The Verge
Former Windows chief reveals Microsoft’s reaction to the iPad
3 min read · From 2020 · Microsoft responded with Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablet. · Shared by 53, including Merkstatt, Jakub Ferenc, Steven Sinofsky, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
minimallyminimal.com
The Next Microsoft
1 min read · From 2012 · Shared by 20, including Oliver Gassner / @oliverg@mastodon.social 💉🖖💚🎓, Lailo, Jakub Ferenc
cloudblogs.microsoft.com
Microsoft open sources SandDance, a visual data exploration tool
2 min read · From 2019 · SandDance, the beloved data visualization tool from Microsoft Research, has been re-released as an open source project on GitHub. · Shared by 131, including Ines Bieler, Vlad the Inhaler 😈 (AlgoCompSynth by znmeb), Stephanie A Kowalski, Katja Evertz, Esther Schindler, Nathan Yau, David Smith, Jakub Ferenc, Carla Gentry, Philippe, Craig Brown, PhD
The Verge
Microsoft unveils redesigned To-Do app that will replace Wunderlist
1 min read · From 2019 · Microsoft encourages Wunderlist users to switch to its To-Do app · Shared by 172, including Ines Bieler, Howard Getson, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Jakub Ferenc, Bjorn Larsen, Thomas Power, Francesco Forconi, Tom Connor, Fabrizio Bianchi
VentureBeat
Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer
10 min read · From 2017 · What happens to a company when a visionary CEO is gone? Most often, innovation dies and the company coasts for years on momentum and its brand. Rarely does it regain its former glory.
· Shared by 240, including Florian Hanke 🍎, Mike Ivars, James Hunt, Jonas Bandi, Jono Mallanyk, Weiting Chen, Adrian🇨🇭, Sara Usinger, Mark Needham, Chandan Jog, Helmi, Benoit Curdy, Martin Recke, Thomas Euler, Will Preston, David Gorgan, Stefan Diepolder, Simon Wüthrich, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, Dominik Grolimund
VentureBeat
Microsoft Teams is the first Office app for Linux
2 min read · From 2019 · Microsoft has launched Microsoft Teams for Linux in public preview, the first Office app that the company has ported to Linux. · Shared by 18, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Steven Sinofsky, Jakub Ferenc, Chris Heilmann
ZDNET
The 2010s: Microsoft, the cloud company
5 min read · From 2019 · Microsoft made substantial headway in its goal to morph from the Windows company to a cloud company over the past decade. · Shared by 22, including ThousandEyes, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Jakub Ferenc, Mary Jo Foley, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
VentureBeat
6 AI features Microsoft added to Office in 2019
5 min read · From 2019 · Here are the six major AI features Microsoft added to Office in 2019 -- three are generally available and three are in preview. · Shared by 26, including Jakub Ferenc, Yves Mulkers, Kirk Borne, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
github.com
microsoft/playwright
From 2020 · Node library to automate Chromium, Firefox and WebKit browsers - microsoft/playwright · Shared by 112, including Evan (he/him), Cameron Yick, Marius Bleuer, Joe Lencioni, André Staltz, Balda, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Evan You, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Matthew Turland, Jakub Ferenc, Chris Heilmann, Matteo Fogli, David Garner, René Stalder
blogs.windows.com
Upgrading to the new Microsoft Edge
3 min read · From 2020 · The new Microsoft Edge is now out of preview and available for download, with today’s release of our first Stable channel build (Microsoft Edge 79 stable). You can download the new Microsoft Edge… · Shared by 16, including Jakub Ferenc, Aaron Gustafson, Nicholas C. Zakas, Chris Heilmann, Stammy, Chris Coyier
ZDNET
Microsoft opens up Rust-inspired Project Verona programming language on GitHub
3 min read · From 2020 · Microsoft is developing a new programming language but it's not giving up its work on Rust. · Shared by 34, including Luis Bravo, Jakub Ferenc, Mary Jo Foley
blogs.microsoft.com
Microsoft will be carbon negative by 2030
~14 min read · From 2020 · The scientific consensus is clear. The world confronts an urgent carbon problem. The carbon in our atmosphere has created a blanket of gas that traps heat and is changing the world’s climate. Already,… · Shared by 80, including Scott Hanselman, Max Roser, Steve Case, Jakub Ferenc, Dorothea Baur (Dr.), Joe Lencioni, Lukas Biewald, Chris Heilmann, Dr. Emily Reichert, Digitale Leute, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Glen Gilmore | 🌻🥽Metaverse 🕳🐇, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Larry Hryb 🎮⌨️🖱☁️ 🇺🇦, Stacy H Smedley, Stephanie A Kowalski, Remo Uherek, Katja Evertz
The Verge
Microsoft’s CEO looks to a future beyond Windows, iOS, and Android
5 min read · From 2020 · Satya Nadella is looking at the next 46 billion internet-connected devices for the future of Microsoft. · Shared by 34, including Jakub Ferenc
Guardian Tech
Microsoft Japan tested a four-day work week. Productivity jumped by 40%
2 min read · From 2019 · The experiment for the month of August led to more efficient meetings and happier workers who took less time off · Shared by 397, including Jakub Ferenc, Christopher Lauer, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Bruce Lawson, Gabriele, Vita Pictura, Johannes Lenz, Tim, Graham Brown-Martin, Joe Lencioni, Jay Acunzo
ZDNET
Microsoft: We're creating a new Rust-based programming language for secure coding
4 min read · From 2019 · Microsoft's Project Verona involves creating a new language for "safe infrastructure programming" to be open-sourced soon. · Shared by 124, including Florian Hanke 🍎, Christopher D. Long (Крістофер Д. Лонг), Esther Schindler, William Toll, Martin Kryzanovsky, Simeon.__proto__ @ TPAC, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Mary Jo Foley, Jakub Ferenc, Matthias Lampe
CNBC
Microsoft paid $26 billion for LinkedIn, then mostly left it alone—and CEO Jeff Weiner is good with that
6 min read · From 2019 · There's more to do when it comes to integrating LinkedIn's technology and data with Microsoft's products. Jeff Weiner sees growth and cutting opportunities ahead. · Shared by 40, including Matthias Lampe, Jakub Ferenc, Carla Gentry, Remo Uherek, 👨🏻💻☕️, Sachin Rekhi
