5 Attractive Cities for Out-of-State College Graduates
at The Street - Thu Mar 31, 5:28PM CDT
The high cost of living in Washington, D.C., isn't preventing out-of-state college grads from setting up shop in the nation's capital.
AMZN: 593.64 (-5.05), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18)
Swrve Announces Mobile Engagement Platform for Windows 10 Community
BusinessWire - Thu Mar 31, 5:00PM CDT
Swrve, a leader in mobile engagement, today announced it will bring its Mobile Engagement Platform to the Microsoft Windows 10 mobile application marketing and development community, making Windows Store the premier destination for mobile marketers, app developers and publishers.
MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18)
Middle-Aged Apple Might Get A Sports Car, New Girlfriend
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Mar 31, 4:34PM CDT
As Apple (AAPL) turns 40 on Friday, some observers say the tech behemoth might be tempted to go the way of the stereotypical middle-aged man and get a sports car (the rumored Apple car?) and a young girlfriend (acquire a hip new company?). The...
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Microsoft Focuses on Conversational Intelligence at Build 2016
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 31, 4:29PM CDT
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella and executive VP of Windows and Devices Group Terry Myerson announced, new updates to Windows 10 on Wednesday, underscoring the company's aim to combine machine intelligence with human language.
BLKB: 62.89 (+0.52), NTWK: 6.98 (-0.04), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18), MSTR: 179.72 (-1.15)
Rubicon Is Changing Ad Sales, One Millisecond At A Time
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Mar 31, 3:00PM CDT
The Internet revolution has automated manufacturing, retail fast-food service and even self-driving cars -- and now thanks to companies like Rubicon Project (RUBI), you can add advertising sales to that list. For many website users, online ads can be...
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Here's a Reason Why Microsoft (MSFT) Stock is Up Today
at The Street - Thu Mar 31, 2:54PM CDT
Microsoft (MSFT) stock is rising after the company revealed that its cloud computing unit is adding 120,000 new subscribers each month.
MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18)
Microsoft Stock Gets Boost From AI, Machine Learning Initiatives
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Mar 31, 2:39PM CDT
Microsoft (MSFT) executives trumpeted machine learning, artificial intelligence and software bots at the start of the company's Build developers conference on Wednesday in San Francisco. And investors liked what they heard. Microsoft shares were up...
AMZN: 593.64 (-5.05), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18), AAPL: 108.99 (-0.57)
PTC Brings Vuforia to Microsoft HoloLens
BusinessWire - Thu Mar 31, 1:38PM CDT
PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) today announced its Vuforia(R) augmented reality (AR) platform will support Microsoft HoloLens. This capability was demonstrated live at Build in a morning keynote by Steven Guggenheimer, vice president and chief evangelist, Microsoft Corp.
PTC: 33.16 (+0.23), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18)
Microsoft announces cloud services, developer tools and productivity extensions for every developer
PR Newswire - Thu Mar 31, 1:00PM CDT
Thursday at Build 2016, Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the Cloud and Enterprise Group, and Qi Lu, executive vice president of the Applications and Services Group, demonstrated how Microsoft Azure services and the Office platform can empower developers to more easily leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, emerging cloud development models and the Internet of Things (IoT) to build their intelligent apps. Microsoft also announced new free development tools to help every developer more easily scale their apps for every platform and reach the largest possible number of customers. Steven Guggenheimer, corporate vice president of Developer eXperience, delivered the final Build keynote address to showcase how partners are innovating using Azure, Office and Windows.
MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18)
For Splendid Returns, Invest Like Ted Williams Hit
at The Street - Thu Mar 31, 1:00PM CDT
Baseball's Splendid Splinter knew his hot and cold zones; wait for your fat pitch and watch your investment batting average rise.
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Facebook Revenue Engine Fuels Up Ahead Of F8 Developer Conference
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Mar 31, 11:20AM CDT
The locomotive that drives Facebook (FB) is gaining steam from multiple products that will boost revenue growth this year, says an analyst who reiterated a buy rating on the social networking giant. Rosenblatt Securities analyst Martin Pyykkonen...
FB: 114.10 (-0.60), GOOGL: 762.90 (-5.44), TWTR: 16.55 (+0.19), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18), AAPL: 108.99 (-0.57)
Apple iPad Pro is MBL's Official Tablet: Will it Revive Sales?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 31, 8:50AM CDT
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is all set to offer its 12.9-inch iPad Pro tablets for the Major League Baseball (MLB) dugouts.
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Accellion Extends Microsoft Office 365 Across the Enterprise and the Cloud
Marketwired - Thu Mar 31, 8:00AM CDT
Accellion, Inc., the leading provider of private cloud solutions for secure file sharing and collaboration that enhance data security and compliance, today announced key productivity features that add significant value to enterprise employees already leveraging Microsoft Corp. applications to find, create, edit and share enterprise content that is stored in various on-premises and cloud content systems.
MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18)
Wacom to broaden digital pen interoperability in the marketplace under Universal Pen Framework (UPF) along with Microsoft
PR Newswire - Thu Mar 31, 7:00AM CDT
Wacom Co., Ltd announced today its Universal Pen Framework (UPF) initiative has entered a new stage with Microsoft Corp. licensing its Microsoft Pen protocol to Wacom. In the near future Wacom's digital pen solutions will incorporate both Microsoft Pen and Wacom Active ESTM Pen protocols. Wacom is working to build pens that support both protocols, targeting delivery this holiday season at the end of 2016.
MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18)
Cloud Hardware Market Could Be A Serious Tailwind For Cisco Stock
Dana Blankenhorn - Amigobulls - Thu Mar 31, 4:40AM CDT
Cisco has attained a big foothold in cloud data centers. The position gives it huge opportunities in the Internet core.
IBM: 151.45 (+3.04), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18), HPE: 17.73 (-0.16), CSCO: 28.47 (+0.01)
Google Cloud Platform Versus Amazon And Microsoft
Alex Cho - Amigobulls - Thu Mar 31, 2:58AM CDT
Breaking down the pricing/feature set, it seems Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has identified a niche to cater to, but Amazon continues to be a better cloud play.
AMZN: 593.64 (-5.05), GOOGL: 762.90 (-5.44), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18), GOOG: 744.95 (-5.58)
Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning To Power The Alphabet Cloud
Giulio Prisco - Amigobulls - Thu Mar 31, 2:50AM CDT
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) is deploying AI and Machine Learning (ML) technologies to its commercial cloud computing service, which could give it the edge.
AMZN: 593.64 (-5.05), GOOGL: 762.90 (-5.44), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18), GOOG: 744.95 (-5.58)
Microsoft pitches smart chats with computers
By BRANDON BAILEY - AP - Wed Mar 30, 6:14PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft wants you to talk more with your computer — and have more useful conversations.
MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18), AAPL: 108.99 (-0.57)
CORRECTING and REPLACING World Wide Technology and Tanium Bring Revolutionary Endpoint Solutions to the U.S. Air Force with the Multi-Million ARAD Contract Award
BusinessWire - Wed Mar 30, 4:44PM CDT
Sixth paragraph, first sentence should read: "We've seen an overwhelming demand from private and public sector organizations like U.S. Air Force to solve some of the hardest management and security problems in today's changing landscape," said Tanium co-founder and CEO, Orion Hindawi (instead of: "We've seen an overwhelming demand from private and public sector organizations like U.S. Air Force to solve some of the hardest management and security problems in today's changing landscape," said president, co-founder and CTO Orion Hindawi).
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#Build2016 -- Here's Everything Microsoft Announced at Its Huge Developer Conference
at The Street - Wed Mar 30, 3:00PM CDT
At its Build 2016 developer conference, the software giant said Windows 10 is 'off to the fastest adoption' of any version of Windows in history.
FB: 114.10 (-0.60), MSFT: 55.23 (+0.18)