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Acquisition Technology

Microsoft Acquires Nuance, the Speech Recognition Firm Behind Siri For $19.7bn

Microsoft disclosed that it is buying the speech recognition company Nuance in a deal worth about $US19.7 billion. The acquisition

MainOne
Cloud Internet Partnership

MainOne Partners With Microsoft to Provide Reliable Internet Connectivity to Cloud Services

MainOne has announced that it has become the first Microsoft Azure Peering Services partner for West Africa, providing enterprises using Microsoft Cloud services with

CMC Networks
Africa Press Release Technology

CMC Networks to Offer Direct Access to Microsoft Azure Peering Service

CMC Networks, one of the largest Pan African networks and Middle Eastern carriers, has announced that it now offers direct

dLocal
Africa Partnership Payment

dLocal Partners With Microsoft to Reach New Customers in Nigeria and Other Emerging Markets

dLocal, a leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has announced that it has teamed up with

Microsoft
Apps Technology

Microsoft Word Has Been Installed More Than 1 Billion Times on Google Play

Microsoft Word has been downloaded and installed more than 1 billion times on Google Play Store. The company’s other Office

News People

Microsoft Co-founder, Paul Allen Dies at 65

Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, has died aged 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He had revealed the disease’s return

Entrepreneurship Events Funding Startup Technology Venture Capital

Microsoft joins forces with Lions@frica to empower African Startups at DEMO Africa

The engagement forms part of 4Afrika’s commitment to empowering local African technology start-ups, by providing them with access to venture

Acquisition Business Internet

Google Confesses it Lost Out to Microsoft Buying GitHub

A Google executive has admitted the search giant lost out on buying GitHub to Microsoft. Diane Greene Google’s head of

Acquisition Funding Investment

GitHub Is Now Own By Microsoft As Later Buys Former For $7.5B

Microsoft has acquired code sharing website, GitHub, for $7.5 billion. The all-stock deal is expected to be sealed by the end of