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Microsoft announces support for F# language in Azure Notebooks
by Pradeep
3 years
Azure Notebooks are a toolchain that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations, and explanatory text. Azure Notebooks offer free-for-use execution of notebook content, access to hig...
SwiftKey brings Transliteration feature to Hindi and Gujarati speakers
by Pradeep
3 years
SwiftKey today announced the launch of the much-requested Transliteration feature, making it easier than ever for Hindi and Gujarati speaking people to type in their respective languages. With this new feature, users can type i...
Azure ML Now Supports Multiple R & Python Versions
by Pradeep
3 years
Microsoft today announced the support for multiple versions of R and Python in Azure ML. In general, date scientists want to use the latest runtime and package versions which have the newest features and bug fixes. Meanwhile, they...
Microsoft Translator adds support for Afrikaans text translation
by Pradeep
3 years
Microsoft today announced that Afrikaans joins the list of 50+ text translation languages supported by Microsoft Translator. Recently, they started adding this language to their apps and it will soon be available in all of Microso...
Skype For iOS Updated With New Languages Support And Bug Fixes
4 years
Microsoft recently updated their Skype for iOS app. This is a minor update with no new features. This update adds support for following languages in addition to bug fixes and general improvements. Czech Romanian Ukranian If you’...
Microsoft And Google Collaborated On Making TypeScript More Awesome
4 years
This is a surprise announcement from Microsoft. Angular 2 will now be built with TypeScript. Yes, for the last several months, the Microsoft TypeScript and Google Angular teams have been working closely together. They have converg...
Microsoft Releases Skype 7.5 For Mac With Support For 14 New Languages And Reduced CPU Usage
4 years
Microsoft yesterday released Skype 7.5 for Mac with support for 14 new languages. This update also fixes a bunch of crash issues and significantly reduced CPU consumption from animated emoticons, making the app more stable and eff...
Microsoft Translator Adds Support For Yucatec Maya And Querétaro Otomi Languages
4 years
As part of Microsoft’s ongoing effort to empower language communities to preserve their languages and cultures, Microsoft today announced support for Yucatec Maya and Querétaro Otomi in Microsoft Translator. These language ...
Windows 10 Includes A New Universal Shaping Engine To Support Number Of New Languages
4 years
A shaping engine enables scripts with contextual and non-linear typographic requirements to be displayed on a computer. Since Windows is a truly global product, anyone in the world expect to type in their language in Windows. Not ...
Twitter Partners With Bing Translator To Provide Machine Translations Of Tweets
4 years
Twitter team has partnered with Bing Translator to provide machine translations of Tweets between more than 40 language pairs. With Tweet translation, you can choose when you want to see a translation for a Tweet, and you can also...
Microsoft Patents Cross-platform Application Programming Interfaces For Applications
by Pradeep
5 years
Recently, I came across an interesting patent from Microsoft which described cross-platform APIs for apps. Right now, developers who want to create software add-ons, plug-ins, or other extensions for a particular software package...