Blair Hanley FrankU.S. Correspondent, IDG News Service
Blair Hanley Frank is primarily focused on the public cloud, productivity and operating systems businesses for the IDG News Service, and is based in San Francisco.
Microsoft's fascinating GigJam service will close in September
MIcrosoft will close its new GigJam productivity service, which was aimed at helping teams of people collaborate in real time over the Internet, the company announced Tuesday.
Here's how Google is preparing Android for the AI-laden future
The future of Android will be a lot smarter, thanks to new programming tools that Google unveiled on Wednesday.
Google's Smart Reply for Gmail may make automated replies sound less canned
Google is making it easier for people to dash off a quick email reply from Gmail on their smartphones using contextually-aware, computer-generated responses via the app for iOS and Android.
Google's new TPUs are here to accelerate AI training
Google has made another leap forward in the realm of machine learning hardware. The tech giant has begun deploying the second version of its Tensor Processing Unit, a specialized chip meant to accelerate machine learning applications, company CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Wednesday.
Microsoft, Amazon go after enterprises with new SAP cloud offerings
There are some fresh public cloud offerings on the horizon for SAP database customers, thanks to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. Both companies have announced new infrastructure services for the HANA database software aimed at giving customers tons of memory for workloads that need it.
Microsoft's new mobile app enables Windows developers to test on iOS
Mobile developers building apps for iOS and Android have some new tools from Microsoft designed to make their lives easier. On Thursday, the company unveiled a series of apps and services, including one that’s designed to let Windows-based developers test iOS apps from their PCs.
Microsoft's new tools help devs manage cloud deployments on the go
Microsoft is making it easier for developers to manage their cloud deployments on the go, using a new mobile app and browser-based command line.
Microsoft takes its databases worldwide with Cosmos DB
Developers will have an easier time scaling their applications to meet global needs with a database product Microsoft updated on Wednesday. Called Cosmos DB, the service lets developers store data that can be replicated across any of the company’s 34 Azure public cloud regions.
Microsoft brings customization to its prebuilt AI services
Microsoft is doubling down on its cloud AI services for business customers with a fleet of new offerings aimed at helping businesses deal with video and supporting customers with unique problems not solved by Microsoft’s off-the-shelf cognitive services.
Now Slack search can look for knowledgeable users and channels
How do you find someone in an organization who can answer a burning question? That’s what Slack is trying to answer with an update to its search feature that was released for larger teams on Wednesday.
Facebook's text understanding AI is coming to a phone near you
Developers have a new tool to help mobile apps understand text, thanks to a Facebook open source project update on Tuesday. The social networking company’s AI research group released a new version of FastText, a programming library that’s designed to make it easier for developers to deploy text-focused machine learning systems.
Google Cloud growth is outpacing the company's ad business
Google is still an advertising company, but the tech titan’s cloud business is growing faster than its advertising revenue. That’s one of the key take-aways from the company’s first quarter earnings report released Thursday.
Microsoft commits to twice yearly updates to Windows 10, Office 365
Microsoft is offering IT pros some new guidance on when they can expect major feature updates for Windows 10, Office 365's client applications, and System Center Configuration Manager.
Facebook launches tool for capturing 360 video inside VR
Facebook is giving VR developers the ability to embed 360-degree photo and video capture in their experiences with a new software development kit made available Wednesday.
Here's everything announced at Wednesday's AWS Summit
AWS unveiled a smorgasbord of new functionality, including new billing for software-as-a-service applications, a new continuous integration tool, and enhancements to the company’s database services. Here’s the rundown of what got announced.
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