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Major cryptocurrency investment firm, Pantera Capital, has reported a lifetime return of more than 10,000% on its fund. The company has announced the impressive return in celebration of its five-year anniversary. Also Read:  Markets Update: Crypto-Prices See Some Recovery After the Dip Pantera Reports Fund has Generated 10,000% Return Over 5 Years It has been reported that Pantera Capital has generated a more than 10,000% lifetime return since launching in 2013. Pantera has invested in a number of leading cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology companies, with its portfolio including Bitstamp, Polychain Capital, Korbit, 0x, and Zcash. In an email sent to media , co-chief investment officer and chief executive officer, Dan Morehead, and co-chief investment officer, Joey Krug, have claimed that “the Fund’s lifetime return is 10,136.15% net of fees and expenses.” Pantera Shares Emails From 2013 In the email, the chief investment officers included two additional emails d

The CRN Test Center compares Dell's latest update to the XPS 13 with Microsoft's first-generation Surface Laptop.

In Friday’s edition of The Daily, Twitter has taken measures against crypto scammers imitating the profile of Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk and a Dutch court has sentenced the operators of the Coinvault ransomware. Also, crypto has been labeled as ‘junk’ by Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, and Wirex has reported $2 million worth of XRP deposited to its crypto debit card after announcing support for ripple. Also read: Skrill Launches Crypto Trade, Luxury Market Reaches $100M Transactions Twitter Blocking Bots Imitating Musk Twitter is trying a new strategy to address the issue with the numerous crypto scammers on the social network. The microblogging platform is now automatically locking any unverified account that changes its display name to Elon Musk , the CEO of Tesla and Spacex. Access to a blocked account can be restored only after passing a CAPTCHA test and providing a valid phone number, The Verge reported. “As part of our continuing efforts to combat spam and malicious activity on our s

The price increases may help push users toward cloud versions, according to one solution provider.

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Announces online courses on cloud computing and data protection in association with myLaw New Delhi, July 26, 2018 : As part of Microsoft India’s continued efforts in building awareness around cloud technologies, data privacy and security subject areas, the company today announced the availability of online courses on cloud computing, with a focus on data protection regulations, security and compliance. Launched in association with learning partner myLaw, the free-of-cost online course enables students, business and legal professionals, and overall legal and compliance communities to understand data protection, the basics of GDPR, security and best practices around cloud better. Titled Cloud Computing: Data Protection Regulation , the first phase of the course covers questions that arise in the context of privacy and data protection, including the transfer of data across transnational cloud computing networks, data protection and data security.  This course will also cover how regul

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Mainstream media (MSM) loves bitcoin. It is the Donald Trump of money, certain to generate guaranteed clicks with minimum effort. As cryptocurrency has risen, over the past 18 months, so has its profile in MSM publications. But don’t mistake this prolific coverage for affection. Mainstream media has always hated, feared, and misunderstood bitcoin. BTC might have made it to the front pages, but the reporting of it remains as dumb as ever. Also read: Thanks to Mainstream Media the Public Clueless About Cryptocurrency MSM Love to Hate Bitcoin “I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction,” riffed Nye Bevan, British Health Minister from the 1940s. The world has evolved immeasurably since the Welsh politician’s day, yet in other respects, little has changed. Many mainstream media outlets, despite have migrated to the web in the so-called Information Age, still struggle to get their basic information right. Bitcoin is a perfect example of the failure, from many q

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CEO Satya Nadella says the company's 'intelligent cloud, intelligent edge' focus paid off during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.

At Microsoft Inspire this week, executives touted Azure's record growth in consumption and revenue and praised partners for helping it reach a new level of dominance.

Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been "pretty stunning" but what the humanity is going to see soon will be even more profound, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has stressed.

One solution provider says Amazon is more likely looking to use its networking capabilities to build a competitor to Microsoft's Azure Stack, and questions why Amazon would even want Cisco telling customers to not use AWS.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared his views on the partner opportunities for Azure, AI and Microsoft 365.

Azure's Jason Zander and Office 365's Ron Markezich talked new products, business momentum, and the upcoming opportunities that partners need to zero in during Day Two of Microsoft Inspire.

The retail giant will leverage advanced Microsoft cloud services to build out its e-commerce capabilities over the next five years, replatforming hundreds of apps with cloud-native architectures and leveraging AI

Microsoft executives said they are looking to help boost partner capabilities and profitability around the cloud CRM and ERP system.

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Microsoft is crediting its record cloud growth to its partner base, and partners say that Microsoft's 2018 channel reorganization, program and incentive changes, and focus on value-added services is paying off.

Microsoft's president and chief legal officer spoke about growing cybersecurity threats, AI ethics and his company's acquisition of GitHub during the Inspire partner conference.

Key Microsoft channel executives speak about the intelligent cloud, Dynamics 365, updates to the commercial model and more in keynotes at the Inspire partner conference.

The new Azure MSP Program is designed to help partners stand out even more from the pack.

The CRN Test Center compares Microsoft's latest Surface tablet to the recently updated iPad.

Microsoft is calling for government regulation on facial-recognition software, one of its key technologies, saying such artificial intelligence is too important and potentially dangerous for tech...

Ahead of next week's Microsoft Inspire 2018, Microsoft's Charlotte Yarkoni talks with CRNtv about the latest updates coming to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Featured in today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief are a service that allows inheritance of crypto assets and a new stablecoin launched in Taiwan. Also in our daily roundup, crypto terminals have been installed by a restaurant chain in Hong Kong, and a company now offers bitcoin gift cards for easier access to the crypto space.   Also read: Crypto Phones, Spy Games, Binance CEO vs Vitalik Startup Offers Crypto-Inheritance Service A new platform supporting a crypto-inheritance service has been launched by a Latvian startup. The idea was born when cofounder Normunds Kvilis experienced health issues while on a business trip. “It occurred to me then that there was no provision for my own crypto assets, should something serious happen to me,” Kvilis said, quoted by the ICO examiner . “That was essentially where Digipulse came from – I realized there was simply no service on the market for this kind of thing,” he explained. Digipulse uses a blockchain-based vault allowing its users to uplo

Microsoft is rolling out product and incentive updates for Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 in connection with the upcoming Inspire 2018 conference.

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Microsoft's Gio Mezgec discusses how partners can get the most from Microsoft 365.

The Surface Go is a smaller, more affordable Surface tablet that can connect to a keyboard, and is particularly ideal for education, according to Microsoft.

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Jaipur, July 9, 2018 : Reaffirming its commitment towards partnering the state of Rajasthan to transform its education landscape, Microsoft India signed an MoU with the Department of College Education, Govt. of Rajasthan today to improve the integration of technology in teaching and skilling of students and educators in government colleges.  The agreement was signed today at an event in Jaipur in the presence of Honorable Minister of Higher, Technical and Sanskrit Education, Govt of Rajasthan, Shrimati Kiran Maheshwari ; Dr. Subodh Aggarwal, Additional Chief Secretary – Higher, Technical and Sanskrit Education, Govt of Rajasthan ; Pratik Mehta, Director Sales – Education, Microsoft India and other dignitaries. Through this initiative the government aims to build tech capacity and enhance digital literacy among students and faculty in colleges under the ambit of the Department of College Education, Govt. of Rajasthan, as well as improve digital citizenship in the state. This agreemen

CRN speaks with a handful of Microsoft executives to discuss the future of Azure, Office 365, Windows 10 and security.