Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators The blockbuster $68.7 billion deal has finally closed after the companies cleared antitrust hurdles. Kris Holt Fri, Oct 13, 2023 NurPhoto via Getty Images The biggest acquisition in gaming history and one of the largest in the tech industry is in the books. … Continue reading Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators
EU seeks feedback on potential regulation of Microsoft and Apple services Radek Zielinski / Oct 10, 2023 The European Union is actively investigating whether several key services from tech giants Microsoft and Apple should fall under the bloc’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), which aims to increase competition in the digital sector. According to … Continue reading EU seeks feedback on potential regulation of Microsoft and Apple services
Microsoft and Amazon face a UK antitrust probe over cloud services Officials are concerned that it’s too difficult for customers to switch to another provider. Kris Holt Thu, Oct 5, 2023 Noah Berger / reuters Microsoft and Amazon are facing more antitrust scrutiny. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it will investigate … Continue reading Microsoft and Amazon face a UK antitrust probe over cloud services
The platform has launched new audience types and introduced in-market audiences to markets in EMEA, APAC and LATM. Nicola Agius on September 6, 2023 Microsoft Advertising Editor has rolled out in-market audiences across all of its markets in EMEA, APAC and LATM. The platform has also launched new audience types. Alongside this expansion, the platform … Continue reading Microsoft Advertising Editor expands audiences to all markets
Google, Meta, Microsoft Try – But Next Steps In Protecting Online Privacy Won’t Work by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 25, 2023 Microsoft is the latest to announce that search engine Bing and social media site LinkedIn will provide more information on targeted advertisements. The goal is to protect users against risks related to … Continue reading Google, Meta, Microsoft Try – But Next Steps In Protecting Online Privacy Won’t Work
Microsoft Shares Secrets Behind How Bing Improves Site Performance by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 18, 2023 Microsoft has shared information on how the company optimizes performance on Bing Search by using a system called the Performance Analyzer Service (PAS.) It runs in a controlled environment of identical machines and is used to measure the performance … Continue reading Microsoft Shares Secrets Behind How Bing Improves Site Performance
Microsoft Advertiser Identity Verification Takes On New Policy by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 15, 2023 Microsoft has reversed its decision to ban ads from unverified marketers. The company on Tuesday announced that it will pause ads for several reasons as the advertiser completes the Advertiser Identity Verification (AIV) process for new accounts. “After additional review … Continue reading Microsoft Advertiser Identity Verification Takes On New Policy
Google, Microsoft, OpenAI To Help Developers Use AI To Find, Fix Software Vulnerabilities by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 9, 2023 Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development agency within the Department of Defense (DOD), to enable competitors to develop state-of-the-art cybersecurity systems. The … Continue reading Google, Microsoft, OpenAI To Help Developers Use AI To Find, Fix Software Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Bing To Offer AI-Powered Third-Party Browser Support by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 7, 2023 Microsoft Bing announced Monday that it soon will begin to support AI-powered Bing in third-party browsers on web and mobile. The company, which estimates that today it supports more than 1 billion chats, in late July confirmed that Bing Chat was … Continue reading Microsoft Bing To Offer AI-Powered Third-Party Browser Support
Microsoft Advertising Goes Through ‘Transformation,’ Rebrands Xandr, PromoteIQ by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 27, 2023 Microsoft Advertising is rebranding its products, strategy and services, combining and renaming the technology from its recent acquisitions of Xandr and PromoteIQ, and changing some of the processes across its product line. The shift officially begins in August. The new … Continue reading Microsoft Advertising Goes Through ‘Transformation,’ Rebrands Xandr, PromoteIQ
