Here's why Microsoft bought SwiftKey for $250 million—artificial intelligence

A Microsoft logo is seen at a pop-up site for the new Windows 10 operating system at Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York July 29, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files

Venkat Ananth

04 February, 2016

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