While the solutions have a lot in common, Salesforce is getting closer to a “real” AI agent and offers more ways to customize. Constantine von Hoffman on March 6, 2025 Salesforce and Microsoft unveiled new AI sales agents (April 11, 2025), fueling a fiery corporate grudge match. Salesforce announced the upgraded Agentforce 2dx, while … Continue reading Salesforce & Microsoft square off with new AI sales agents
Microsoft launches native Mac app for Copilot The US, UK and Canada are getting it first. anna washenko Fri, Feb 28, 2025 Microsoft Microsoft is making its Copilot AI assistant available as a Mac app. The native macOS app will offer access to the web-based version of the Microsoft tool. It’s rolling … Continue reading Microsoft launches native Mac app for Copilot
Why DeepSeek Isn’t A Search Engine And What It Means For Advertisers, Google, Microsoft by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 26, 2025 OpenAI may have been the first to release a reasoning model and others followed. Search engines did not tell users why it would serve specific information, but that has changed with AI. … Continue reading Why DeepSeek Isn’t A Search Engine And What It Means For Advertisers, Google, Microsoft
Microsoft Copilot offers Voice and o1-powered Think Deeper for free But it’s still offering perks for paid users. anna washenko Wed, Feb 26, 2025 Microsoft Microsoft announced that it is making some features available for free in its Copilot AI assistant. Everyone now has unlimited access to Voice and Think Deeper, which … Continue reading Microsoft Copilot offers Voice and o1-powered Think Deeper for free
Microsoft Lets Ad Industry Know Quantum Isn’t Just A Google Thing by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 20, 2025 Microsoft this week released information on its Majorana 1 chip — the first processor based on an experimental technology — which the company believes will drive a new path for quantum computing. The chip … Continue reading Microsoft Lets Ad Industry Know Quantum Isn’t Just A Google Thing
Microsoft Defender’s VPN feature will be killed off at the end of February The privacy protection tool was available to Microsoft 365 subscribers. cheyenne macdonald Updated Sun, Feb 2, 2025 Microsoft Microsoft is getting rid of the VPN offered through Microsoft Defender. As spotted by Windows Latest, the company updated its support … Continue reading Microsoft Defender’s VPN feature will be killed off at the end of February
Microsoft Clarity’s new Google Ads integration gives marketers visibility into post-click behavior, allowing them to track user interactions. Anu Adegbola on January 17, 2025 You can now directly connect campaign performance with user behavior, bridging a critical gap between ad spend and engagement metrics. A new integration of Microsoft Clarity and Google Ads will … Continue reading Microsoft Clarity launches Google Ads integration
Google, Microsoft Woo Retailers With AI Agents by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 13, 2025 Directly off the 2024 holiday shopping season, Adobe Analytics estimates consumers spent $241.4 billion online — up 8.7% year-over-year, with smartphones driving 54.4% of online purchases. No doubt Google and Microsoft hope AI agents will help consumers find what … Continue reading Google, Microsoft Woo Retailers With AI Agents
January 09, 2025 Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple: Here’s a list of Big Tech companies and CEOs donating millions to the Trump inauguration The money is pouring in as Silicon Valley bosses including Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are angling for favor with the incoming administration. BY Jennifer Mattson Google and Microsoft are the latest tech companies … Continue reading Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple: Here’s a list of Big Tech companies donating millions to the Trump inauguration
Microsoft Trained Small Language Models To Process, Better Understand Search Queries by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 18, 2024 Microsoft improved Bing with new large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs), which the company says helped to reduce latency and cost associated with hosting and running search. “Leveraging both Large Language Models … Continue reading Microsoft Trained Small Language Models To Process, Understand Search Query Responses
