According to GSM Arena, this new feature is available via an update to the Photos app available on the Microsoft Store. Users will also need to download and sign into the iCloud for Windows app.
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Microsoft suspending all new sales of products in Russia over Ukraine crisis
“We are announcing today that we will suspend all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia,” the statement read.
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 prepares Indians for hybrid work
The device for commercial users starts from Rs 105,499 (AMD Ryzen 5 4680U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.5-inch size), going up to Rs 177,499 (Intel Core i7-1185G7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 15-inch).
Microsoft announces Halo-themed Xbox Series X console
The console will launch on November 15 for $549.99 and the preorders for the new Halo Infinite Xbox Series X bundle have gone live at the Microsoft Store and Target.
Microsoft doubles down on Windows as PCs become lifeline: Satya Nadella
PCs have become mission critical to sustain work, learning, and life at home and maintain business continuity in the enterprise in a remote everything world.
Microsoft 365 services back for some users after major outage
The company first acknowledged issues via the Microsoft 365 Status Twitter account, and said it had rolled back a change thought to be the cause of the issue.
Microsoft’s iconic Windows 95 turns 25
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates launched the iconic Windows 95 on August 24. The software was so popular that seven million copies were sold during the first five weeks.
Microsoft confirms talks to acquire TikTok by September 15
Microsoft said that it “will move quickly to pursue discussions with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, in a matter of weeks, and in any event completing these discussions no later than September 15, 2020”.
Mastercard joins Microsoft to boost digital commerce
Mastercard’s Start Path programme has assisted with the development of over 230 fintech companies worldwide, democratizing access to financial services.
Permanent work from home damaging for workers’ well-being: Nadella
Microsoft spent $10 billion in its most recent quarter on share buybacks and dividends, up more than 30 per cent from the year before.
AWS and Microsoft engage in heated public spat over $10bn cloud project
AWS earlier this year sought ‘preliminary injunction’ from the court to temporarily block Microsoft from starting work on the JEDI project.
Microsoft beats Amazon to win $10bn Pentagon Cloud contract
The Pentagon selected Microsoft and AWS, cloud computing arm of Amazon, as two finalists for its $10 billion cloud contract, as the earlier contender Oracle missed the bus.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took home $42.9 mn last fiscal, gets 66% raise
Nadella received a $1 million base salary jump and an increase in stocks.
US President Donald Trump hails Indian-Americans for revolutionizing technology
Thousands of Indians are working at some top American tech firms that are run by Indian-origin CEOs like Satya Nadella at Microsoft, Sundar Pichai at Google and Shantanu Narayen at Adobe, among others.
Microsoft launches Artificial Intelligence labs with 10 colleges in India
The programme, ‘Intelligent Cloud Hub’, covers institutes including BITS Pilani, SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Trident Academy of Technology among others.
E3 2019: Microsoft acquires game studio Double Fine
In a video, Double Fine founder Tim Schafer said that “nothing about us is going to change at all” after the acquisition.
Huawei’s laptop removed from Microsoft store: Report
A listing for the MateBook X Pro mysteriously disappeared over the weekend and searching for any Huawei hardware shows no results at the Microsoft Store.
Microsoft to train 15,000 people on Artificial Intelligence by 2022
The training will revolve around technologies including data science, Machine Learning (ML), Cloud and data engineering among others.
Sony, Microsoft team up on cloud-based gaming services
According to Kenichiro Yoshida, President and CEO of Sony, PlayStation itself came about through the integration of creativity and technology.
Artificial Intelligence to reconstruct complex sentences on Microsoft Word
San Francisco: In an attempt to augment employee skills, Microsoft has announced a new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled feature for Word that would suggest rewrites for complex sentences along with other necessary edits to make sure language being used is gender inclusive. Explaing the in a blog-post on Tuesday the company[Read More…]
Microsoft unveils fully-managed Azure Blockchain Service
San Francisco: Joining the Blockchain bandwagon, Microsoft has unveiled fully-managed Azure Blockchain Service that would simplify the formation, management and governance so that businesses can focus on workflow logic and application development. Instead of supporting cryptocurrency transactions, Azure Blockchain Service will let businesses develop their applications on its Cloud-based platform.[Read More…]
Microsoft blocks ‘Minecraft’ creator Marcus Persson from event
San Francisco: Following his insensitive comments on subjects like sexuality and racism, “Minecraft” game developer Marcus Persson has been excluded by Microsoft to be part of the game’s 10-year anniversary, the media reported. As part of Microsoft’s decision, Persson would not take part in a press event at the “Minecraft”[Read More…]
Microsoft acquires Express Logic to push IoT dream
San Francisco: Microsoft has acquired San Diego-based software company Express Logic, that makes software for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to accelerate IoT development for billions of devices at scale. With this acquisition, Microsoft said late Thursday it will unlock access to billions of new connected endpoints, grow the number[Read More…]
Microsoft issues security alert over cyber attack: Reports
San Francisco: Microsoft has alerted some of its webmail users of possible hacker attacks that could access their email accounts illegally, media reports said. In an email notification to some affected users on Saturday, Microsoft said it became aware of an issue involving unauthorised access to some customers’ web-based email[Read More…]
Women issues at Microsoft reach CEO Satya Nadella
San Francisco: Citing cases and raising concerns of discrimination in career advancements and sexual harassment against women within the company, Microsoft employees had a much-needed meeting with the CEO, Satya Nadella. Roughly 100 to 150 employees attended the meeting with Nadella in person on Thursday while others watched via live-stream.[Read More…]