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A basket of products Windows 8 Microsoft’s launch last year, Surface RT and WP8 are all revealed in the context of an information, that is the future of operating systems of different systems and different devices will have a unified experience. Microsoft’s Chief Financial Officer, bide·Kelai’s presentation at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference is even more obvious, on Windows experience unity to reach a higher level.

Microsoft has included in the plans for the future settlement of different sizes, in particular mobile tablet computer market and border issues, development platform, Microsoft has done a considerable amount of work.

It is not currently clear how Microsoft’s integration of different equipment and systems, but then Windows Blue released in 2013 medium-term are likely to let us look at this concept. We may see more than just plates and collected from Microsoft 7-8-inch device will also appear on the market.

Earlier this week Microsoft announced that innovation Cup 2013 plan will increase women’s access to computing and technology projects in the areas, the first project was the international women’s Marathon activities by hackers. Microsoft said, women usually are reluctant to join the male-dominated technology forum, the international hacker marathon can help young women build their confidence, showing their technical strength, and impact in the world of computing.

Hacker theme is also inconsistent with the male version of the marathon, public welfare are significantly more powerful, concealing combat women trafficking in illegal activities such as the use of the Internet is one topic, not just women in mobile devices, Web applications, and game design, technical strength, can really help combat gender-specific social problems.

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Has been studying how to use “mass data” (Big Data) of interest not only for its high-tech company’s business. Today, Microsoft in a week-long review and data analysis project, Super information through a set of charts reporting the results of their analysis. Information in the chart shows the global enterprise “large-scale data” trend:

Microsoft conducted a survey of 280 IT decision makers, 62% respondents, corporate data stored over 100TB; 32% said in the next two or three years, increase in the size of the stored data will be 1 time. Set of information Microsoft provides another feature of the chart, is the illustrated “large-scale data” applications in everyday life. For example, its selling ice in the Park, the Zoo research bullied quantities and time is running short, for this relationship, to determine at what time the Zoo started selling ice-cream ice cream in the Park car.

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According to a leaked schedule, Microsoft will be shown within the small area next generation Xbox. This meeting will be held on March 4 to 7th at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel. Activity name to “START FY 14″ (opened 14 fiscal year), only with invitations to attend them. Write on their Web site: “the topic of the meeting was” START “on behalf of policies, tactics and regional targets (Strategies, Tactics and Regional Targets) aimed at bringing together all sectors of the game industry professionals, learn high-end cooperation and product strategy of the group, and share our timely, coherent business strategy. ”

In addition, the meeting’s schedule also contains some interesting information.

9:00-10:00 AM Xbox Platform depth resolution

10:30-12:00 AM Xbox games

1:15-2:45 PM Xbox Gold members & Entertainment Group 1&2

1:15-2:15 PM Xbox retail services group 3

3:15-4:15 PM Xbox retail services group 1&2

3:00-4:00 PM Xbox Gold members & Entertainment Group 3

4:30-5:30 PM Xbox troubleshooting Group 1,2,&3

Which refers to the Xbox and Xbox games, since it is a small range of internal meetings, and rumors on next generation Xbox will be released in April, it’s obvious what this is. Small-scale rehearsals before is likely to be publicly announced.

According to foreign media reports, the current session of Microsoft “innovation Cup (Imagine Cup)” would put more eyes on the woman and how technology affects females in the field. Microsoft today announced that they will incorporate two modules in this race. One of the modules the authoritative for the female Award (Women’s Empowerment Award), the prize of the join the team as you want sex. Microsoft said this award was established to find a solution to women’s economic inequality, which has been imposed cannot acquire the technical knowledge and related resources, problems of violence and cannot participate in political campaign activities.

Eventually won the first team will be awarded $12,000 prize, the second team will have a $8,000 bonus.

Join the women of the second module is sporting challenge of application software (Women’s Athletics App Challenge). Only women’s team to participate in the events, the game content is the root development “exercise, fitness and sports”-related software. Eventually won the first team will not only get $1,000 bonuses, but also with the Seattle Storm team met a basketball player, and will have the opportunity to watch the game.

In the last year, Microsoft invested $ 1.2 billion acquisition of enterprise social collaboration Yammer amid suspicion that Yammer on whether Microsoft would be stifled. Latest news display, Yammer has doubled revenues last year three times times, access to a number of new businesses, optimistic. Yammer co-founder and Vice President of Microsoft’s Office business Russell Shanks (David Sacks) told the media recently revealed that revenues increased twice times for 2012. He did not disclose specific data. Analysts had predicted, Yammer for 20 million dollars of revenues in 2011, so may at around US $ 60 million in revenue last year.

Four quarters of last year’s performance in particular, Russell Shanks was pleasantly surprised. For the second quarter, Yammer adds 290 paying enterprise customers, including GlaxoSmithKline, T.G.I. Friday’s (Friday the restaurant). Four-quarter revenues up over four times.

Russell Shanks believes that Yammer performance climbed one of the main reasons is to go after Microsoft, whose brands prompted more companies to try Yammer.

Russell Shanks, Yammer service enterprises in the process of accelerated current Yammer all employees the number of users for 7 million people, Yammer hopes to transform 20% into paying customers.

After the Microsoft acquisition is completed, Yammer will be charged for each staff user’s standard was significantly reduced from $ 15 to $ 3. Today, relies on the number of users increase exponentially, Yammer has made up for the price reduction brought about loss of revenue.

Recently in an interview, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer on Yammer gave a high evaluation, he said, Yammer has brought fresh ideas to Microsoft, in particular how to provide services on the Internet.

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TRD (Toyota Racing development), and Microsoft as the Toyota NASCAR team development software, so that they have a distinct advantage on the pitch. The software (or programs, for people who like to use software content) known as Trackside, using the software even in the cockpit can see hardware deployment.

The Trackside program and Microsoft Surface Pro combine to help racing teams to do what? Through a touch-based interface, we can effectively obtain performance data to hardware performance data collected in real-time (in the hands of riders).

For example, this enables mechanics by an analysis of this program and send data immediately to fine-tune the car, to enhance the car’s performance.

The program can also provide race timing and score data, which can help your group decides whether the State of racing and racing was appropriate. This is a very advanced, almost put them into real-world racing Xbox. TRD Vice President about comments:

“Trackside means more time spent on the track and less time spent on talking about. Teams were able to fast track, racing best and have more time to decide. Our goal is to use the latest technological innovation to achieve better data – to fast track racing. ”

Although we would like to see Microsoft can bring better improvements to WP, but saw Microsoft and others to improve the Win8 is also very good. Whether this is used to create an unfair advantage for the technology group? Maybe, but this must be decided by the competition staff. Furthermore, if the technology spread, other groups will also be used.

Microsoft is continuing its peace platform into more exclusive entertainment and media services. Earlier this week, Microsoft has announced that it will provide exclusive content for the Xbox 360 game console, the answer was finally announced today, is the second quarter of the season of The LeBrons, a Web page specifically for NBA Star General-James to create animated series.

Microsoft’s Major Nelson website for begin for MSN.com and Xbox 360 users specially crafted contents in the second quarter. The animation first appeared on Youtube in the first quarter in 2011, still uses a traditional 2D art wind in the first quarter, Microsoft said about this: “more advanced rendering techniques will be used in the second quarter, creating a more realistic 3D world. ”

Remember CompuServe? Although sadly receded when it at the beginning of the Internet era, but in the early 90 ‘s when CompuServe forum used to be a lot of people gathered together in one place, talking about technology and other things. Hawaii resident Calvin Hsia is one of them, he created a forum presenting up to posting procedures written. This list is called the “Most Verbose People” (the ‘ 侃 ‘), but it got Microsoft’s attention – but on a good note.

The people on the list, including Hsia, known as Microsoft was one of the first community-oriented (community-driven) “Most Valuable Professional” (most valuable professionals, referred to as MVP) members-20 years ago in 1993.

Today, Microsoft announced that the MVP project has 3,800 community members , helping customers to solve the problem of more than 90 product lines. This week, the company held in Redmond in Washington that the MPV of the year Global Summit (Earth Summit).

To mark this occasion, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says:

“In 20 years, insight and feedback from the MVP community, has helped promote the forming and development of Microsoft products … MVP for the technical community contributions are very valuable, my passion and grateful for our clients. ”

So, creators of MVP list Hsia and where is it now? The MVP project started a year later, was hired by Microsoft, it is the Visual Studio Team, a senior software development engineer.

[Source: Microsoft]
[Compiled from: Neowin]

In October last year in 30 years total under the generous Microsoft employees donated more than $ 1 billion to non-profit organizations, for related celebrations are also held. Company official announced today in 2012 Microsoft team members donated a total of more than $ 105 million to charitable organizations. Microsoft today sent a letter to Neowin says: “donations from company employees have more than the $ 100 million mark for two consecutive years, and also broke a new record this year. More than 19,000 nonprofit organizations worldwide benefit from while company employees are also often organized cash donations, a variety of activities, such as volunteer for the community to contribute their share. ”