… The newly announced "Microsoft College Offer" is a bundle of Microsoft 365 Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, custom Xbox controller and discounted laptop that the company thinks could woo students away from Apple's new deal. …
… With Siri AI, Apple has the hindsight of seeing where Microsoft failed with Copilot, and it has a clearer vision of the AI features people may actually want to use. …
… Conceptually, that's not far off from what Apple did with its M-series chips, which also combined Arm cores, beefy GPUs and tons of unified memory. Apple Silicon gave Macs a huge performance and efficiency boost over PCs, and the entire Windows ecosystem has been struggling to keep up. …
… Part of this change was driven by a desire to make everything more readable and responsive, but Microsoft suggests it's also reflective of an attempt to "craft intelligence that feels present but not imposing." Microsoft has introduced a new design for Copilot pic.twitter.com/Bxdg6dKbfZ — Andreas S… …
… Microsoft and Apple were the bringers of ill tidings and price rises. …
… Microsoft also promised to remove "unnecessary Copilot entry points," starting with Notepad, Snipping Tool, Photos and Widgets. According to The Verge , Microsoft has already stopped showing the Copilot button when selecting areas to capture with the Snipping Tool, as well. …
… Microsoft has opened up a waitlist for those interested in trying Copilot Health. …
… To continue using Office apps as you did before, Microsoft advises either subscribing to Microsoft 365 or making a one-time purchase of Office 2024, the most recent version of the suite. You can also use apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint for free in your browser with a Microsoft account. …
… Microsoft went big with retail stores before mass closures Google isn't the first digital tech giant to open brick-and-mortar stores worldwide, as Apple has. In 2009, Microsoft opened its first two physical stores alongside the launch of Windows 7. …
… For Apple to already have landed a deal of this scope, Microsoft may have been right to be worried about the competition, especially if this is a sign of what's to come under the direction of new CEO John Ternus .
