Skype enters the business market

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced that Skype for Business has gone into technical preview and will be available to customers as soon as April. Skype for Business was previously sold at Microsoft Lync, and the technical preview lets Lync customers try the new...

Microsoft gains as tablet sales slide

Following the first year-over-year decline in worldwide tablet shipments in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), the International Data Corporation (IDC) has scaled back its five-year forecast for the product category. Worldwide shipments are expected to reach...

Microsoft unveils Lumia 640 and 640 XL

At the Mobile World Congress 2015, Microsoft introduced Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL, two new smartphones that give people greater flexibility and freedom to choose when and where they get things done. Both phones are upgradeable to Windows 10, which offers more...

Cell C, Microsoft partner for Zazoo voucher

Zazoo, a business unit of Net 1 UEPS, has collaborated with Microsoft and Cell C to sponsor a R250 VCpay voucher for consumers buying the new Microsoft Lumia 535 on a Cell C contract. The new device is available on Cell C’s talk and data contracts from 1 February,...

Microsoft signs up for cloud privacy

Microsoft has become the first major cloud provider to adopt the world’s first international standard for cloud privacy. Brad Smith, general counsel and executive vice-president: legal and corporate affairs at Microsoft, points out the ISO/IEC 27018 standard...