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Windows 10 on half a billion devices, but slow growth due to strong shift away from PCs

Windows 10 is now running on a half-billion devices nearly two years after its release, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella disclosed Wednesday during the software maker's annual conference for applications programmers.

Build 2017: Microsoft wants to use artificial intelligence to make work environment safer

Microsoft is working on a visual recognition software which utilizes multiple cameras around a workplace and identifying people and objects using AI.

Build 2017: Cortana goes beyond PC and smartphones, to be available in smart speakers and automobiles

At the ongoing Build 2017 conference, Microsoft announced that Cortana is going beyond PC and smartphones and will begin entering the IoT space with the Harman Kardon Invoke speaker.

WWDC 2016: Microsoft can learn a thing or two from Apple

WWDC was kicked off with quite a keynote today, though it does pale in comparison to BUILD. Among the myriad announcements were a few gems that Microsoft should really take cues from.

Chatbots are the game changers we were all waiting for in human computer interaction

Facebook Messenger, Microsoft Cortana and Google Assistant are the three chatbot platforms that are changing the way we interact with machines.

Microsoft Build 2016: Day 2 focussed on cross platform app tools, cloud and developers

After a long first day at Microsoft Build, Day 2 of Build 2016 was all about Azure, Enterprise services and how developers could tap into the tools available with Visual Studio. The keynote of day 2 kicked off with Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President, Microsoft taking on the stage. The focal point of the discussion shifted towards its cloud service Azure.

Build 2016: Microsoft impresses developers with change – open source, bots and universality

Microsoft's ongoing conference, Build 2016, was supposed to be big. The reason being, a lot of us have been expecting steps beyond Windows 10. And of course, there’s been HoloLens which has been around as a proof of concept. Then there was the world of Universal Windows applications. All said and done, Microsoft presented all this and more and packaged it with style, to much applause and delight from the developer community.

Microsoft's new tool now guesses your age

Microsoft is playing with the new Face detection API and has decided to put in on a webpage called http://how-old.net. Users have to upload their image and the API then predicts their age and gender.

Build 2015: Goodbye Internet Explorer; Microsoft Edge will be new browser on all Windows 10 devices

So far known as Project Spartan, the new browser will be called Microsoft Edge. The idea behind naming it as Edge is the fact that the new rendering engine that Microsoft is using for the Windows 10 browser is called EdgeHTML.

Build 2015: Microsoft now adds support for Android and iOS apps to be ported on Windows 10

Microsoft hopes to get more people using the next version of its Windows software on all kinds of devices by giving them access to many of the same apps they’re already using on Apple or Android phones.