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Thursday, 7 April 2022
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Regulators of EU have raised concerns about Microsoft’s cloud practices
https://thesiliconreview.com/2022/04/regulators-raised-concerns-cloud-practices
Other big names in the segment, along with NextCloud, have also filed
complaints about Microsoft’s unfair cloud practices
Popular tech giant Microsoft is in
a fix again as regulators from the EU are scrutinizing the company over its
licensing deals and cloud business. Over the last decade, Microsoft was fined
by the European Commission almost $1.8 billion for various violations regarding
antitrust matters. The European Commission has asked the company’s customers
and competitors about Microsoft’s licensing deals and cloud business through a
questionnaire. Moreover, other big names in the segment, along with NextCloud,
have also filed complaints about Microsoft’s unfair cloud practices.
The report has highlighted the part where the regulators asked Microsoft if it is creating a healthy environment for rivals to compete with maximum efficiency. The EU regulators have also asked whether the tech giant needs productivity applications and Microsoft OS along with cloud offering to give fair competition. The questionnaire had asked the consumers and companies if they are paying the same fees for the services and what are the commercial deals with other programs and cloud service providers. The questionnaire stated that the Commission has all the necessary information needed to show that Microsoft is misusing its dominant position in the market to stay ahead of the curve and foreclose any competition.
The report has highlighted the part where the regulators asked Microsoft if it is creating a healthy environment for rivals to compete with maximum efficiency. The EU regulators have also asked whether the tech giant needs productivity applications and Microsoft OS along with cloud offering to give fair competition. The questionnaire had asked the consumers and companies if they are paying the same fees for the services and what are the commercial deals with other programs and cloud service providers. The questionnaire stated that the Commission has all the necessary information needed to show that Microsoft is misusing its dominant position in the market to stay ahead of the curve and foreclose any competition.
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Thursday, 31 March 2022
SpaceX's Private Astronaut Mission to the Space Station Postponed to April 6
https://thesiliconreview.com/2022/03/spacexs-astronaut-mission-delayed
The first private
astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1),
is delayed.
The
most anticipated and much-awaited first all-private crewed mission to the
International Space Station has been delayed. Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission, which
was set to launch on April 3 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida,
has been pushed to April 6. NASA officially has stated that due to the crucial
"wet dress rehearsal" of its Artemis 1 moon mission, the Ax-1 has
been delayed.
"NASA,
Axiom, and SpaceX are now looking at no earlier than April 6 for the launch of
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the
International Space Station, pending range approval," NASA officials wrote.
It
is reported that Ax-1 will be using the latest SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and
robust Dragon capsule to send four people to the space station for an eight-day
stay. The four people who will travel to the International Space Station are
pilot Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, mission specialist, EytanStibbe, mission
specialist. The fourth is Axiom employee Michael López-Alegría, a former NASA
astronaut commanding the mission.
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Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Panopto has announced the integration of video management service to Microsoft’s VC app Teams
https://thesiliconreview.com/2022/03/panopto-integration-video-management-teams
The video searching feature of Panopto will be integrated with MS Office 365 apps via MS Graph
Panopto, a popular name in the
video management segment, has recently made an announcement that it will be now
integrating its offering with Microsoft Teams. This will allow users now to go
through their meeting recordings and videos on their platform. The video
searching feature of Panopto will be integrated with MS Office 365 apps via MS
Graph. This will now make users’ content discoverable along with Excel spreadsheets,
Word documents, among other assets.
Panopto’s CEO Eric Burns has stated
that the foundation for modern collaboration platforms is powerful search
engines. Right now, Graph search API and Microsoft Word are forerunners showing
the way. He furthermore added that on-demand videos had become the new
documents, and as companies continue to build larger-than-life video libraries,
the ability to search within the video has also become the main priority for
many. Panopto’s latest offering is meticulously designed to allow users to
securely search within the video in Teams. Knowledge workers and students now
have the freedom to search content within their organization’s libraries.
Microsoft Teams is now a widely used app, and it has a humungous user base. Video
conferencing has now become an integral part of everyone’s learning and working
environment.
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Monday, 28 March 2022
Boss Fight Entertainment is the latest addition to Netflix’s portfolio of gaming studios
https://thesiliconreview.com/2022/03/boss-fight-entertainment-netflix-portfolio
Boss Fight has the ability to produce some blockbuster games across
various genres
Streaming giant Netflix has
recently has recently made an announcement that it has acquired Boss Fight
Entertainment, a popular game development studio based in Texas. Boss Fight
gained massive traction after it launched Dungeon Boss back in 2015. The VP of
Netflix’s Game Studios, Amir Rahimi, has stated that, since the company’s entry
into the mobile games segment, the team has been trying its best to expand its
games catalog little by little.
Soon the company is expected to
have its own creative development team. Boss Fight has the ability to produce
some blockbuster games across various genres and deliver the members some great
games that can be accessed from wherever the users want. Netflix is expecting
Boss Fight to bring in fun-filled games for the users. The founder of Boss
Fight has stated that the company’s mission is to deliver based on Netflix’s
commitment to give its users ad-free games as a part of the subscription model.
The founder has also revealed that the company is very excited about its future
and the focus now is on creating delightful games for users without the need to
worry about monetization. The Boss Fight is one of the earliest entrants to
work with Netflix, and it has the potential to shape the future of Netflix
games.
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Thursday, 17 March 2022
Can Casino Apps Give You The Same Experience as a Website?
https://thesiliconreview.com/2022/03/can-casino-apps-give-you-the-same-experience-as-a-website
Online casinos have been revolutionary when
it comes to changing how people would gamble. Thanks to casino sites, anyone
can easily play their favorite games wherever they are and whenever they want.
When casinos went online, only people with PCs and laptops can access them.
Today is a different story because many
online gamblers now play their favorite games on a mobile device. Mobile gaming
has grown so much over the last few years and more and more players are
starting to prefer using their smartphones or tablets to play real money games.
Gambling companies are also starting to
notice this trend and this is why most, if not all, online casinos are
mobile-friendly. To take the mobile gaming experience to another level, some
casinos have also already released app versions of their sites like 10CRIC’s live casino app.
Now, with mobile-friendly casino sites and
apps to choose from, you’re probably wondering which is better. Do casino apps
function like their website versions? Well, you don’t have to look any further
because we’ll let you know how casino apps are just like their web versions and
in some cases, even better.
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Wednesday, 16 March 2022
UAE’s retail sector is massively transforming due to acceleration in technology
https://thesiliconreview.com/2022/03/uaes-retail-sector-acceleration-technology
Now more than ever,
consumers have access to better information and tools at their disposal to make
the right decision
In the digital world we live in,
technology plays a major role in deciding the success of a business across
every sector. In a retail summit held recently in UAE, President, and CEO of
Dubai Chambers, Hamad Buamim, has stated that there are major changes happening
now in the industry, which is why there are numerous opportunities for the
retailers. In the present day, we can see that there has been a big shift in
consumer behavior. Now more than ever, consumers have access to better
information and tools at their disposal to make the right decision.
This has furthermore increased the
expectations of the consumers, and services are expected to be fulfilled faster
at lower prices. Another unique angle for the same is that service providers
are now expected to deliver their services promptly no matter where they are
based. We are now thriving in a landscape where the ball is in the customer’s court,
and most of the offerings have become technology-driven. We must understand
that the use of emerging technology like data analytics can either make or
break a business. Buamim has also added that data analytics is a very powerful
tool that can be leveraged to meet the needs of consumers by looking into their
past purchases or preferences.
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