Posts Tagged: Microsoft
Microsoft Announces Plans for Cloud Datacenter Region in Israel
Microsoft plans to establish its first cloud region in Israel, Microsoft announced Wednesday. The Israel cloud region, set to launch in 2021, will be the...
Microsoft to Probe Work of Israeli Facial Recognition Startup It Funded
Microsoft has hired former US Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the use of facial recognition technology developed by an Israeli startup it funded...
Microsoft Israel to Integrate Contract Employees as General Staff
CTech - Microsoft’s Israeli research and development center will begin assimilating its contract employees as permanent staff members, according to an email sent to employees...
Microsoft to Host Tel Aviv Eurovision Hackathon in April
CTech - A two-day hackathon dedicated to the Eurovision song contest will take place at Microsoft’s Tel Aviv tech hub in early April, Tel Aviv-based company...
Microsoft, TomTom Partner With Israeli Navigation Startup Moovit
CTech - Microsoft and Dutch traffic and navigation app developer TomTom N.V. have partnered with Israeli public transit app developer Moovit App Global Ltd. to offer...
Microsoft to Officially Launch a Tel Aviv Event Hub
CTech - Next Tuesday, Microsoft’s executive vice president of the cloud and enterprise group Scott Guthrie will visit Israel to officially launch the company’s event...
Israel Renews Licensing Agreement With Microsoft
Israel's government signed a new software supply deal with Microsoft on Tuesday, three months after saying it would not renew its contract with the firm...
Israel to End Licensing Agreement With Microsoft
The Israeli government will not renew a contract for various Microsoft desktop software at the end of the year, it said on Tuesday, citing a change...
Israeli Lawfare Warrior: Facebook Lip Service to European ‘Code of Conduct’ Won’t Stop Online Incitement Leading to Murder in Streets of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv
The problem that Facebook, Twitter and other social-media outlets need to tackle is not merely hate speech, but incitement that leads to murder in the...
Microsoft CEO to Attend Company’s Upcoming ‘Think Next’ Conference in Israel
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will visit Israel for the first time since becoming head of the company, Israeli media reported Wednesday. Nadella will be the key speaker at...
Report: First Microsoft Store Opens in Iran
Tech giant Microsoft has opened its first store in Iran, local media reported on Thursday. Citing the regime-aligned Tasnim News Agency, semi-official state news agency Press TV claimed that...
Israeli Economy Minister Bennett Mocks Boycott Threats, Again
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday mocked the threat of economic boycotts against Israel, referring to a headline from the Israeli daily Ha'aretz that...
Apple Closes Deal to Acquire Israel’s PrimeSense for $350 Million
Tech giant Apple Inc. and Israel's PrimeSense closed a deal on Friday that will see the acquisition of the latter company for between $300-350 million,...
Apple in Talks to Buy Israel’s PrimeSense for $280 Million
American tech giant Apple is in talks to buy Israel-based PrimeSense, a developer of chips that enable three-dimensional machine vision, for $280 million,...
