Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.

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Microsoft Finalizes $16B Nuance Purchase
Microsoft Finalizes $16B Nuance Purchase
March 04, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Microsoft has finalized its $16 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) and speech technology firm Nuance Communications, the software giant said Friday (March 4). “Completion...

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Cognizant, Microsoft Team On Remote Patient Monitoring, Other Health Tools
Cognizant, Microsoft Team On Remote Patient Monitoring, Other Health Tools
March 01, 2022  |  Healthcare

Cognizant has announced a partnership with Microsoft to help deliver a health solution for remote patient monitoring, according to a press release Tuesday (March 1)....

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Report: Microsoft, Google Allegedly Use Spam Ads to Chill Competition
Report: Microsoft, Google Allegedly Use Spam Ads to Chill Competition
February 18, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Confidential data reviewed by POLITICO has revealed gatekeeper search engines are funneling low-value ads to smaller search partners. The report alleges Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft...

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Apple Faces Huge Fines, Pledges to Build New Store in UAE
Apple Faces Huge Fines, Pledges to Build New Store in UAE
February 11, 2022  |  Big Tech

Apple’s antitrust stand-off in the Netherlands is costing the tech giant a fortune. The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), the Netherlands competition oversight agency,...

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As Scrutiny of Activision Bid Intensifies, Microsoft Offers App ‘Principles’
As Scrutiny of Activision Bid Intensifies, Microsoft Offers App ‘Principles’
February 09, 2022  |  Regulation

Better to get out in front of an issue and meet it head-on than try to play catch-up later. Microsoft, via a blog post Wednesday...

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Microsoft Pledges Openness in New App Store
Microsoft Pledges Openness in New App Store
February 09, 2022  |  Subscription Commerce

Executives at Microsoft are pledging the company’s new video game app store will be governed by open-market principals, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Feb....

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Voice Takes its Place as Digital Front Door to Better Patient Experience
Voice Takes its Place as Digital Front Door to Better Patient Experience
February 09, 2022  |  Earnings

Patient experience is ripe for change, and because bedside manner and precision both matter, voice is at the center of plans to reshape medicine to...

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Microsoft in Talks With Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant
Microsoft in Talks With Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant
February 08, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Microsoft is in talks to buy Mandiant, a cybersecurity research and incident response firm, which would boost its efforts to protect users from hacks, Bloomberg...

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Flapmax, Microsoft Launch Startup Accelerator to Boost Africa’s Digital Ecosystem
Flapmax, Microsoft Launch Startup Accelerator to Boost Africa’s Digital Ecosystem
February 08, 2022  |  Partnerships

Flapmax has announced the company has teamed up with Microsoft to boost the digital ecosystem in Africa through launching a startup accelerator, FAST, a press...

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