]

Next year, Microsoft is flipping the switch on two new Azure Government cloud data centers, one in Arizona and the other in Texas, the company announced today. The new facilities will join existing facilities in Virginia and Iowa, draping the Southwest and South Central parts of the United States with lower latency cloud services. “Now, […]

Similar to phishers, tech support scammers are getting craftier in their attempts to separate people from their money. IT pros, computer experts and younger folks who have grown up surrounded by devices generally know better than to fall for tech support scams. Falsely claiming that their victims’ PCs are at risk of imminent failure or […]