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    Facebook Bots Are a Tough Sell After Microsoft Tay’s Racist Tirade

    As more than 2,500 coders and corporate-brand caretakers gather this week to hear what’s in store for the future of Facebook, the buzzword of the company’s event will be bots. The social networking giant is expected by analysts to unveil ways for businesses to build chat bots for Messenger, allowing some 900 million users of […]

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    Microsoft Edge Browser to Start Automatically Pausing Flash Content

    Microsoft has announced that much like Apple, Google, and Mozilla, it too is wary of Flash. The company says that it will introduce changes to its new Web browser Edge alongside the Windows 10 Anniversary Update later this year to give users more control over Flash content. The company also noted that it doesn’t see […]

  • COMPUTERS
    India an Incredibly Unique and Valuable Market: Microsoft

    India’s growing and robust startup culture, strong base of development partners and its large economy make it an “incredibly unique and valuable” market for Microsoft, senior executives at the technology giant have said. “India is unique in a number of different ways. In India, (there is) such an embrace of technology in development as a […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Microsoft Begins First Shipments of HoloLens

    Microsoft began its first shipments of its HoloLens augmented reality headgear Wednesday, staking its place in what is expected to be an emerging computing platform. HoloLens is being delivered to application developers, with Microsoft opting for augmented realityrather than virtual reality in devices such as the Oculus Rift from Facebook. While virtual reality is fully […]

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    Microsoft, Nasa Partner to Bring You Closer to Mars With HoloLens

    The US space agency and tech giant Microsoft have teamed up to create “Destination: Mars”, a guided tour of Mars using the same HoloLens headset technology that helps scientists plan the Curiosity rover’s activities on Red Planet. It will offer people a guided tour of an area of Mars with astronaut Buzz Aldrin this summer […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Microsoft Makes Special Edition of Windows 10 for China’s Government

    Microsoft is said to have made a special version of Windows 10 for the Chinese government. Dubbed Windows 10 Zhuangongban, or “Windows 10 Specially-provided Edition,” the variant boasts of fewer consumer-centric features when compared to Windows 10 Home (hence, Windows 10 Pro), but offers additional security measures as mandated by the Chinese government. Chinese publication […]

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    Microsoft Surface Hub Finally Starts Shipping to Business Customers

    Microsoft’s Surface Hub, which is aimed at bringing collaboration to the conference room, has been so far delayed twice by the company. Microsoft on Friday however confirmed that the Surface Hub has begun shipping to business customers. The company touts the Surface Hub to be an innovative conference room computer which comes with an integrated […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Microsoft to Unveil 2 New Live Tiles Features at Build 2016

    Ahead of its developer conference Build on Wednesday, Microsoft is hinting at new features and major changes to its Live Tiles interface for Windows 10. The company is supposedly planning to make Live Tiles, Microsoft’s take on flat icons, more interactive and capable. The Redmond, Washington-based company will be holding a session at the upcoming […]

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    Microsoft Launches Windows 10 Update History Portal to Highlight Changes

    Microsoft on Tuesday released a new update (build number 10586.104) for Windows 10 to fix a number of bug fixes including security vulnerabilities in its Edge Web browser. The Redmond-based company also launched a dedicated portal on which it now showcases all the features and changes it seeds with the new Windows 10 update. Since […]