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Microsoft 's market value tops $500 billion again after 17 years

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp's market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday, after the technology giant's stock rose following another quarter of results that beat Wall Street's expectations.

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Publish Date:27/January/2017 | 16:36

Microsoft , Intel, Alphabet Results Buoyed by Cloud Boom

EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp., which all posted quarterly results Thursday, reinforced what’s become a truism in technology: the biggest growth is in businesses that deliver computing over the internet.

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Publish Date:27/January/2017 | 16:12

Why Google, Microsoft and Amazon Love the Sound of Your Voice

EghtesadOnline: Speech recognition must get much better if we are to speak naturally to our gadgets. So the tech industry is vacuuming up all the conversations it can.

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Publish Date:13/December/2016 | 20:30

Microsoft gains EU approval for $26 billion buy of LinkedIn

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft won EU antitrust approval on Tuesday for its $26 billion bid for professional social network LinkedIn, its largest ever acquisition, after agreeing to a series of modest concessions.

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Publish Date:07/December/2016 | 11:48

Web giants to cooperate on removal of extremist content

EghtesadOnline: Web giants YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft will step up efforts to remove extremist content from their websites by creating a common database.

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Publish Date:06/December/2016 | 11:14

Microsoft set to win EU approval for LinkedIn buy - sources

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft is set to gain EU approval for its $26 billion buy of professional social network LinkedIn with tweaks to concessions aimed at addressing competition concerns, three people close to the matter said on Wednesday.

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Publish Date:24/November/2016 | 16:46

Microsoft offers EU hardware, software LinkedIn concessions: sources

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft will still allow LinkedIn's rivals access to its software and give hardware makers the option of installing other services to try to win EU approval for its takeover of the U.S. firm, people familiar with the matter said.

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Publish Date:22/November/2016 | 13:29

Microsoft offers EU concessions over its $26 billion LinkedIn bid

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft has offered concessions to EU antitrust regulators over its $26 billion bid for social network LinkedIn, the European Commission said on Wednesday, as the U.S. software company seeks to allay concerns over its largest ever deal.

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Publish Date:16/November/2016 | 10:28

Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and U.S. political hacks was behind recent cyber attacks that exploited a newly discovered Windows security flaw.

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Publish Date:02/November/2016 | 05:07

Microsoft Hikes U.K. Prices of Enterprise Products Amid Brexit

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. will increase the price of its enterprise software and cloud offerings in the U.K. by as much as 22 percent to adjust to the falling pound in the aftermath of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

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Publish Date:24/October/2016 | 09:25

Microsoft Shares Soar to Record on Earnings Boost From Cloud

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. shares soared to a record high Friday after the software giant reported first-quarter sales and earnings that topped analysts’ estimates, buoyed by growing demand for cloud-based software and services.

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Publish Date:23/October/2016 | 09:46

Microsoft seeks EU approval for LinkedIn buy

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft sought EU antitrust approval on Friday for its $26 billion bid for social network LinkedIn, a spokesman said on Friday, kicking off a month-long review by regulators of its largest deal.

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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 07:09

Renault, Nissan partner with Microsoft for connected car technology

EghtesadOnline: Renault SA's carmaking alliance with Nissan Motor Co is partnering with Microsoft Corp to develop cloud-based services for cars, a step toward the group's plans to build self-driving automobiles by 2020.

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Publish Date:26/September/2016 | 15:25

SSoftware giant's AI health push follows similar efforts by IBM, Google's DeepMind and startups including Deep 6.

Microsoft Develops AI to Help Cancer Doctors Find the Right Treatments

EghtesadOnline: There are hundreds of new cancer drugs in development and new research published minute to minute, helping doctors treat patients with personalized combinations that target the specific building blocks of their disease. The problem is there's too much to read and too many drug combinations for doctors to choose the best option every time.

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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 18:43

Microsoft raises dividend, plans $40 billion share buyback

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp on Tuesday raised its quarterly dividend by 8 percent and said it would buy back up to $40 billion as part of a new share repurchase program.

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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 11:38

Microsoft gets support in gag order lawsuit from U.S. companies

EghtesadOnline: Technology, media, pharmaceutical and other companies, along with major corporate lobbying groups, filed legal briefs on Friday in support of a Microsoft Corp lawsuit that aims to strike down a law preventing companies from telling customers the government is seeking their data.

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Publish Date:03/September/2016 | 10:43