Microsoft Designer launches this week as a web and mobile app to fullfill a variety of Canva-like no-code design functions. And it’s built with modern AI-first design principles, rather than catching up to add AI to an existing suite.
Besides AI, retail media networks are perhaps the biggest topic right now in the broader media & advertising sector. This upswing provides a certain amount of energy in the retail sector, following the doldrums and bloodletting of the previous “retailpocalypse.”
Following the Copilot app (formerly known as Bing Chat) and other logical AI assistant functions across its products (e.g., Office), Microsoft’s latest move is to make it easier to build your own chatbot.
In E54 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, senior analysts Mike Boland and Charles Laughlin have fun with a couple of tech topics recently
In E53 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, senior analysts Mike Boland and Charles Laughlin kick around a couple of tech topics they’ve been
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Episode 25 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast features a conversation on emerging technology between two fast-talking tech geeks — Yext Chief Data Officer
Episode 24 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast shares two issues of interest to the local commerce ecosystem. First, co-host Mike Boland summarizes some
To document big tech’s AI investment and integration, we’re bringing you this two-part series on Google and Microsoft’s latest events. After covering Google last week, we continue here in Part II on AI highlights from Microsoft’s Build conference.
Joining Microsoft’s ongoing Retail-as-a-Service efforts, the latest from Redmond is a new partnership with retail tech startup AFI to create and support smart stores. Known as Smart Store Analytics, it provides retailers with shopper and operational analytics.
Episode 6 of Localogy’s “This Week in Local” podcast tackles two more issues on the minds of Localogy analysts and writers Mike Boland and Charles Laughlin. One issue is
Microsoft has entered the video arena with this week’s acquisition of Clipchamp. And it could have an edge over competing efforts to democratize video, given its built-in channel to SMBs and amateur creators through Microsoft 365.
Nuance helps Microsoft advance its voice and AI efforts, and gives it a more substantial foothold in healthcare. In both cases, it’s about accelerating Microsoft’s ambitions which often requires buying rather than building.
Microsoft has officially entered the website-builder competitive fray. Last week, it announced a new suite of free tools designed for SMBs to get a website up and running quickly. We break down the strategic implications.
When you look at all of the “pandemic stocks”, few had a better 2020 than Zoom. Yesterday, the video conferencing company closed at $349.61. That’s
This is the latest in Localogy’s Skate To Where the Puck is Going series. Running semi-weekly, it examines the moves and motivations of tech giants as leading
A few announcements and news items caught our eye this week. Here is our quick take on each. Slack Partnership with AWS Seen as Shot
Dunzo, a Google-backed Indian rough equivalent to DoorDash has raised a $45 million D round, bringing its valuation to $200 million, according to Tech Crunch.
How does Microsoft think about the small business cloud? We asked that very question of Microsoft SMB Channel Strategist Abid Chaudhry, on our latest Above
