Microsoft has announced significant expansions to its Azure Space ecosystem. Microsoft is adding SpaceEye, which lets users 'see' through clouds, and delivering AI-enhanced imagery to make satellite photos have as much detail and fidelity as traditional aerial photography.
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Sep 22, 2021 at 19:56
Today, at its Surface event, Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop Studio and Surface Duo 2, all of which bring welcomed improvements to their respective predecessors.
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Oct 15, 2020 at 16:47
The AI is already available to Azure customers and will be incorporated into multiple Microsoft consumer products later this year.
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Sep 3, 2020 at 17:45
The tool was announced as part of Microsoft's effort to help prevent election interference in the form of digital manipulation.
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Jun 2, 2020 at 20:54
The lawsuit seeks up to $150,000 per image, among other things, potentially amounting to $2.25 million in statutory damages.
Microsoft quietly unveiled the next generation of products in its Surface lineup, including the Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, and Surface Studio 2.
Combined with AI-powered image identification, all media in OneDrive will be fully searchable by text.
Bing Visual Search is a direct competitor to Google Lens, enabling web search and online shopping through images.
Microsoft's Surface Hub 2 is a massive collaborative touchscreen display that may or may not have any practical use for professional photographers... but it sure looks impressive nonetheless.
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Feb 27, 2018 at 23:04
Made to work with the Cintiq Pro 24- and 32-inch models, the Cintiq Pro Engine module seamlessly plugs into the back of the pen display tablet and turns it into a powerful PC workstation with an Intel processor, NVIDIA graphics card, SSD, and up to 32GB RAM.
Microsoft has released a new "Ultimate Performance" mode for Windows 10 Pro for Workstations—a mode that throws all power management out the window (so to speak) in favor of the best possible performance it can pull from your hardware.
Advertising photographer Blair Bunting got his hands on the new Microsoft Surface Book 2, and it blew him away. Bye bye MacBook Pro...
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Oct 17, 2017 at 16:24
The new Surface Book 2 laptops come with Intel's 8th generation quad-core processors and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and 1060 GPUs. In other words: they pack a serious punch.
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Aug 10, 2017 at 15:31
Consumer Reports has removed its coveted 'Recommended' label from Microsoft's Surface devices after a survey of over 90,000 Surface owners showed 25% ran into reliability issues like freezing and touchscreen issues.
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Jun 1, 2017 at 08:00
Microsoft has become the latest company to show its hand in the race to gain the image quality benefits of curved sensors. Its Project Vermont has developed a method for bending conventionally made silicon sensors into more uniformly-curved shapes.
With a claimed 800 new custom parts, Microsoft's updated Surface Pro comes with the latest Kaby Lake processors, better battery life, a new hinge, plus the Surface Pen is updated as well.
The app provides a user-friendly way to mix photos and videos into movie clips with fun effects.
The 'Holographic Navigation Platform' is a mixed-reality platform for surgeons that uses Microsoft's HoloLens to project useful information during surgery.
Microsoft announced a new product class in the Surface Studio: a desktop all-in-one with touch/pen support. Its 28" 4.5K display with drafting table ergonomics will transform a desktop into a studio, while Windows 10 Creators Update hopes to democratize 3D and mixed reality. Read more
Juha Alakarhu is the latest Microsoft engineer to leave that company's mobile devision, returning to Nokia as it looks more and more likely that Microsoft will abandon its mobile hardware business. Read more
The Microsoft Pix app aims to out-do your stock iPhone app by analyzing captured image bursts for image quality and facial expressions, selecting and optimizing the best exposures. Read more
Can the Microsoft Lumia 950 keep up with the Windows and Android competition? Find out in our full review.
Juha Alakarhu, Director of cameras for phones at Microsoft, has written a blog post about the camera in the new Lumia 950 and 950XL devices.
Microsoft has announced the latest generation of its Surface Pro tablet.
Microsoft has announced the long-awaited successors to the Nokia Lumia 930 and 1520.
A Microsoft prototype app allows for the generation of 3D models using your smartphone.
Microsoft will no longer support its Photosynth apps for Windows Phone and iOS.
Microsoft Hyperlapse aims to turn long, boring first-person videos into something more interesting.
Microsoft's new Surface Pro runs a full version of Windows 8.1, making it an alternative to conventional laptop PCs.
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Feb 9, 2015 at 00:00
Microsoft's Research's Interactive Visual Media Group has announced the release of Image Composite Editor 2.0. The software's latest update, taking advantage of the company's Photosynth technology, can seamlessly stitch together 'gigapixel images', create panoramas from video, and automatically fill in areas of missing photographs. Read more
Microsoft's OneDrive is getting a photo-centric update in order to compete with Dropbox and other cloud storage services.
Movie Creator by Microsoft is a new video editing option on the Windows Phone platform.
Microsoft has announced that all users subscribed to Office 365 will begin to see their OneDrive cloud storage upgraded to unlimited space for no additional cost. The new change will begin rolling out over the next few months to subscribers of the Home, Personal, and University editions. Read more
Nokia's Lumia 830 comes with optical image stabilization and a range of innovative camera modes.
Microsoft's Research division in Redmond, Washington has published material detailing a method for turning shaky first-person camera footage into a stabilized hyperlapse video. The algorithm they've developed uses a 3-step process to produce exceptionally stable videos that play back in a single fluid camera sweep. Researchers state that they are woking on bringing this technology to a Windows app, though no release date is given. Learn more
Microsoft claims its Project Adam will be more accurate and faster at image recognition than current systems.
The "Lumia Arc of Wonder" combines 50 Nokia Lumia 1020s to create a "bullet effect".
Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 offers the computing power of a PC in the shape of a tablet.
A leaked letter supposedly reveals that the Nokia Services and Devices division will be renamed to 'Microsoft Mobile'.
Photosynth has gone beyond the panorama with new features.
Microsoft has bought the best bits of Nokia: What can we expect from this intriguing mashup?
The $7.2 billion deal will allow Microsoft to unify its mobile brand.
Microsoft's developer conference under way in San Francisco.
Now you can create and share GIF-like animations with Blink 2.0.
Microsoft has announced a Raw compatibility update for Windows Vista, 7 and 8, adding support for 22 cameras. This includes the previous generation of Canon Rebel cameras, along with the Pentax K-01, Sony RX100 and the Fujifilm X10. It also adds support for the Canon EOS 6D and Nikon D600, along with 'richer' support for images shot in AdobeRGB.
We round up the best "lenses" for taking photos on a Windows 8 mobile device.
Move is the latest instance of Microsoft pursuing makers of Android devices.
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