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blogs.microsoft.com
Microsoft + GitHub = Empowering Developers
blogs.microsoft.com
4 min read · 197 saves · From 2018 · Today, we announced an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform. I want to share what this acquisition will mean for our industry and for developers. The era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge is upon us. Computing is becoming embedded in the world, with every part of our daily life...
platformer.news
How Microsoft crushed Slack
platformer.news
8 min read · 183 saves · 2020-12-03 · And why the era of worker-centered work tools may be over
ZDNet
Microsoft open-sources its patent portfolio
ZDNet
~15 min read · 182 saves · From 2018 · By joining the Open Invention Network, Microsoft is offering its entire patent portfolio -- with the legacy exception of its Windows and desktop application code -- to all of the open-source patent consortium's members.
The Verge
Microsoft unveils redesigned To-Do app that will replace Wunderlist
The Verge
1 min read · 175 saves · 2019-09-09 · Tom Warren · Microsoft encourages Wunderlist users to switch to its To-Do app
The New York Times
Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove
The New York Times
~12 min read · 173 saves · From 2017 · A stealthy pet project by the former Microsoft chief lets you search and learn about how the government spends tax dollars.
Forbes
How Github, Low Coders & Microsoft Forever Changed Programming
Forbes
3 min read · 150 saves · 2020-02-14 · Github, low-coders & Microsoft have forever changed programming – and business strategy. Github and low-code/no-code have leveled the technology playing field. Now anyone can "program" for business.…
github.com
Cosmo/Clippy
github.com
143 saves · 2019-09-05 · 📎💬🎉 Clippy from Microsoft Office is back and runs on macOS! Written in Swift. - Cosmo/Clippy
Guardian Tech
Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots
Guardian Tech
2 min read · 141 saves · 2020-05-30 · Users of the homepages of the MSN website and Edge browser will now see news stories generated by AI
socket3.wordpress.com
Designing Windows 95’s User Interface
socket3.wordpress.com
20+ min read · 140 saves · From 2018 · Three years ago I came across an interesting paper written up by a Microsoft employee, Kent Sullivan, on the process and findings of designing the new user interface for Windows 95. The web page ha…
cloudblogs.microsoft.com
Microsoft open sources SandDance, a visual data exploration tool
cloudblogs.microsoft.com
1 min read · 132 saves · 2019-10-10 · Dan Marshall · SandDance, the beloved data visualization tool from Microsoft Research, has been re-released as an open source project on GitHub.
The Verge
Why Microsoft wants TikTok
The Verge
6 min read · 123 saves · 2020-08-03 · Tom Warren · It’s all about data, competition, and the future.
MIT Technology Review
Inside the Microsoft team tracking the world’s most dangerous hackers
MIT Technology Review
7 min read · 120 saves · 2019-11-06 · From Russian Olympic cyberattacks to billion-dollar North Korean malware, how one tech giant monitors nation-sponsored hackers everywhere on earth.