Microsoft Search to showcase what’s new and what’s next at Ignite
Microsoft is offering a list of sessions for developers interested in what’s next for Microsoft’s Search
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New privacy bug forces Google to shut down Google+ earlier than planned
Just a month later the company found an additional flaw that will now force it to shutter the service much sooner than its August 2019 timeframe.
Microsoft looks to move all its speech services under one roof
Microsoft’s single SDK will help developers create speech experiences across services such as Office, Cortana, Bing, Microsoft Translate, Windows 10, HoloLens and Xbox (if they get serious about speech on the console, again).
Phone APIs appear in latest Windows 10 Skip Ahead builds as Surface Phone rumors persist
Windows 10 Mobile may be dead, but that’s no reason to stop poking at Surface Phone rumors, especially since the latest Skip Ahead builds feature phone APIs
Microsoft announces new Custom Cognitive Services at Build 2017
Microsoft wants to take it a step further by making AI even more available to developers as a whole.
Microsoft makes available Cognitive Services tools to developers
The Custom Speech Service is a pretty big asset for developers who intend to open up speech recognition features in their apps.
Windows Store launches new Campaign APIs for Windows 10 devs and media agencies
Microsoft has introduced yesterday new campaign APIs for developers and media agencies looking to promote their apps on the Windows Store.
Better symlinks are coming in Windows 10 Creators Update
Microsoft promises better symlink accessibility is on the way in the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update. Symbolic links, or symlinks for short, are files or folders that refer to physical files or folders that are in a different location.
Spotify app updates on Windows 10 with native control options
The Spotify app for Windows desktop has been updated today, adding support for Windows’ native media APIs. While the Spotify update released today does not bring any new UI changes or any immediate additional feature sets, the added support for Windows … Read more
Microsoft adds another new API, this time to automate OneNote staff notebooks
As we get closer to a new school year, Microsoft has a new OneNote Staff Notebook API for Office 365 out today. With the release of OneNote Staff Notebooks last year, the only way to create a staff notebook was … Read more
Windows App Studio gets community-driven API gallery in July 2016 update
Microsoft has updated the Windows App Studio to add a community-driven API gallery that assists in pulling data from third-party sources.
Azure Usage and Billing Portal eases administration of usage and billing across subscriptions
Microsoft Azure has just announced an open source project that will let businesses track their expenditures through the Azure Usage and Billing Portal.
Windows 10 enthusiast works around Feedback Hub links problem, creates Link Generator
Bavo Luysterborg has created a new way to improve sending feedback links for Microsoft’s Feedback Hub with an online tool that does all the work.
Azure API Management lets businesses monetize APIs
Offering a bit of walkthrough on how to monetize API’s using Azure API Management.
OneNote Class Notebook API updated, adds Teacher Only spaces, Collaboration Space, and more
Responding to feedback, the OneNote team is announcing a new web tool for IT administrators and Education Partners to test out the newest OneNote Class Notebook APIs.
Global CSS Property Usage helps Web developers improve browsing experience
In conjunction with the internal tools built into its new Edge browser, Microsoft is also announcing its new Global CSS Property Usage tool.
Microsoft releases Class Notebook add-in for OneNote 2016, brings new distribution methods
OneNote’s Swiss army knife-like utility for education is being expanded with the introduction of a Class Notebook add-in that was designed by and built with actual teacher input.
OneNote adds APIs for Office 365, announces coming embeddable OneNote pages
As part of today’s Connect () 2015 event, Microsoft is hosting a number of developer sessions, and in the one on OneNote, is making two significant announcements. The first is that the company is releasing new APIs (application programming interfaces) … Read more
Office 365 is building integration into educational open source software
After a few decades behind the iron wall of anti-open source sentiments, it would appear Microsoft is finally open (all pun intended) to the benefits and extended possibilities open source implementations have to offer. Last Friday at Microsoft’s Open Tech, … Read more
Azure's new billing APIs help businesses better track their spending
Anyone business or startup that hasn’t thought about or isn’t currently using cloud services is missing out. With Microsoft releasing new services to bolster a company’s financial savings and management, cloud services become ever more useful in the world of business. In … Read more
Microsoft continues platform pitch with new APIs and SDKs for Bing
Conference keynotes tend to be a big deal in tech. More often than not, keynotes help to bridge information with the presentation. Typically a keynote helps paraphrase an event with names and faces of brands or companies media reporters and … Read more