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Microsoft Asia’s senior director, communications, Andrew Pickup (pictured) will be leaving the company after 26 years of service. Pickup said that in June 2019, he will be leaving Singapore for personal reasons and is looking forward to new adventures in the…
Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom said Wednesday it will collaborate with U.S. software giant Microsoft for big data solutions to expand its presence in the global market. SK Telecom said it signed a development and global business cooperation agreement…
Apple won back its crown as the most valuable publicly listed US company on Wednesday, ending the session with a market capitalization above recent leaders Microsoft and Amazon.com. Apple edged up 0.03%, putting its market value at $821.5 billion. Microsoft’s…
LG Electronics will be utilizing a Microsoft product in the development of autonomous vehicle systems, LG said Wednesday. Under the agreement between the two companies, LG has gained access to Microsoft’s Azure cloud-computing platform for its self-driving…
Amazon briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street in intraday trade on Monday, days after Microsoft dethroned long-time leader Apple. Amazon rose by 4.7 percent at one point, putting its market capitalization at $865.0 billion. At the same time,…
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Seoul Wednesday and vowed to increase cooperation with the U.S. company in artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Nadella is visiting Seoul this week for the first…
Aiming to make shopping faster and easier for millions of customers, cash-and-carry major Walmart on Tuesday announced a five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft. Already using Microsoft services for critical applications and workloads, Walmart will now…
Drastic job losses due to the growth of automation in the region – a hub for many manufacturing sectors from garments to vehicles – could produce a spike in labour abuses and slavery in global supply chains, said risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft on…
Microsoft has opened its ninth Surface store in Asia, its first in Taiwan. The new outlet is located in the Xinyi District of Taipei, and like the others in the slowly growing international Surface store network, it ranges Microsoft’s touchscreen Surface PC…
Microsoft is taking aim at Amazon.com with the development of technology that would eliminate the need for cashiers and checkout lines. It’s a challenge to Amazon’s automated grocery shop. Microsoft has shown the idea to retailers around the world and has had…
Microsoft Korea said Tuesday the ongoing digital revolution will add roughly $42 billion to Korea’s gross domestic product by 2021 and push up the country’s growth rate by 0.5 percent annually. The projection was based on research conducted with market…
Microsoft Singapore has opened a Surface Store at the Harvey Norman Millenia Walk Flagship Superstore, featuring the full range of the technology. New devices include Surface Book 2, Surface Laptop and Surface Studio, which will join Surface Pro already…
Microsoft said on Tuesday that software patches released to guard against microchip security threats slowed down some personal computers and servers, with systems running on older Intel Corp processors seeing a noticeable decrease in performance. The comments…
Health and beauty retailer AS Watson (ASW) has launched a Technology Partnership Programme as part of a move to speed up its digital transformation globally. The program brings together a wide range of international technology providers and recognises them as…
Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. is leveraging its AI, mixed reality and other cutting-edge technologies to support Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) in an initiative to enhance its customer relations, boost employee productivity and drive the…
The tech giant saw growth in its ‘productivity and business process’ and ‘intelligent cloud’ units. Microsoft on Thursday delivered stronger-than-expected earnings for the past quarter, lifted by gains in cloud computing and other business services. For its…
