Microsoft makes the Office suite available via the Mac App Store, with users needing an Office 365 subscription
6 Apps in This Bundle — Screenshots Jonny Evans / Computerworld : The IT admin guide to Office 365 at the Mac App Store Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : Microsoft Office launch on Mac App Store imminent, subscr...
Sources: Microsoft is working on Windows Lite, a super lightweight, instant on, always connected OS that runs only PWAs and UWP apps, to challenge Chrome OS
here comes Surface ‘Centaurus’ Arif Bacchus / Digital Trends : Microsoft to target Chromebooks with new Windows Lite OS, report says Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet : Microsoft's ‘Centaurus’ device is yet anoth...
Bill Gates-backed social recommendations startup Likewise launches on iOS and Android for free, lets friends track and share their favorite things
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Microsoft debuts free version of Microsoft Teams with team storage capped at 10GB, and Microsoft 365 launches live events with facial recognition and more
including free version of Microsoft Teams LinkedIn : Satya Nadella CEO at Microsoft Peter O'Kelly / Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check : 4 new ways Microsoft 365 takes the work out of teamwork … Peter Brig...
Microsoft discontinues Groove Music Pass service, effective December 31, partners with Spotify, which it will recommend to Windows users instead
without your phone — for $77 Jerry Johnson / Windows Experience Blog : Microsoft to bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass customers Peter Bright / Ars Technica : Microsoft getting out of the music biz, m...
Amazon says Alexa now has 7K+ skills, up from 3K in September and 5.4K in December 2016
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New Microsoft Translator feature enables real-time, in-person, multi-language translations for conversations across multiple devices
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Amazon unveils “Alexa Prize”, an annual university competition to advance conversational AI; first challenge is to build a bot conversing coherently for 20 mins
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Microsoft launches Pix, a free camera app for the iPhone that uses AI to enhance photos
iTunes — Open iTunes to buy and download apps. Emily Price / The Technology Chronicles : Microsoft's new Pix replaces the camera app on your iPhone Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Microsoft r...