27By Alex Wilson Professional social network LinkedIn announced new design to its desktop computer version at a press event in San Francisco. The long-awaited redesign follows a similar facelift of its mobile apps, which the company introduced about nine months ago. The updated design covers the main feed, new messaging options and a chat bot,…
15Microsoft Corporation announced Monday that it is acquiring a business-oriented social network LinkedIn for US $26.2 bn or US $196 per share in cash. According to the announcement, LinkedIn will keep its brand and independence and will become a part of Microsoft’s productivity and business processes segment. Jeff Weiner will remain the CEO of the…
02The world’s major IT companies, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft together with the EU Commission introduced the new regulations aimed at curbing the spread of hate speech in Europe. The companies that committed to the regulations thus undertake to work on internal procedures and train staff so that the majority of flagged comments could…
31Microsoft rolled out Skype 7.0 for Android, bringing the material design to Android tablets. The changes are identical to those the company introduced last year for smartphones. The developers say they are gradually transitioning to the material design, while keeping the overall concept of the app intact. The new design for tablets offers more opportunities…
01At its annual Build Conference in San Francisco Microsoft announced that the company is planning to bring bots to ‘conversational platforms’. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke at the conference with a presentation of how the technologies will work. The Cortana and Skype demonstration showed how Cortana, Microsoft’s own digital personal assistant, can help you get…
23The other day, Microsoft pleased its users by rolling out Skype updates for several platforms at once: Android, Windows and Windows Phone. And if the new 2.30.0.2 version for Windows Phone and version 7.15 for Windows cannot boast any specific updates, the list of new features for Android cannot but make you feel high. One…
20This fall, Skype‘s management announced that a new function was coming out for its messaging app, which would allow users to connect any non-Skype user to any conversation. Unbelievable, right? To clarify, Skype users need to send out a link in order to get the person to join in on a discussion. While the people…
16Windows 10 fans, rejoice! Microsoft’s GroupMe messenger mobile version has been updated. Microsoft released GroupMe in 2010. This is a platform for exchanging free text messages one-to-one or otherwise messaging in group chats. In the previous Windows Phone 8 version, group chats were called chat rooms. Each chat room used to be called differently, e.g.,…
09Microsoft keeps presenting its users with updates. Skype messenger alone has recently introduced quite a few new features, so the constant Skype users have not been able to catch up with such a high rate of upgrading. Moji with popular movie and TV show characters, new filters, the opportunity to communicate directly from Office 2016…
02Millions of users have been closely watching Microsoft corporation and its updates for several months already. E.g., the announced next-generation functionalities of the new Office 2016 package, which is actually an addition to the Office 365 service, has promised users great improvements in their MS Office experience. Such as, MS Office will be synched with…