How do you travel more than two million miles in 48 hours? And come face-to-face with live penguins, ancient precious objects and be led by some of the world’s smartest guides? Simple. Join a Microsoft Skype-a-Thon. Skype has transformed education. Empowered with this and other new tools, teachers and students … Read more »
Footballers from Real Madrid have used Skype to encourage more children to use technology and learn how to code. Three stars from the Spanish club, one of the most successful in history, spoke to school students via Microsoft’s video service about the importance of learning computing skills. Marcelo Vieira, Sergio … Read more »
In just 20 years, easyJet has become one of Europe’s leading airlines, operating a fleet of 250 aircraft on more than 820 routes across 30 countries. Coming from a retail background, I like the customer-facing aspect of an airline, where we are all about providing great service that makes people … Read more »
Italian non-profit “Fondazione Mondo Digitale” (FMD) is committed to establishing an inclusive society, using education, innovation and shared values to benefit all citizens, regardless of background. Mohamed, a 20 year old from Sierra Leone, has been living in Italy since December. An aspiring pharmacist, he previously studied medicine until he … Read more »
By Sylvie Laffarge, Director, Philanthropies Europe, Microsoft Significant progress has been made when it comes to injecting computer science education into more curricula across Europe. But we can’t slow down. Europe Code Week reminds us that the power to drive change resides within us all. This year we are reinforcing … Read more »
This Europe Code Week, we focus on short-term and long-term ways to prepare current and future generations for our modern, digital workforce; and ultimately nurture a passion for STEM education among young Europeans. Check out what we have planned around the region! … Read more »
Now we can easily converse with 260 million more people than we could before. That is because this week, Russian became the ninth speech language supported by Microsoft Translator. Microsoft Translator is the speech translation technology that powers all Microsoft speech translation-enabled apps and services: Microsoft Translator apps for Android, … Read more »
In early October, 2016 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and president Brad Smith spent time visiting Ireland, France and Germany and Satya also visited the UK. Throughout the week they met with government and business leaders, students, educators and customers. Here is a sampling of their busy week in photos. Ireland … Read more »
