Microsoft approaches arrangement to purchase voice tech pioneer Nuance for $16bn

 Microsoft is approaching an arrangement to purchase voice acknowledgment pioneer Nuance Communications that would esteem the man-made brainpower organization at about $16bn, as indicated by individuals informed about the matter.

The arrangement would be the second-biggest procurement ever by Microsoft. It comes after the tech goliath had been investigating various takeover openings in the course of recent months, including a methodology for web-based media bunches TikTok, Pinterest and Discord.

Individuals informed about the matter said an arrangement could be reported for the current week as the different sides are near concluding the exchange. They cautioned there was as yet a remote possibility that the arrangement could self-destruct.

Subtlety, situated in Burlington, Massachusetts, was one of the early designers of discourse acknowledgment AI. Its innovation was utilized to control the voice reactions in Apple's remote helper, Siri.

The organization's voice acknowledgment frameworks are utilized in a wide scope of enterprises. Following quite a while of little acquisitions, notwithstanding, it has been attempting to strip back its business and pull together on a modest bunch of business sectors to revive development.

Its incomes shrank in every one of the previous two years, and it has turned off or sold various specialty units, modifying basically around cloud-based frameworks for emergency clinics and specialists. Advances in medical care have added to a bounce back in its offers, which have dramatically multiplied from a depressed spot last March, esteeming it at around $13bn.

Microsoft is a pioneer in the characteristic language handling AI that supports such frameworks. A Nuance procurement would give it an approach to offer to an enormous number of new clients in medical care, monetary administrations and telecoms, among different businesses. Nonetheless, Nuance just made $29m in total compensation a year ago, following quite a while of misfortunes, and its income has fallen in excess of a quarter since topping above $2bn in 2018.

Microsoft has been on a purchasing binge in the course of recent years as it has utilized its solid asset report to additional support its business. It gained proficient systems administration site LinkedIn for $26bn in 2016. After two years it purchased code archive bunch GitHub for $7.5bn, and a half year prior it took over private gaming organization ZeniMax for $7.5bn.

The Seattle-based tech goliath, which has some expertise in big business distributed computing administrations utilized by organizations and government instead of shoppers, has had the option to hoover up a few resources as it has stayed away from the political backfire that has made it more hard for Facebook and Google to make enormous acquisitions.

Bloomberg previously revealed that the two organizations were in cutting edge conversations.

Microsoft simply power restarted my Windows PC again to introduce more undesirable applications

I backed away from my PC for supper, partially through composing a story for The Verge. At the point when I got back, I was unable to accept my eyes.

Windows 10 had restarted my PC without authorization once more — to introduce one more constrained OS update onto my strong state drive.

The craziest part: When my machine got done with rebooting, it currently contained the specific thing I'd been expounding on before I was discourteously interfered. Microsoft had introduced spontaneous, undesirable web application forms of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook onto my PC.

Alright, it's not as awful as when my whole PC screen got taken over by an undesirable duplicate of Microsoft Edge. That was genuinely shocking.

No, this time Microsoft is simply sneaking undesirable web applications onto my PC — and utilizing my Windows 10 Start Menu as free publicizing space. Did I notice that symbols for Microsoft Office applications have mystically showed up in my Start Menu, despite the fact that I've not even once introduced Office on this PC?

These aren't sans full duplicates of Office, incidentally. They're only alternate routes to the web form you could as of now access in any internet browser of your decision, which twofold as ads to pay for an all the more completely included duplicate. 

Since they're web applications, dislike they occupy any room on my PC, and I don't generally mind them in my Start Menu. They're among the most un-hostile bloatware I've seen, and I never truly take a gander toward the Start Menu at any rate — my taskbar and search bar have for quite some time been sufficient for me.

In any case, they're the most recent confirmation that Microsoft doesn't regard your responsibility for own PC, the most recent case of Microsoft introducing anything it loves in a Windows update up to and including bloatware, and the most recent case of Microsoft thinking more about the main concern than whether a couple of individuals may lose their work when Windows unexpectedly closes down their PC. Fortunately, I didn't lose any work today, however a companion of mine as of late did:

Microsoft assumes our PCs are free publicizing space, a spot where it can childishly advance its different items — despite the fact that they were told entirely during the '90s that in any event, packaging an internet browser was not OK. Presently, they're packaging a program you can't uninstall, and a lot of PWA web applications that dispatch in that equivalent program. (Indeed, they fire up Edge regardless of whether you've set an alternate program as default.) 

As I've contended beforehand, choices like this subvert the one great contention Microsoft really has for required updates — that they give significant security fixes that keep PCs (yours and others) safe. That is a harder contention when the most noticeable contrast after another update is an endeavor to get more cash-flow!

Microsoft Q1 Earnings: It's All About the Cloud

Going into Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) monetary final quarter income report this mid year, the product organization previously flaunted a trillion dollar-in addition to advertise capitalization. Regardless of its enormous size at the time, Microsoft's quarterly outcomes still figured out how to intrigue, sending offers much higher after the report was discharged. In front of its financial first-quarter update in under about fourteen days, desires for the organization stay high. With the stock up 38% year to date, the organization has a $1.07 trillion market capitalization and a cost to-profit proportion of 28.

Key to Microsoft's solid execution as of late has been its energy in the cloud. Its business cloud income has been taking off, contributing altogether to the organization's merged top-and primary concern income development.

Here are two key measurements financial specialists will need to watch when Microsoft reports its monetary first-quarter results on Oct. 23.

All out income development

In Microsoft's final quarter of monetary 2019, the organization's income expanded 12% year over year. While this was above what investigators were expecting, it marked a deceleration contrasted with the organization's 14% income development in monetary Q3.

When Microsoft reports its monetary first-quarter results, speculators should hope to see whether the organization's top-line development will keep on decelerating. In view of the executives' viewpoint for the quarter, it will. In the organization's monetary final quarter profit call, CFO Amy Hood said the organization expects financial first-quarter income between $31.7 billion and $32.4 billion. The midpoint of this direction range infers 10.1% development.

The executives' direction, be that as it may, frequently demonstrates to be preservationist. Experts, all things considered, expect Microsoft to report monetary first-quarter income of $32.2 billion.

Quite, some deceleration would be common. The organization is facing a harder correlation in its first quarter of financial 2020 than it was in its final quarter of monetary 2019. Income in the main quarter of financial 2019 expanded 19% year over year. That contrasts and 17% year-over-year development in the final quarter of financial 2018.

Business cloud income development

Microsoft's business cloud income, or income from business-confronting cloud-based contributions Office 365 business, Azure, and Dynamics 365, has been a tremendous shelter to the organization's combined outcomes as of late.

Business cloud income expanded 39% year over year in financial Q4 to $11 billion. Further, this present section's gross edge is growing quickly, ascending from 57% in financial 2018 to 63% in monetary 2019. In the organization's final quarter of monetary 2019, explicitly, its business cloud net edge was 65% - up from 59% in the final quarter of financial 2018.

With the fragment developing a lot quicker than Microsoft's general income, and given its extending gross net revenue, business cloud will probably be a significant driver of the product mammoth's profit development in monetary 2020. Financial specialists, thusly, should look trust in increasingly solid development from the fragment.

Microsoft reports its monetary first-quarter results post-retail close on Oct. 23.

Tech Mahindra, Microsoft join hands to curb pesky calls

Tech MahindraNSE 2.46 % and Microsoft have collaborated to create blockchain-based innovation to check bothersome calls and SMS as prescribed by telecom controller Trai. "Tech Mahindra...announced today its coordinated effort with Microsoft to make a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)- based answer for assemble a powerful biological system in accordance with the directions issued by Trai," a joint articulation by the two organizations said.

In light of blockchain innovation and based on Microsoft Azure, the arrangement ims at moderating the issue of spontaneous business correspondence (UCC) in the nation, it said.

As per Trai's new principles to suppress annoying calls, telecom administrators are required to convey blockchain-based innovation to anticipate unapproved access of supporters information, make framework non-repudiative and improve privacy.

This is obviously first-of-its-kind innovation on the planet to be sent to keep spillages of purchaser data from unapproved telemarketers

"Blockchain as an innovation is a ground-breaking instrument to battle the issue of spam calls and extortion dangers, to ensure client data, and in addition the respectability of the telecom area.

"This DLT-based arrangement will empower endeavors to stop budgetary cheats and execution of deluding monetary data by unregistered telecom advertisers who wildly utilize the SMS administration of telcos," Rajesh Dhuddu, Global Practice Leader, Blockchain, Tech Mahindra said.

Trai's new decides plan to guarantee that endorsers' information isn't obvious to individual working the framework in clear content or any application "other than the application playing out the designated capacities".

The controller has expressed that UCC or spam calls are a noteworthy disturbance to telecom supporters and has been working with partners to check this hazard.

Trai had set up a "Don't Disturb" (DND) registry in 2010. In any case, while the registry has in excess of 23 crore supporters, endorsers, unregistered telemarketers keep on spamming clients, acquiring their assent through deceitful strategies.

"Tech Mahindra and Microsoft have been mutually working with Trai on this issue since the time this control was as a rule formally organized," the announcement said.

Any progressions made in a blockchain-based framework gets reflected over all the framework or PCs connected to it and it very well may be effortlessly followed when and where the progressions were made.

The blockchain-based arrangement will empower telcos and enrolled telemarketers to deal with inclination enlistment, assent securing, dynamic inclination setting, partner onboarding, header enrollment, layout enrollment, cleaning administration, and grievance taking care of and following, the announcement said.

The arrangement will be a mutual, anchored record of UCCs conveyed over a system of PCs, which will guarantee a straightforward and certain framework to enable organizations to moderate UCC on their systems.

"Through this arrangement we will have the capacity to help specialist organizations be consistent with the new control. With a Microsoft Azure blockchain-fueled arrangement, we will guarantee that we moderate escape clauses utilized by fraudsters and spammers to achieve end clients

Exclusive: U.S. sanctions curb Microsoft sales to hundreds of Russian firms

Two of Microsoft's official distributors in Russia have imposed restrictions on Microsoft software sales to more than 200 Russian companies following new US sanctions, according to reports distributed by distributors.

While US sanctions were aimed at regulating it, Russian distributors are showing that the more stringent restrictions that entered into force on November 28 are beginning to rage.

The new measures reduce the duration of loans that can be offered to Russian financial companies subject to sanctions on 14 days of 30 days and 60 days from 90 days for Russian energy companies on a list of US sanctions.

Previously, the restrictions related mainly to Western banks that lent to Russian companies, but with such short financing periods, large parts of companies that provide goods and services to Russian customers were afraid to also fall under the rules.

It is common in Russia that suppliers wait weeks or even months before they are paid after submitting their accounts for goods and services.

Some Western companies have been informed by lawyers that the US Treasury Department could, in theory, consider this as a financing in violation of sanctions, according to several people involved in the discussions.

One of Microsoft's two distributors, a Russian company named Merlion, said in its notification to partners that all sanctioned Microsoft licensing buyers must pay in tight deadlines, or even pay in advance in some cases.

The second distributor, RRC, said in his notification, as seen by Reuters, that "serious restrictions have been introduced" on orders from Microsoft by companies subject to US sanctions.

Merlion and the RRC called rules stemming from the new US sanction package - promulgated on August 2 for Russian involvement in Ukraine and cyber attacks - as the reason for further restrictions.

Merlion nor RRC answered questions from Reuters.

Microsoft said in a statement to Reuters: "Microsoft has a strong commitment to comply with legal requirements and has strong processes around the world to ensure that our partners also meet the requirements."

In response to questions from Reuters, a spokesperson from the US Treasury Department, which oversees enforcement of sanctions, referred to the published guidelines

The FACA (Foreign Abets Supervision Bureau) guidelines of the Treasury determine that US companies may enter into transactions with companies on the sanction list, provided that the payment conditions do not exceed the permitted duration of the loan.

"In the event that an American person is of the opinion that he / she can not receive full payment by the end of the relevant payment term, the US person must contact OFAC to determine whether a license or other authorization is required" .

"SECTORAL SANCTIONS"

The United States can impose a fine of $ 250,000 on offenders or double the amount of the transaction if it is larger. If offenders are found guilty of a deliberate offense, they can receive a fine of up to $ 1 million, or 20 years in prison, or both.

Microsoft did not answer Reuters' questions about whether it had initiated the restrictions introduced by two of its Russian distributors.

Microsoft mentions nine other official distributors of its main software products in Russia in the same category of partner companies as RRC and Merlion. A Softline declined to comment on whether it had introduced stricter payment rules. The others have not responded to Reuters requests for comments.

Reuters reported in October that software produced by Microsoft had been taken over by government agencies and companies in Russia and Crimea, despite sanctions that prevented US companies from doing business with them.

This case, and a number of similar reports reported by Reuters, revealed discrepancies between sanctions and their application.

The US government keeps two lists of companies that are subject to sanctions. Entities located in the United States are banned in virtually all forms of trade with companies included in the Nationalized Nationality Nationals (SDN) list of Washington.

A second list known as the sectoral penalty identification list (SSI) comprises 224 companies, mainly Russian companies, and their subsidiaries in the banking, energy and defense sectors, with financial constraints.

Among them are large Russian companies such as the oil giant Rosneft, natural gas producer Novatek and Sberbank, Russia's biggest money lender.

Although the credit rules for financial and energy companies have been tightened, the restrictions on the financing of Russian defense producers remained unchanged at 30 days, although new sanctions have tightened the penalties for violations.

Microsoft Will Fix Windows 10's Most Annoying Feature, Sort Of

I like Windows 10. For me, it has made a Windows operating system that I really like to use. But there are a couple of things about how it works that bothers me at once, and power users. In essence, Windows updates are a pain and force users to restart sometimes they are inconvenient or you can automatically restart a computer without warning.

Users like Sergey Tkachenko of WinAero in the Windows Insider preview program have noticed that it has been added to the Windows Update system that allows them to see all the updates all the time up to 35 days to the new option. The parameter resides in the "advanced" on the Windows Update configuration page and is a typical on / off configuration, there is no actual granularity control.

Some versions of Windows 10 (Pro, Enterprise and Education) already have a strong control "defer updates." This is similar, and to hold new features to back up enough time for serious problems to come to light. This is great for business, but not for use for home users should upgrade from $ 99 to Windows 10 Pro to take advantage of this option - probably not worth it, unless you also want RDP and opportunity To get to the areas too.

I find the way Windows 10 takes care of the hugely frustrating updates, and although this change is welcome, I do not think it goes far enough. I am very satisfied that Windows has security updates for Defender only, but if there is an update automatically triggers a reboot, I think it should be queried.

Now there is a way to prevent Windows 10 from being restarted after an upgrade. You need to play with some settings, but open the Task Scheduler and "Library" open, then find and find MicrosoftWindowsUpdateOrchestrator "reboot". From there, you can right-click and disable this function. This is obviously a risk, and many of us prefer Microsoft makes it easy to change the way our computer in the update window.

As Microsoft strives to make its many more operating systems easy to use, it also tends to eliminate some controls. I'm in favor of ensuring that non-technical users get updates correctly, but at least give people a little control of how their PC's work, after all, is my non-Microsoft computer.

Windows 10 also gets a new gameplay that will optimize performance and filter blue light, as these are in vogue now. Forbes contributor Antony Leather has details about these features.

Microsoft, Samsung showcase smart home tech

Collaboration between companies expands to IoT.
Microsoft announced a partnership with Samsung to develop smart home devices operating on Windows 10.
During the keynote address at CES 2016 Samsung Las Vegas, Microsoft EVP president Terry Myerson Samsung and CMO Dr. Won-Pyo Hong IoT joined to describe the strategy of Microsoft.

A demonstration showed the IO interoperability between virtual assistant to 10 supported Samsung devices IO Cortana and Windows.

At the event, Windows Cortana was called by the voice to request the status of a chip of Samsung washing machine, and was invited to create graphs showing the use of the device for each household member.
"With Samsung, we are very pleased to have this shared vision of millions of devices and the things that communicate via open protocols and open standards," Myerson said.

Dr. Hong said that the associations "are the foundation of success IoT," and he was proud to have Microsoft on board his new partner the IO.

The announcement of this partnership follows the launch last December of the versions of the IO-lists Microsoft Windows 10, allowing manufacturers to design and implement the integration between hardware and the operating system.

Microsoft Fails to Deliver Tool For Bringing Android Apps to Windows

Microsoft has confirmed this weekend that delayed if not completely dead, a tool designed to make it easy for Android applications running on Windows 10 phones and tablets.

Astoria dubbed Project, the effort was announced in April as part of an ambitious but risky for developers who write for Android, iOS and Web to get their programs for Windows. Developers began to ask questions, though, as the tool has never been made public and Microsoft had stopped talking.

Microsoft has confirmed Re / code this weekend was not through with Astoria as expected, but a representative declined to say whether Astoria was delayed, pending or during disposal altogether.

"The Astoria bridge is not yet ready, but other tools offer great opportunities for developers," Microsoft said in a statement, adding that the tools of the web and iOS developers are ready with another option for the future to allow Windows programs to run on older phones and tablets. Microsoft said. "We are committed to offer developers many options to bring their applications to the Windows platform."

Android tool was considered the riskiest of the four bridges, as it essentially amounted to bear on applications written for Android without really taking advantage of Windows itself. BlackBerry uses a similar strategy, allowing Android apps to run on BlackBerry 10 devices via the Amazon App Store. Ultimately, this proved largely unsatisfactory and the company chose to build the Priv, some Android-based smartphone.

Microsoft options for iOS and Web developers require more work by the creators of APP, but also end up with something that was more of a true Windows application compared with only hand-me-down Android.

With the disappearance or delay of Astoria, the risks are even greater for Microsoft to convince mobile application developers to put some effort into making a Windows version of its applications. While Microsoft has struggled to attract developers of mobile applications, due to the low market share of Windows Phone, it's a little story more compelling with Windows 10, where developers can write a universal application that can work Windows phones, tablets, computers and even Xbox games console.

The company also set a bold target to have Windows 10 on a billion devices within three years of freedom and is based on absolute figures to finally win skeptics developers. In the past, the company tried to attract developers through financial and other incentives, but in some cases, developers upgrade stopped or abandoned their efforts to Windows Phone.

"Now we're just very focused," said Chief Terry Myerson Windows in an interview last month. "We will leave Developer natural commitment by users and innovation."

Microsoft Takes Six Billion Dollars From Android

Long ago, Microsoft bought the devices and services division of Nokia. In the period from the deal is announced and the conclusion of the transaction, Nokia engineers have pushed one last hurray. X range of Nokia phones, driven by its own fork of Android Nokia, Nokia bound in the identification system and the emerging cloud services Microsoft.
Specifications terminals placed on the market of budget and mid-range, so we never got to see full Nokia Android platform strangled, but I like to think that Finnish engineers were happy to have the opportunity to show what they could have had Nokia made a different decision in February 2011 instead of announcing their adoption of Windows Phone.

As the transaction was completed, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella left with a question ... Microsoft is challenged to Android or Nokia X remain in the limbo of Finland metaphorical? The emphasis was to Windows Phone, Windows 10 and advance across the range of Nokia and Android this was left at the door.

If SMASH cut until today, move from Microsoft Windows 10 is being linked to the desktop, the surface material now updated the operating system, and Microsoft is so far from the production and distribution of its own Android device as well ... ... Apple. Why would you want, when you want the Android platform where?

Financially Microsoft is one of the big winners of the growth of Android as a platform, thanks to its extensive patent portfolio. Free Samsung payment to Microsoft in 2013 was over one billion ($ 1,041,642,161 and fifty cents), approximately $ 3.41 per unit. With nearly 300 million Android phones sold in the last quarter, it could be another billion to reach Redmond.

Federal appeals court set

Federal appeals court set to hear Microsoft 'cloud' case:

 

NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft Corp. to create a second chance to prove you have the right to retain the data stored abroad in the hands of US researchers when their lawyers who appear before a federal appeals court Wednesday, but the software giant already cover their paris, called on Congress to clarify the law.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals will hear Microsoft to challenge a decision in July 2014 a lower court holding that a court or law enforcement agencies in the United States has the power to order a person or entity to production materials, even if information is received abroad.

The company, based in Washington, Redmond, I hope the appeals court will overturn the decision that confirms the right of the government of the United States in search of an email account of consumers as Microsoft stores in Dublin, Ireland. The government wants to find the account as part of a narcotics investigation.

An information order was issued in December 2013, saying there was probable cause to believe that the account was opened in 2010 in a property was used for drug trafficking. Microsoft introduced customer's address book, which is stored in the United States.

In court documents, which Microsoft called on Congress to "address the issue of whether, and when, the police should be able to oblige providers like Microsoft to help customers take advantage of emails stored in foreign countries."

"Only Congress has the institutional competence and constitutional authority to balance the needs of law enforcement against the sovereignty of our nation, the privacy of our citizens and the competitiveness of its industry," he said.

But federal prosecutors in Manhattan said in court papers that "the interests of powerful government" replace the potential negative impact on Microsoft's business or any business looking to enjoy the storage in abroad.

"The fact is that there is probable cause to believe that evidence of a violation of the criminal laws of the United States, affecting residents of the United States and the participation of US interests, is present in the records under Microsoft controlling "they write. "With the benefits of corporate citizenship in the United States are related responsibilities, including the responsibility to comply with a disclosure order issued by a US court. Microsoft should not be allowed to complain that this could affect their bottom line. "

Prosecutors said Microsoft still controls the data based abroad and employees of the United States can recover. They said Microsoft's customers have rights under the terms of service of the company to demand that data be stored to any particular data center.

In filing the appeal, the Irish Government said the Irish Supreme Court ruled that the Irish courts have the power to order the production of documents by an Irish company registered by one of its branches in a foreign country. He said that the Irish tax authorities may also require Irish banks to produce records of accounts held by customers, where the information is located.

"Ireland continues to facilitate cooperation with other states, including the US, in the fight against crime and would be happy to consider as soon as possible, a request under the Treaty, should be a given," he said.

In another presentation of Appeal, and 29 new major US and foreign commercial organizations have asked the court to overturn the lower court, telling reporters and editors around the world rely on email services and cloud storage provided by Microsoft and others to collect, store and review documents protected by the First Amendment.

"Even if the subscriber is no longer a journalist - although we do not know for sure - maybe next subscriber," said the court papers.

Microsoft to discontine OneDrive Groups October 16th

Microsoft to discontinue One Drive Groups October 16th:

Using collaborative groups one drive function, you have a little less than two months to pack your data and move on.



If you use Microsoft Collaboration Groups one drive group will have to find something else soon: According to Engadget, Microsoft shutter Groups one drive October 16.

Groups one drive stop once, you will not be able to reach shared files and documents with you, so that by mid-October, will have to move these files to your own one drive.

As Engadget points out, Microsoft had already introduced limits on one drive Groups can not work with existing groups, and can not create new or add people to their groups, but the announcement of the Microsoft ruling marks the official judgment of the dead for the service.

Using Office 365 groups, which will not be affected this feature will live. But if you rely on Groups one drive similar services from other companies might be worth trying, like Dropbox shared and shared Google documents have readers folders. If you rely on one-drive Groups, take a look around your other options and give them a chance now, before one drive groups disappear forever.

Microsoft Drops Another Windows 10 Update

Microsoft Drops Another Windows 10 Update:

And then there were three. Earlier this week, Microsoft released a new series of updates for Windows 10, the third time I've done since the operating system was officially launched in late July. Windows 10 is Microsoft's attempt to build a single operating system that can work with any size or variety of entry.As before, the update comes with a minimum of documentation and explanation. And, again, similar to the previous cases, the code is updated with a completely useful set of notes: 

Joking aside, the new update contains all updates made to previous cumulative updates, so if you missed the first round, or two, which should allow them to become quickly. At this point, we have to take a break. Here's the official word from Microsoft about upgrading:

    In Windows 10 updates are cumulative. Therefore, this package contains all previously released fixes. If you have installed previous updates, only the new patches are contained in esta This package will be downloaded and installed on your computer.Therefore, Microsoft will continue to release cumulative updates. And in the same sense, I suppose that the company will move packets as it updates the code, distributed primarily through updates and OEM partners; not have to be sent in July 2015 updates forever, because without doubt, the time code will become standard. By now, regular doses of new and old is obtained.And fair play, these update packages are larger fixes and new features. Although Microsoft does not talk much should stop surprising.

Microsoft's Cortana assistant can now replace Google Now on Android

Microsoft's Cortana assistant can now replace Google Now on Android:

 Microsoft launched a private beta version of a digital converter Cortana son Assistant Android version last month. Although it has similar features a version of Windows 10 and Windows Phone, Microsoft son takes a little more back support Android Application updates. In the latest beta version, you can now replace the contextual Now Google (by pressing the start button) pour enabled Cortana Place.

It is a necessary complement to seek allowing Microsoft has to take a common way to launch Google Now on Android phones. There are other ways to get this Google alienating now, but Microsoft clearly expects the users of Android's experience with Cortana or set it as the setting start button by default. The upgrade version does not always understand "Hey Cortana" support, primarily ratio of material limitations that prevent Cortana always listens to the command. If you are interested in trying Cortana converter Android and Microsoft seller of a process for potential beta testers registration.

Windows 10: Microsoft under attack over privacy

Windows 10: Microsoft under attack over privacy:

 Windows 10 is the object of the attacks on the default settings that users say compromise their privacy, a few days after the successful launch of the operating system has been over 14 million installations in the first 24 hours.
Hundreds of commentators on sites like Hacker News and Reddit have criticized the default settings that send personal information to Microsoft, use the bandwidth to upload data to other computers running the operating system, sharing the words WiFi password with friends online and to eliminate the possibility of removing security updates.
Many complaints concern the new custom invitations integrated in Windows 10. When the operating system is installed, Microsoft assigns the user a unique ID of advertising, which is attached to the e-mail address registered with the company. This email address is also associated with a number of other services, such as productivity programs and communication of the company as well as application downloads and file storage of the cloud.
With this information, Microsoft is able to customize advertisements to the user, both during and surf the web for the latest applications downloaded from the Windows Store, the use of the application. Microsoft itself in the lead on that front, even turning Solitaire building (the card game that was a staple of Windows installations since 1990 Windows 3.0) into a freemium game, with video ads must on the version.
In addition, Windows 10 also harvest user information to teach the integrated personal digital assistant Cortana, Microsoft's answer to Siri. To activate Cortana, the company said it "collects and uses various types of data such as the location of your device, your calendar data, applications used data from their e-mails and text messages who calls you, the contacts and how often you interact with them on their device. "
Users have the option to withdraw from most of the data collection, but critics say that is not enough. Alec Meer, Rock Paper Shotgun game room, said: "Microsoft simply is not enough that they are doing this clearly, how they might affect you and how to withdraw - despite chest-thumping, we are -chums - all here talking about the "real transparency begins with the terms and policies that people can easily understand clearly."
"There is a world in which 45 pages of policy documents and settings opt-out screens spread across 13 different settings and an external Web site constitutes real transparency."
Others have criticized the company to extend the clause reflected in operating conditions that allow it to share user data based on nothing more than a belief in "good faith" of the need to comply with the police, "protect our customers, "the company provide services, or" protect the rights or property of Microsoft. "
The words are reminiscent of those used by the company in March 2014, when he read the hotmail account of a suspect blogger of being involved in a leak of an early version of Windows 10. After facing criticism for doing, Microsoft has strengthened its privacy policy, and promised a full internal legal review before he would do it again in the future.
The European organization Digital Rights (EDRI) summarizes the company 45 pages of terms and conditions that said "Microsoft itself essentially gives very broad rights to gather everything you do, say and write and their devices in order to sell advertising more directed or sell your data to third parties. "
In many respects, however, Windows 10 is simply closer to what has become the new normal with mobile operating systems. Both Siri and Google now need access to personal user information to customize the answers, so that both Apple and Google give developers the ability to deliver personalized ads to users based on the information such as the application installed.
And some of the critical parameters can be a net positive for all concerned. Windows 10 users attacked by offering only two parameters when Windows Update: either install or install and restart immediately and request permission to restart. The option not to install the updates do not seem to be present in the basic version of the operating system. But this decision sounds the advice of security experts, who say that the number one thing for online security is to install each security update immediately.

Microsoft hopes computer users show some love for Windows 10

Microsoft hopes computer users show some love for Windows 10:

 Now someone had to use Windows at work, but uses a Mac at home? Probably.
As Apple has jumped from a blow to the computer manufacturer in the world fifth largest in the world, the Microsoft Windows operating system has been its status as a key business tool, not something that the user could love.
When Windows 10 is on sale Wednesday, starting a new show. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella knows that if Microsoft is competing with Apple, Google and others to another generation, Windows must become desired.
"We want to move people who need to choose Windows Windows, Windows to love" Nadella said.
The urgency is clear. Microsoft generates almost a fifth of its revenue from Windows sales for the departments of corporate information technology and computer manufacturers. While sales of desktop and laptop computers have plummeted, Microsoft has suffered.
Last month, Microsoft closed its less profitable fiscal year in a decade. The annual operating profit weakened 35% to about $ 18 billion.
Apart from Xbox gaming device, Microsoft has failed in an attempt to keep pace with the mobile era. Its surface tablets were recently scored a success, and moves on their smartphones crumpled in a costly disaster. Microsoft recently wrote most of the more than $ 9 billion that former CEO Steve Ballmer paid no less than two years for Nokia phones division, recognizing that he was trying too hard to sell phones that hardly anyone wanted.
"Two major challenges Microsoft: They depend on a PC market and mobile, that are a rounding error of the market share," said Daniel Ives, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets.
However, Microsoft continues to exert considerable influence. Windows 7 is still the most used operating system in the traditional PC, and is a brand that DSI companies will not give up anytime soon.
Now, "the stage is set for Windows 10 to lead its next phase of growth, but as you see lower demand for PCs, Microsoft has to figure out what his next magic trick is," Ives said.
In his-more years on the job, Nadella generates ideas for turning Microsoft - and diversify how money is made. There are computer glasses, slick consumer applications and special tools for developing companies. But Windows 10 is as important as anything Microsoft did because Nadella has enormous cash flow generated by the operating system kept investors lose confidence as they rebuilt.
Microsoft has corrected the lashings that made most people and companies jumping Windows 8 three years ago. The latest Windows updates overly large serving tablet users, relying on online services Microsoft and dismissed it out to be like the Start menu. Windows 8 suffered from an image problem; sales reflect that.
Updating Windows 10 preserves settings such as background images, and can be synchronized seamlessly with files and applications to other devices. Compatibility with older applications, printers and other consumer devices has not been a problem. On computers with the ability of the touch screen it works well if controlled by touch or mouse and keyboard.
Windows 10 also enables faster and robust standard applications. It is much easier, for example, to connect a Gmail account with the email program. Customization and literacy in the Start menu creates applications faster. Cortana, virtual assistant Siri Apple against Microsoft, could be a great time saver for users to hunt for files or only a source of entertainment pleasure.
Future upgrades will be free and frequent. They were executed by five million testers to limit hiccups.cComments

    I have two laptops Win8 update is touch. Fingers crossed it goes well.
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"There should be fewer surprises when nature strikes," said Steve Kleynhans, vice president of Gartner Inc.
Some companies have been so eager to upgrade to Windows 10, in particular due to the improved security features, which have been prepared for months. Michael Keithley, CIO of the talent management company Creative Artists Agency, grew optimistic after trying his team.
Replacing passwords with facial scanning access was one of the new Keithley driven elements. He expects thousands CAA computers must be running Windows 10 instead of Windows 7 later this year.
"There is a general belief that Microsoft under its new management has done many positive things," he said. "Everyone is cautiously optimistic about Windows 10."
A new feature tells users what Microsoft Mobile Apps passenger must download to connect a smartphone.
Nadella bought popular applications such as building game Minecraft and Wunderlist Task Manager. It has spurred efforts to develop Microsoft Office for iPhones, iPads and Android devices. Cortana comes to Android and the iPhone too.
creating applications for non-Microsoft products will not only make life easier for Windows 10 users. Microsoft expected to show innovation Microsoft and to convince consumers to take a second look at Windows.

At least they could form the basis of a new Microsoft. To partially offset the expected decline in revenue from Windows, Microsoft put on things such as greater use of Bing search engines supported by advertising and increased sales of their applications and games.
"We are convinced that it is appropriate to revitalize Windows levers and restore growth," analysts NADELLA last week.
New computers with Windows 10 installed begin appearing Wednesday, but expect the best deals and products to get closer to the holidays. Microsoft, meanwhile, is expected to more revenue from Windows 10 this year. Some companies say they do not make mass updates, but rather buy from Windows 10 machines if necessary, new slower sales.
For consumers with Windows 7 or 8, Windows 10 is a free update for one year. Otherwise, it costs about $ 120.
Last week, the company launched a marketing campaign reminiscent of Windows users should not feel like a necessity. TV commercials highlight the smiling babies, crawling and playing with a voiceover actor Ethan Hawke subtly mention of Windows 10 features.
"They will expect their devices to listen and talk, sing and tell a funny joke," said babies in an allusion to Cortana, for example.
Listings recognize the challenge to Microsoft: It's time to promote love for Windows, but it might take a generation.

Microsoft releases near-final Windows 10 build, claims Edge beats Chrome in Google benchmarks

 Microsoft releases near-final Windows 10 build, claims Edge beats Chrome in Google benchmarks:

Microsoft Windows displays build 10,240 10 members of his program of privileged information, and appears to be a near-final version of the operating system. Microsoft is confident enough in this version to remove the watermark desktop, not a list of known issues in his blog.
Although the company does not specifically say whether the construction will be traveling to manufacturers, reports suggest that the number is 10,240 gold. Even Microsoft says that the initiates still see some new updates in the next two weeks.
The new version is available through the standard Windows Update process; simply go to Windows Update and click "Scan for updates." You have to log in to your account Microsoft for building though.
Microsoft also took the opportunity for a shameless plug on the performance of Edge, saying its accelerated in this release of Chrome and Safari beat their own benchmarks JavaScript. Specifically, Microsoft said

    WebKit SunSpider, Edge is 112% faster than Chrome
    Google octane, Edge is 11% faster than Chrome
    On Apple JetStream, Edge is 37% faster than Chrome
Finally Microsoft insists its distinguished desktop applications to his office full of those built in the universal standard adding "Mobile" App of the name of each program. To be clear, these two can run on the desktop, but the universal application are lighter in features and optimized for performance on the road.

Microsoft is overhauling Outlook.com with a new look and features

STI migrates email service Outlook.com in Microsoft Office 365 soon, and with it comes a new interface and features. In a major review of Outlook.com, Microsoft adds 13 new themes IST messaging. While the look is familiar, it is now more closely aligned with the appearance of the next Office and Windows 10 versions of Outlook.
Most of the new features focus on improving the overall email experience. Clutter is designed to ignore sort messages in a separate to keep your inbox clean folder. Microsoft says Clutter automatically learn the leaked emails over time, and you can manually drag messages into and out of the Clutter folder to help shape it. If the e-mail filtering is not your thing, you can clear the clutter maintain a classic input tray.
"The research is improving much better"
Microsoft also improves search interface Outlook.com. Automatically highlight suggestions people send emails regularly when you are looking for content and refiners function allows you to filter search results based on sender, folder, date, and attachments. There is even a high point in the search results is clear so you can find what you want. The research was one of the weaknesses of Outlook.com is encouraging to see the address esta Microsoft.
New outlook.com
Other improvements include a link to a preview of links to web pages or video links from YouTube. This is designed to allow recipients to see the contents of the destination that has been linked to a small preview. The photos on the Internet have also been added, so you can now copy and paste images directly into messages. Microsoft also added pop-out read and compose messages options to create new windows, if you prefer, and the ability to identify emails over a mailbox.
"Add-ins are on the road"
The biggest addition to the new Outlook.com is supplements. Previously Microsoft revealed that provides e-mail service with the ITS complementary and will be accessible when you play or compose a message. Third party add-ons include Uber, Boomerang, and PayPal, and Microsoft plans to add more soon.
While Skype has always been a part of Outlook.com, Microsoft is improving the integration of IST. Now you can move between email and Skype to chat with an email recipient or start a video call. If you use onedrive to share files, the attachments have also been greatly improved thanks to the possibility of turning onedrive links.
New Outlook.com calendar 


In addition to the electronic part of Outlook.com, Microsoft has made some changes based on your calendar with minors. There is an improved appearance and navigation, with the possibility of shared calendars that manages the interface and better options for events. Microsoft updated mobile views for both mail and calendar and allows gestures and support for accessories.
New features and appearance are rolling now, but only to a select group first. Microsoft is seeking information on the changes in their group on UserVoice, and the company probably still react and adjust Outlook.com This new look before deploying more broadly.

Microsoft turning phones into PCs feels like the future

Microsoft turning phones into PCs feels like the future:

One of the big announcements from Microsoft at its developer conference last week to create was the ability to turn a smartphone with Windows 10 on a PC. Dubbed Continuum for phones, which is designed to take advantage of new Universal applications that run through Windows 10 on phones, computers, tablets, and the Xbox One. If you use a mobile version of Excel on your phone, that art magic becomes a resizing and keyboard-mouse version and environment for use in a larger screen. It feels like the future.

While Microsoft has just shown a simulation mocked-up in the construction phase, in a separate meeting, the company provided a complete demonstration Continuum for phones with more information about the property. It works by connecting to a wired or wireless dock by miracast. Microsoft has even supported wireless dongles where you use your phone as a controller with a touchscreen and software keyboard.

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Microsoft demo looked solid, even with some glitches here and there, thanks to nature at the beginning of the software. Own business applications, while recasting waiting to enjoy the big screen. There are also ways for developers and applications to take advantage of extra screen as a second, allowing you to broadcast a movie on one screen while continuing to read email from your phone.

Microsoft is really runs this emerging market, where a phone is the main computing device, which is an area where this type of function could be popular. But it is not the only company trying to turn a phone into a PC. Canonical done similar things with USB keyboards connected to your phone Ubuntu OS, and Motorola tried to sell an expensive house to transform its Atrix Android phone on a PC. Other solutions, including the REDFLY, are not really dropped for lack of applications and broader support. The implementation of Microsoft could be so limited by the narrowness of the phones in the Windows market, but other solutions do not have the support of a company or reflected giant natural interface software. Microsoft's solution feels like the best to date.

Clearly there are obstacles to over come, but Microsoft has big ambitions for Continuum. "We envision a world in which the powers of telephone and experiences more screens, each screen can be a PC," said Keri Moran, a program manager for Windows at Microsoft. This could mean that laptops have a keyboard and display, but no storage or processing within and external phone will do all the work. the same applies to tablets, where you have a super slim device with only one screen and battery, all powered by a phone. If Microsoft can convince developers to create universal Windows applications, and consumers to buy phones with Windows, then it certainly feels like the future.