Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella has issued a stark AI warning to a federal court and the tech industry, cautioning that Google is poised to expand its search market dominance into the realm of new artificial intelligence-powered tools.
Much good will undoubtedly sprout from the $1 billion in networked computing services that Microsoft has pledged to give to charity, but the company will also clearly benefit in the ongoing war of the clouds.
How would you like to be able to stream your Xbox One games to a PC or tablet? How about an AI-assisted web browser? What about augmented reality holographic smartglasses? These were among some of the announcements Microsoft made on Wednesday's big Windows 10 reveal.
Microsoft continues to open up to Apple and Google mobile platforms, with the most recent move in this direction being its acquisition of Outlook for iPhone app -- and Latino-founded startup -- Acompli.
Microsoft's recent release of free, functioning versions of its Office apps for iOS is justifiably huge news -- especially because these smartphone apps aren't really a big deal.
Microsoft is going in a new direction, leaving the "Windows first" motto behind and replacing it with "cloud/mobile first." The most important upshot of this change in priorities is that as of Thursday, March 27, Microsoft Office is finally here (for real) for the Apple iPad.
