Tag: Microsoft
AT&T-Time Warner Merger now Legal, Net Neutrality Is Dead and Bow to Blockchain Religion
AT&T now allowed to merge with Time Warner, US Court rules.
Last week on Monday, US court judge ruled that AT&T can complete its $85B...
TechnoBrain Seals an Agriculture-Empowering Deal for Africa Farmers with Microsoft
It appears that the partnership between Microsoft and TechnoBrain is taking another leap. A few weeks ago, the two technology companies sealed a deal...
Microsoft Buys Github, Apple Trolls Facebook, Dramatic Departure of WhatsApp Founders from Facebook
In this week's Clicked, we cover Github's acquisition by Microsoft, Apple's WWDC and the shade they gave Facebook and the expensive split from Facebook...
“Microsoft Will Force People to Use Edge to Access GitHub” and Other Stories
Over the weekend, news broke that Microsoft would acquire code-repository company GitHub. Today, Washington-based Microsoft confirmed the news and disclosed that they forked out $7.5...
East Africa’s Courts Set to Benefit from Microsoft-backed Digitization Upgrades
Microsoft and Strathmore University School of Law have devised a partnership that will see key strides made in the manner East Africa’s judicial systems...
Hillary Clinton Wants to Run Facebook,GDPR Mayhem,Spiegel’s Shade and Other Tech Stories from This Week
In this week's Clicked, we delve in how companies are panicking in reaction to GDPR,Papua New Guinea banning Facebook but not with good intentions,Facebook...
Microsoft Inks Deal with SEACOM to Provide Low-Latency Cloud Connections for Businesses
Microsoft has been involved in a lot of activities in the country as it aims to bolster its internet-based solutions for its clients. We...
Kenya Gets Africa’s First and Exclusive Centre for Testing Microsoft Software
Microsoft has made a significant step in pushing its business in the Kenyan market and the larger continental Africa. Its latest stride in the...
iTunes is Now Available on the Microsoft Store
iTunes took long enough to land at the Microsoft Store
Microsoft to Sponsor Tech Category in 2018 BAKE Awards
Since its establishment in 2012, The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has recognized a variety of blogs across the country for the work they...
Personalized Learning Beats Automation in the Modern Classroom
A Mckinsey study on the class of 2030 reveals that nearly 100% of students would prioritize personalisation in the classroom over automation in what...
Microsoft’s Students-only Imagine Cup Competition to Target AI, Big Data and Mixed Reality Products
Several top internet giants around the globe have leveraged their reach and influence to support the development of new products and services from parties...
Microsoft Releases Spectre and Meltdown Fixes for Some Windows 10 Devices
At the beginning of this year, two major vulnerabilities were discovered affecting millions of Intel, AMD and ARM CPUs. The vulnerabilities, known as Spectre and...
Microsoft Reveals Why it Deployed Data Centres in South Africa
While highlighting the importance of using cloud services for businesses, Microsoft’s Head of Cloud Technology Mr. Ruediger Dorn shed light on a couple of...
Microsoft is Killing Off Push Notification on Older Windows Phones
Windows Phone is practically dead and you might know that since Microsoft decided to stop supporting the platform and focus on other ventures. They...
Office 2019 Won’t Support Older Versions of Windows
Microsoft wants you to upgrade your Windows to support the upcoming Office 2019
How Microsoft is Sponsoring Digital Transformation of Future Workforce
Late last month, Microsoft in partnership with Dalberg and Strathmore University launched the Digital Partnership Series at the Microsoft Policy Innovation Centre in the university.
The Digital...
Microsoft in Partnership With Dalberg Launches Digital Transformation Series at Strathmore University
Yesterday, Microsoft in partnership with the research company, Dalberg, launched the Digital Transformation Series at Strathmore University.
The Digital Transformation Series is aimed at engaging...
Microsoft Announces Surface Book 2: 8th Gen Intel Processors, New 15 inch Model, Still Expensive
Microsoft has announced the Surface Book 2 and they look great!
Microsoft Announces Office 2019, Expect it Next Year
Microsoft is widely known as a software company first thanks to their popular operating system, Windows, and their productivity software that is bundled under...
MS Paint is Here To Stay, But in a Different Home
MS Paint is not going anywhere
Microsoft Might Kill Off Paint in Future Windows 10 Releases
Microsoft could kill of Paint in a future release
Microsoft Has Officially Pulled The Plug On Windows Phone 8.1 Support
Windows Phone users will have to upgrade
Microsoft Has Made It Easy To Download Ubuntu Linux
Microsoft has come from rejecting Linux to becoming an ardent supporter, now makes it easy to install on Windows 10.
Microsoft Lit the Spotlight On 21 East African Entrepreneurs To Be Awarded Insiders4Good Fellowships
Microsoft's Insiders4Good program was launched in partnership with Growth africa to support the ideas of promising entrepreneurs to become a reality.
This year, they will...
Microsoft Reveals The Xbox One X, The Most Powerful Gaming Console Yet
Microsoft finally revealed their new console which was previously named as Project Scorpio
A Quick Look Inside Windows 10 S
Microsoft finally announced the Surface Laptop, which strays from the popular 2-in-1 form factor of its older brother, the Surface Book (not a predecessor per...
The Microsoft Surface Laptop Is Now Official
Earlier today, photos of a "Surface Laptop" were leaked on Twitter which was kind of strange since we know that Microsoft already has a...
‘Surface Laptop’ Leaks Ahead Of The Microsoft Event
Microsoft has an event today at 4:30pm EAT which as shown on their Twitter account, it has been dubbed "Learn what's next." The event...
Do Not Manually Install Windows 10 Creators Update, At Least Not Yet
Microsoft released the Windows 10 Creators Update a while ago and the update has been rolling out to a few users for the past...
LinkedIn Revises Some of its Privacy Policies and Announces that Bots are Coming
LinkedIn, which was acquired by Microsoft a while ago, is a social media platform for professionals who are looking to expand their career goals...
Microsoft Wants You To Use Cortana On The Android Lockscreen
Microsoft, just like any other big tech company has their own virtual assistant, which they named Cortana from a character in the video game,...
Let’s Talk About Microsoft’s “Great” Idea to Place Adverts On Your Windows 10 File Explorer
Ever since Windows 10 launched back in 2015, there has been controversy after controversy surrounding the operating system. Starting with how Microsoft was asking...
