Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft has added new features to its Skype for Business Mac Preview this week, bringing it a couple of big steps closer to parity with the Windows-based version of the enterprise communications software. In April, a year after replacing Lync with Skype for Business on Windows, the software maker kicked off a phased preview of […]

Next year, IT buyers will have a new option when it comes to purchasing Microsoft software and subscribing to the company’s cloud offerings. Just before the long July 4th holiday weekend in the United States, the Redmond, Wash., software giant announced on Friday that it plans to kick off a new Microsoft Products and Services […]

Microsoft wants to make is easier and cheaper for small business users to dive into teleconferencing and conduct virtual meetings with the company’s new free Skype Meetings product, announced July 5. Microsoft has long offered businesses the ability to host high-definition video meetings in Lync, later renamed Skype for Business. Last year, the company pushed […]

When the Windows 10 Anniversary Update arrives Aug 2, it will include several new security features that are designed to protect data belonging to both consumers and enterprises. Among them is an expansion of Windows Hello’s biometric user authentication capabilities. “We have fully integrated Windows Hello into one seamless stack,” Rob Lefferts, director of program […]

Microsoft’s cloud stumbled for some business users just as they were preparing to embark on a long holiday weekend. Just before the July 4th weekend in the United States, some Microsoft Office 365 customers began noticing that their incoming emails had slowed to a trickle and outgoing emails had begun piling up. On June 30, […]

Arrow, Microsoft’s smart launcher app for Android smartphones, now features a Documents screen that offers users near-immediate access to users’ Office content. “You no longer need to email important documents to yourself to be accessible on the go,” commented Daniel Chu, a Microsoft Office Experience team leader, in a June 30 blog post. After users […]

Microsoft’s first-ever laptop, the Surface Book, and its Surface Pro 4 tablet are available in high-end configurations that pack powerful Intel Core i7 processors and 1TB of flash storage. Apart from their lofty price tags—$3,199 for the Surface Book and $2,699 for the Surface Pro 4—the devices maintained their exclusivity by being sold only in […]

Microsoft has inked a patent licensing agreement with Luna Mobile, a Tampa, Fla.-based maker of affordable Android smartphones. Luna Mobile designs and produces Android handsets that are intended to rival flagship phones from such device makers as Samsung in quality, but at half the price. For example, the company’s high-end Rox V8 smartphone features a […]

Microsoft will release its feature-packed Windows 10 Anniversary Update on Aug. 2, announced the Redmond, Wash., software maker today. Windows 10 was originally released on July 29, 2015, meaning that the update will technically miss the operating system’s anniversary by a few days. Nonetheless, Microsoft is betting that users won’t mind the delay, particularly enterprise […]

Someday soon, gesticulating wildly in front of one’s office PC may hardly warrant a raised eyebrow. Microsoft is making some big strides in creating gesture-based computer interfaces that can detect the slightest hand movements, potentially affecting the way users interact with objects in virtual reality or their favorite operating system in the coming years. The […]