GALLERY: From Vegas to London, Microsoft News kicks off 2020

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Microsoft News is on the road year-round and around the world to talk about initiatives, share technology and partner on newsroom solutions. Two very different events jumpstarted 2020: CES with more than 100,000 descending upon Las Vegas and the inaugural Innovation Day, a Microsoft road show for publishing partners, held at the company’s first European retail store.
  • Microsoft hosts its CES partner experience, focused on new products and services.
  • Microsoft partners at CES experience new products hands-on, hosted in the Sands Expo.
  • At CES, more than 40 meetings with Microsoft partners take advantage of the new “ad hoc” meeting space.
  • At CES, Jamie Burgess of Microsoft News Labs explains IDA, the Insights and Discovery Accelerator built by Labs, to partners.
  • Innovation Day at the Microsoft Store Oxford Circus, London starts off with Steve Lynas, Principal Group Customer Experience Manager @ MMEA.
  • Reporters, editors and executives from more than 40 UK publications participated.
  • Microsoft News Global GM Rob Bennett explains how Microsoft’s mission can help journalists.
  • Microsoft News Global GM Rob Bennett talks about the causes that fulfill Microsoft’s global mission.
  • Richard Tso, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, discusses the new Microsoft Edge browser, powered by the Chromium engine.
  • Jamie Burgess of Microsoft News Labs explains the technology behind HoloLens 2, Microsoft’s wearable holographic computer.
  • A close-up of HoloLens 2 which boasts an improved design.
  • Participants interact with digital holograms using HoloLens 2.
  • Dave Kane of Microsoft News Labs demonstrates IDA.
  • Microsoft’s AI kiosk shows people which celebrity or dog they resemble as well as other example uses for AI.
  • Microsoft’s AI kiosk demonstrates applications for object vision and object recognition.
  • Microsoft News Labs Sr. Director Ben Rudolph explains how his team leverages Microsoft technology to solve problems faced by journalists and publishers.
  • Jamie Burgess of Microsoft News Labs shares how the team worked with US publisher The Atlantic in using IDA to analyze their 160+ years of archives.
  • Principal Lead Content Program Manager Stuart Duncan discusses Microsoft News solutions with attendees.