Category Archives: Microsoft Partnerships

Microsoft Works With Target, Expands UCP For Loyalty Program

Microsoft Teams With Target, Expands ‘UCP’ For Loyalty by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, April 21, 2026 Microsoft Advertising on Tuesday introduced general availability in the U.S. for Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) feeds in Microsoft Merchant Center to help businesses improve visibility for products and streamline how they are surfaced in Microsoft Copilot based on … Continue reading Microsoft Works With Target, Expands UCP For Loyalty Program

Napster Returns To Spotlight As AI Company With Ties To Microsoft

Napster Returns To Spotlight As New AI Company by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 22, 2025 Touchcast took an investment from Microsoft to build a Cognitive Content Delivery Network (cCDN) in June 2024, and since then entered into an agreement to be acquired by Infinite Reality, an immersive technology company for $500 million, a combination … Continue reading Napster Returns To Spotlight As AI Company With Ties To Microsoft

Microsoft Announces General Availability Of Azure OpenAI Services, ChatGPT Coming Soon

Microsoft Announces General Availability Of Azure OpenAI Services, ChatGPT Coming Soon by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, January 17, 2023 Microsoft has announced it will add OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) bot ChatGPT to its cloud-based Azure service, building on an existing relationship between the two companies. Azure OpenAI has only been available to a limited set of … Continue reading Microsoft Announces General Availability Of Azure OpenAI Services, ChatGPT Coming Soon

Microsoft: What Makes Its Collaboration With Roku ‘So Important’

Microsoft: What Makes Its Collaboration With Roku ‘So Important’ by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, July 24, 2022 Roku in May announced a partnership with Microsoft to use search data in which the company will match its first-party data on OneView, the company’s streaming advertising platform, with Microsoft Audience Intelligence using data from more than 7 billion … Continue reading Microsoft: What Makes Its Collaboration With Roku ‘So Important’