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Campus is closed, so college students are rebuilding their schools in Minecraft

The day before University of Pennsylvania students were told that their college commencement would be held online, junior Andrew Guo thought of an alternative to holding the address over Zoom. Read more: https://bit.ly/34dANcl

走出中年危機 微軟:不需要有型

HoloLens 2設有眼球追蹤傳感器,例如閱讀文章,就能移動眼球來滾動頁面上下。(尹思哲攝) Read more: http://bit.ly/2URjAnj

Microsoft said to halt new orders from Huawei

The two major areas of business between Huawei and Microsoft – Windows operating systems for laptops and other content-related services – have both been suspended. Read more: http://bit.ly/2JZ7NNe

Microsoft and Sony form cloud gaming and AI partnership

Microsoft and Sony are announcing an unusual partnership today, allowing the two rivals to partner on cloud-based gaming services. Read more: http://bit.ly/2JQQVbz

The Most Valuable Company (for Now) Is Having a Nadellaissance

Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has more subscribers than Netflix, more cloud computing revenue than Google, and a near-trillion-dollar market cap. Read more: https://bloom.bg/2ZNVBEB

Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service

Microsoft didn’t rush to bring blockchain technology to its Azure cloud computing platform, but over the course of the last year, it started to pick up the pace with the launch of its blockchain development kit and the Azure Blockchain… Continue Reading →

走出中年危機 微軟

八十年代,微軟擊敗蘋果統一個人電腦市場版圖,蓋茨此後曾有一段時間,長期雄踞全球首富寶座,微軟成為「美國夢」的代名詞,是一整代人的楷模。 及至九十年代末,喬布斯回朝,蘋果返生,再加上Google崛起,遭左右包抄的微軟被外界批評創新力欠奉,彷彿尋常人遇上中年危機,從美國夢淪為「最冇型」。 總部質樸低調 事實上,蘋果氣勢近年走下坡,微軟早已奪回市值全球第一寶座(此刻微軟仍落後於蘋果,市值全球第二)。時至今天,記者走進微軟西雅圖總部,感覺質樸低調,雖有4萬多名員工、園區內設125座大樓,既沒有「免費飯堂」,建築物外表亦不起眼。何以這般Low Key? 上世紀,微軟視窗系統及Office軟件稱霸天下,生意似印銀紙。縱使iPhone抬頭,Android系統降世,曾嘲諷Linux為「癌症」的微軟前任行政總裁Ballmer曾公開說:「iPhone沒有機會取得市場份額。」 當時的微軟仍以軟件巨擘自居,後來揮金85億美元買下Nokia,期望重奪市場話語權,得來卻是殘酷的回應,市場並沒有為第三名(Android和iOS之後)預留任何位置。 摒棄敵我矛盾 5年前,繼任的行政總裁納德拉(Satya Nadella)上場。同年,微軟把總部其中一幢大樓改建成硬體實驗室,針對人類視覺、聽覺,以至於觸覺等感官,不斷地研發產品。 「實驗室可模擬不同光源,例如室外陽光,辦公室燈光等。以正午沙灘為例,約是3到10萬瓦之間。基本上怎樣的光度,我們都可以做出來。」微軟工程樣機部門總監Bill Maes介紹。 新官上場後,微軟推出Office for iPad,又以開放的態度讓Linux進入雲運算平台Azure的框架。雖然,該公司歷年葬送的產品不少,例如音樂播放機Zune,軟件方面Vista和MSN Messenger稱得上「代表作」,惟懂得承認失敗,摒棄敵我思維,今天的微軟已不再畫地為牢。 成長較成績重要 奉行軟硬合一,微軟需要代表作,比如Microsoft Surface。 經歷逾8年研發時間, Surface上市迄今6年多,當年全球首發地正是中國的蘇寧。Surface之父、微軟首席產品官Panos Panay在總部接見傳媒時提到,「中國人現在追求奢侈品,強調品牌,也是為什麼微軟在中國推出了灰粉金配色的Surface Laptop 2。」 若以個人電腦出貨量計,Surface去年才首度打入美國五大,成績不算突出。但Panos明顯有謹遵老闆的教誨,「納德拉一直強調成長(Growth Mindset),在我職業生涯的每天,我都在學習新事物。」中國市場至今,仍是Surface增長速度最快的地區。 失敗中研發HoloLens 剛過去的2019世界移動通訊大會(MWC), 微軟發布了HoloLens 2,屬科技界期待度最高產品之一。 其實 ,HoloLens技術也包含失敗產品:遊戲周邊設備Kinect。在推出首60天,迅速售出800萬套,締下當時的健力士紀錄。然而新鮮感過後,Kinect續航力不繼,終在17年宣告停產。 納德拉入主後,微軟強調「Fail Fast」,即失敗要快,並從中抓緊進步的機會。他們把Kinect的體感技術應用在HoloLens身上,讓產品的生命得到延續。 負責開發的首席項目經理Charlie Han在總部見記者時形容,HoloLens適用於各種日常工作流程,它既能作為遠程技術支援,也適合企業用作員工培訓。 HoloLens 2設有眼球追蹤傳感器,例如閱讀文章,就能移動眼球來滾動頁面上下。 由於混合了現實跟虛擬場景(Mixed Reality),HoloLens能突破地域界限,讓身處不同地區的人員,以虛擬軟件協同工作,推動未來虛擬辦公模式。… Continue Reading →

Microsoft acquires Express Logic for its real-time internet of things operating system

Microsoft today announced that it’s acquired Express Logic, a San Diego, California-based developer of real-time operating systems (RTOS) for internet of things (IoT) and edge devices powered by microcontroller units (MCUs), for an undisclosed amount. Read more: http://bit.ly/2GpltNX

Microsoft’s more portable Surface Hub S2 ships in June for $9,000

We’ve known Microsoft had something new and Surfacey up its sleeve for this week. Turns out the company’s finally ready to unveil the long promised Surface 2S. The successor to 2015’s Windows 10-based interactive whiteboard is all about making things… Continue Reading →

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