May 21, 2024 Khan Academy and Microsoft are teaming up to give teachers a free AI assistant AI assistant Khanmigo can help time-strapped teachers come up with lesson ideas and test questions, the companies say. BY Steven Melendez Khan Academy’s AI assistant will now be free to K-12 teachers in the U.S., thanks to a new … Continue reading Khan Academy and Microsoft are teaming up to give teachers a free AI assistant
Netflix Builds Ad Tech – What Happens To Microsoft? by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 17, 2024 After solely relying on Microsoft for its ad-tech platform, Netflix said this week it will build its own advertising platform by the end of 2025 to give advertisers new ways to buy ad space and measure the … Continue reading Netflix Builds Ad Tech – What Happens To Microsoft?
May 23, 2024 Google might acquire HubSpot. Here’s why Microsoft should worry Buying HubSpot would make Google a competitor in the so-called customer relationship management sector, which Microsoft caters to. BY Reuters Google parent Alphabet’s potential acquisition of HubSpot, a U.S. marketing software maker with a market value of $31 billion, would boost its ability to … Continue reading Google might acquire HubSpot. Here’s why Microsoft should worry
Could Microsoft President Brad Smith Fall Out Of Step With Brand Loyalists? by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 8, 2024 Microsoft President Brad Smith may have just created a deeper chasm between brand loyalists and those who are not, with the introduction of the company’s new AI hub. Smith agreed to have President Joe … Continue reading Could Microsoft President Brad Smith Fall Out Of Step With Brand Loyalists?
May 23, 2024 Canva’s radical overhaul aims to destroy Microsoft Office and Google Workspace Canva is gunning for the enterprise set with new tools and features that are a direct challenge to the incumbents. BY Jesus Diaz Canva announced today that it has completely redesigned its user experience. The update comes with a revamped interface that … Continue reading Canva’s radical overhaul aims to destroy Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Microsoft Recall, Johansson-Like AI Voice Overshadow Google Sandbox Concerns by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 22, 2024 Privacy is the topic of the day in my email inbox. Earlier this week Microsoft released a feature called Recall that takes screenshots of a user’s laptop every few seconds. The images are stored on the PC. … Continue reading Microsoft Recall, Johansson-Like AI Voice Overshadow Google Sandbox Concerns
May 01, 2024 Antitrust lawyers argue that Google and Apple’s innovations are thanks to epic 1998 Microsoft trial DOJ: ‘Thank us later.’ BY Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department’s double-barreled antitrust attack on Google’s dominant search and Apple’s trendsetting iPhone is reviving memories of the epic battle that hobbled Microsoft before it roared back to yet … Continue reading Antitrust lawyers argue that Google and Apple’s innovations are thanks to epic 1998 Microsoft trial
Microsoft Pilots A Feature Summarizing Campaign Performance From Conversational Chat by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 29, 2024 Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of Copilot in the Microsoft Advertising Platform and said it will soon unveil ways to gain additional insights to help advertisers tackle reporting more quickly and easily. The company said … Continue reading Microsoft Pilots A Feature Summarizing Campaign Performance From Conversational Chat
Plenty of talk about LLMs, but Microsoft is bringing its small language model initiative to market. Kim Davis on April 26, 2024 Phi-3-Mini is the first in a family of small language models Microsoft plans to release over the coming weeks. Phi-3-Small and Phi-3-Medium are in the works. In contrast to large language models … Continue reading Microsoft unveils a new small language model
April 26, 2024 Tech earnings week turns around after Google, Microsoft, and Snap delight Wall Street After a weak start to earnings season from Netflix and Meta, tech companies saw their fortunes reverse to close out the week on a high note. BY Michael Grothaus Until late (May 15, 2024), major tech stocks were having a … Continue reading Tech earnings week turns around after Google, Microsoft, and Snap delight Wall Street
