Close to a year ago, we heard Microsoft making plans of turning its services and products into Progressive Web Apps, but it soon seemed like a far cry, until now. Microsoft has disclosed its plans and is apparently converting both Outlook.com and Outlook for the Webmail services into Progressive Web ...
The US trade ban against Huawei forced the manufacturer to ditch Google apps on new phone models, and at the same time affected the brand’s computer business. Huawei couldn’t pre-load Windows and other Microsoft software on its Matebook laptops and hybrid devices. But some good news has emerged, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that Microsoft’s ...
Microsoft’s LinkedIn is finally moving its platform to Microsoft’s cloud. Despite being owned by Microsoft for a few years now, LinkedIn continues to operate in an independent way. And since there was no pressure from Microsoft to use Azure, LinkedIn continues to build and maintain its own compute infrastructure. Since ...
Microsoft is planning to double the number of people that can participate in a Skype group video call. The software maker is testing a new change to Skype that will raise the limit from 25 people all the way up to 50 participants. This is definitely a change that will help ...
Microsoft will sponsor this year's Technology category in the BAKE Awards 2018 as the awards hit their 7th year. This is the third time Microsoft is supporting BAKE awards. It did in 2012, 2015 and now 2018. Confirming the development to the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE), Sebuh Haileleul, Microsoft General Manager ...
Microsoft is reaching out to students globally to help build the next big technology company with its Imagine Cup Challenge which has run for 15 years already. This year, Microsoft is especially looking for innovations in AI, Big Data and Mixed Reality as well as normal web and mobile innovations in ...
Microsoft has announced that Skype will offer end-to-end encryption for audio calls, text, and multimedia messages through a feature called Private Conversations. Skype will employ open-source Signal Protocol to implement the encryption, which is set up so that only the devices sending and receiving communications in a conversation can hear or view ...
Countries across Africa and Europe are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the heart of their own national development plans in a bid to drive economic growth and reduce inequalities. According to the United Nations, to date, 64 countries have voluntarily reported on their implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the ...
Microsoft Philanthropies has launched a new arm dubbed to fulfill its three-year commitment to donate $1 billion in cloud computing resources to help non-profit organisations digitally scale their impact and better serve public good. The firm added that it now aims to triple the number of non-profits served over the ...
Kenya has over 45 million people but15% of the Kenyan population is comprised of people living with disabilities according to the National Council for Persons with Disabilities. In a move to make the 15% population skilled and employable, Microsoft in partnership with inABLE Friday opened an assistive technology computer lab ...
Microsoft has opened application for its Dream.Build.Play 2017 Challenge. The challenge is aimed at pushing game makers to maximize their creativity and create experiences that engage gamers from across the world. This competition is open to all creators, working solo or in teams of up to seven. Create a Universal ...
Microsoft and PayPal have announced a partnership that would enable peer-to-peer payments on the Skype mobile app. With the new Send Money feature, users in 22 countries users will be able to use PayPal directly from their Skype mobile app to seamlessly send money to other Skype users. The feature also includes options ...
Microsoft is building its datacentres in Africa in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa to deliver cloud services, including Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Dynamics 365 among others. With initial availability anticipated in 2018, the new cloud regions will offer enterprise-grade reliability and performance combined with data residency to help ...
Following the success of the 2016 “Recruitment Day” which held on the 3rd and 4th of November 2016, Microsoft and Gr8jobsng partner once again and for the second edition of the “Recruitment Day” for 2017. As companies that are passionate about reducing the unemployability of youth and unemployment rate in ...
Microsoft East Africa is looking for entrepreneurs to join its Microsoft’s #Insiders4Good East Africa Fellowship to help bring their ideas to life. The 25 #Insiders4Good Fellows will receive Windows hardware and software during the 6-month mentorship program plus tailored technical and strategic mentorship from both local and international leaders to ...
Microsoft has launched Skype Lite for Skype users in India, and other emerging markets tailored to benefit users on slow network infrastructures across the country. "We're excited to launch Skype Lite, our fastest and smallest app to date. It was built in India, for users in India," announced the firm. ...
Microsoft East Africa and Liquid Telecom have joined forces to improve and accelerate the use of cloud services across Africa. The joint project will help boost the continent's access to world-class software. Microsoft has a long-term strategic vision to enable affordable broadband access to its customers to empower business and ...
Microsoft has launched the NexTech Africa, a new flagship Africa technology event taking place on 2 and 3 February 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya aimed at connecting technology & business leaders, Microsoft engineers, local developers and entrepreneurs, in an effort to listen, engage and collaborate on developing more locally relevant technology. ...
As part of its Philanthropies division and its ‘Modern Non-profit’ campaign, Microsoft has announced that it will be making Microsoft Azure – the company’s open, flexible, enterprise-grade cloud computing platform - available to eligible non-profit and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Qualifying NGO’s will receive credits for Microsoft’s Azure services that can ...
BT introduces BT Compute for Microsoft Azure which allows BT customers to order Microsoft Azure alongside BT’s own cloud services through its Compute Management System (CMS) online management tool. The service enables customers to build hybrid cloud infrastructure with a single service wrap, contract and on a single bill. Integration of Microsoft Azure into ...
5 things you probably never thought cloud computing could do for your business. If you’re a business owner, you’ve probably heard about cloud computing by now. The main benefits are cost savings and greater flexibility, but there is so much more that a powerful, integrated cloud platform can do. We’ve ...
As the main Innovation Africa Summit 2016 Event Partner, Microsoft is looking to build partnerships that design solutions in the education sector with technology and the power that the cloud brings, through the Innovation Africa platform that has over 200 government officials comprising of ministers, secretaries of state, deputy ministers, ...
Dimension Data East Africa has won the 2016 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Rwanda and Tanzania regions, as well as Global recognition for Communications Partner of the Year and Cloud productivity Partner of the Year. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft ...
Mwalimu National Sacco, a local savings group for teachers with over 70,000 members has partnered with Intel Corporation and Microsoft among others to launch the “Mwalimu Digital” initiative to provide teachers in Kenya with low interest and friendly loans to acquire a modern computer. Mwalimu National Sacco CEO, Robert Shibutse said the campaign ...
200,000 youth and 50,000 entrepreneurs are set to be supported by AfricaWorking, a new initiative announced today by a group of companies, including Barclays Africa, Emerging World, FranklinCovey, Knod, Microsoft, Safal Group and Syngenta. "Most large corporations are looking at youth skills development in one form or another, because it's ...
It used to be so easy to store all my work on my laptop when I was the sole employee of my company. That was like five years ago. I had no customers, I had no staff and I wondered why companies paid lots of money to host their data ...
Microsoft and Facebook are set to build a new, state-of-the-art subsea cable across the Atlantic dubbed "MAREA" to help meet the growing customer demand for high speed, reliable connections for cloud and online services for Microsoft, Facebook and their customers. The new 6,600 km submarine cable system will be the highest-capacity ...
Microsoft is set to streamline its smartphone hardware business, which will impact up to 1,850 jobs and will record an impairment and restructuring charge of approximately $950 million, of which approximately $200 million will relate to severance payments. “We are focusing our phone efforts where we have differentiation — with ...
Microsoft has awarded Affordable Access Initiative grants to 12 entrepreneurial businesses to help scale their solutions and business models to increase affordable Internet access in communities around the world. The 12 will each receive seed grants and resources including BizSpark tools such as free software, services and technology support to ...
Microsoft Philanthropies has announced grants for over 100 non-profits worldwide, of which 15 are in the Middle East and Africa. These grants are a component of the $75M commitment Microsoft made to increase access to computer science education around the world through Microsoft YouthSpark, as announced by Satya Nadella last ...
