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Zuzana Kukelova, a post-doc researcher specializing in computer vision at Microsoft’s research lab in Cambridge, U.K., is the recipient of the 2015 Cor Baayen Award, given to a promising young researcher in computer science and applied mathematics from countries associated with the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics. … Read more »
‘Inside Out’ brings out all your feels, and now it’s in the Windows Store
Voiced by Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black and Mindy Kaling, the emotions navigate the tricky terrain of memories, growing up and the dynamics of family and friendships. … Read more »
New JacksGap video shows how Skype empowers students in Tanzania
Ashley Washburn’s work is chronicled in the latest video of the JacksGap documentary series “Following Heart,” which looks at inspiring people who use Skype to pursue their passion. JacksGap is a popular British YouTube channel run by twins Jack and Finn Harries. … Read more »
Break, build and solve puzzles in ‘Briquid Mini’
In “Briquid Mini,” break bricks or build them to create pathways for a stream of water to flow into a reservoir – even shifting the direction of gravity at times to accomplish your goal. There are more than 100 puzzles in this retro-style game. … Read more »
Educators: Learn how Microsoft can help in the classroom at NYSCAT 2015
It’s the 50th anniversary of the New York State Association for Computers and Technologies (NYSCAT) in Education, and at this year’s conference, Nov. 22-24 in Rochester, New York, educators can bring their own devices and get set up with Office 365 Education for free, as well enter a raffle to … Read more »
Windows Store trends: Windows 10 is where the action is
In the latest blog post in a recurring series about recent Windows Store trends, productivity stood out as having more downloads than other categories of apps, Windows 10 accounted for 50 percent of downloads, and games still dominate as a category. … Read more »
Excel 2016 introduces new capabilities for PivotTables and PivotCharts
Excel 2016 has introduced new capabilities for PivotTables and PivotCharts to help you streamline your data analysis. PivotTables now support automatic time grouping and PivotCharts now include drill-down buttons. In a new post, Office Blogs shows you how to build PivotTables with a date/time column and discover time-based insights in … Read more »
Microsoft Giving Campaign leaders inspire others in broad effort to help those in need
Microsoft provides these seven “loaned professionals” with four months away from their usual roles to learn about people around the world who need help and the nonprofits dedicated to providing it; the team then works to inspire and enable other employees to donate money and time to causes close to … Read more »
Microsoft data analytics tools bring big benefits for financial services firms
Financial services firms who work with reams of data now have some powerful new tools, thanks to the recent release of the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite, Cortana Analytics Suite and Azure Data Lake. The Microsoft data analytics platform can help the financial services industry extract all kinds of value from … Read more »
Extended support for SQL Server 2005 ends in 6 months; are you ready?
On April 12, 2016, extended support for SQL Server 2005 ends. That means the end of important security updates and hotfixes that you’ve relied on for years. Now is the time to make a plan to convert your aging database technology to a modern data platform. … Read more »
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