The software development world was rocked on Monday when Microsoft said it’s acquiring GitHub, a popular online platform for sharing and collaborating on code. While some programmers think the news is
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For Microsoft, acquiring GitHub would be both a return to the company’s earliest roots and a sharp turnaround from where it was a decade ago. The software maker has agreed to acquire GitHub, the code-repository
It’s relatively easy these days to find critics of Skype, the popular online calling service that Microsoft acquired in 2011 for US$8.5bn. Former devotees routinely gripe on social media that the software has become
Microsoft exceeded analysts’ projections for fiscal third-quarter sales and profit, lifted by strong corporate demand for cloud computing services as the software maker added new features. Profit in the period ended 31
Microsoft has topped analysts’ estimates for second quarter revenue, helped by brisk quarterly growth in its cloud and corporate-software businesses, while a tax charge caused the company to report a net loss. The software maker
In the race to commercialise a new type of powerful computer, Microsoft has just pulled up to the starting line with a slick-looking set of wheels. There’s just one problem: it doesn’t have an engine – at least not yet. The Redmond
Microsoft’s push into the cloud forged ahead last quarter, with demand for online versions of Office productivity software and the Azure Web services business bolstering sales and earnings. Profit in the period that
Advances in artificial intelligence should be used to help humans and machines work together, rather than to create competition between them in everything from chess matches to the job market, Microsoft
Technology companies are keen to bring artificial intelligence features to phones and augmented reality goggles — the ability show mechanics how to fix an engine, say, or tell tourists what they are seeing and hearing
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]icrosoft’s turnaround plan got back on track in the latest quarter, buoyed by rising sales of Internet-based software and services.…