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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen passes away

Washington: Paul Allen, who 43 years ago along with Bill Gates founded Microsoft, the company that revolutionised the software world and personal computers forever, has died, his family announced. He was 65. In a statement, Allen’s relatives said that the businessman died on Monday afternoon in Seattle, where Microsoft has its headquarters, from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, reports […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
Microsoft ends 'Minecraft' game for Apple TV

San Francisco: Microsoft is pulling back support for its popular game “Minecraft” from Apple TV given the small number of people who accessed the game via Apple TV. The decision went into effect on September 24, but no one really seemed to notice until this week, The Verge reported on Wednesday. “Effective from September 24, […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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New Microsoft update for Windows 10 coming in October

Berlin: Microsoft has announced a refreshed “Windows 10 October 2018 Update” that will have new features and enhancements for over 700 million devices running Windows 10. The announcement came at the ongoing IFA 2018 technology event in Berlin, Germany. “With this update, we’ll be bringing new features and enhancements to the nearly 700 million devices […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
Challenges to AI adoption may pose risk to business: Microsoft

San Francisco: In a message to investors, Microsoft has said that the challenges to adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions by customers as well as changes to trade policy or agreements as a result of populism, protectionism or economic nationalism may pose a risk to its businesses. In a regulatory filing on Friday, Microsoft said […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Apple hits record market cap of $1 trillion

New York: Apple on Thursday became the first publicly traded US corporation to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion, beating other tech giants, such as Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft, in the race to reach the milestone. After closing up nearly 6 percent in the previous trading session, Apple shares climbed another 2.4 per cent […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
Soon, Microsoft to launch 'drag and drop' feature from phone to PC

San Francisco: Microsoft has released the test version of its “Your Phone” app for Windows 10 that is being designed to mirror a phone straight to desktop, with texts, photos and notifications. The test app has rolled out for “Insiders with Android” testing devices first. “Need to add a photo to your presentation? Want to […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Microsoft brings AI-powered visual search to Bing

San Francisco: Aiming to take on Google’s image recognition mobile app, Microsoft has launched a new “visual search” function for Bing which lets users click a picture of something with their mobile phone to search for it online. “Today we’re launching new intelligent ‘Visual Search’ capabilities that build upon the visual technology already in Bing […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Microsoft buys student video discussion platform Flipgrid

San Francisco: As part of its attempt to win over students and educators, Microsoft has acquired video discussion platform Flipgrid which is used by more than 20 million teachers and students across the world. “Thrilled to welcome @Flipgrid to Microsoft!” Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, tweeted on Monday. “To bring the power of video-based social […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10: Microsoft

San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that its Office 2019 suite — to be available in the second half of 2018 — will only work on Windows 10 operating system. “Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018. Office 2019 […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' amongst Bill Gates' 7 inspiring things in 2017

New York: Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates has lauded the Bollywood film “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha” and said that it has educated audiences about India’s sanitation challenge. The movie was amongst his seven inspiring things in 2017. “There’s no denying that 2017 was a really tough year… but it also delivered some amazing moments of […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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New Microsoft campus in US to get world-class cricket field

San Francisco/New Delhi: Microsoft’s Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella, who learnt leadership values and survival instinct while playing cricket in India, now wants his workforce to replay his past at the company’s upcoming revitalised campus. As part of a plan to overhaul its 500-acre campus in Redmond, Washington State, Microsoft will start a multi-year project in […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Microsoft's Edge browser now available for Android, iOS

San Francisco: Microsoft has officially released its Edge browser for Android and iOS devices, a month after unveiling its beta version. “Edge browser was available exclusively to ‘Windows Insiders’ and required a PC running Windows 10 in order to sign up. But starting today, any iOS and Android users can download Microsoft Edge for their […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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T-Hub collaborates with Microsoft to launch accelerator

Hyderabad: T-Hub, India’s largest technology incubator, has collaborated with Microsoft to launch its first accelerator programme which would allow start-ups to scale to the next level. The 90-day accelerator programme of T-Hub Microsoft Accelerator to be launched from February next year will enable entrepreneurs to access new revenue channels and help them figure out shortcomings […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Microsoft begins online sale of Samsung Galaxy Note 8

San Francisco: Microsoft has begun the sale of Samsung Galaxy Note 8 from its online store that comes packed with pre-installed apps like virtual assistant Cortana, Word, Excel, OneNote and Outlook. Dubbed as the Microsoft Edition, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 also includes Microsoft Launcher, Android Authority reported on Sunday. “This comes just after it began […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Skype Lite gets group video calling feature, AI chatbot

New Delhi: Microsoft on Monday announced the introduction of group video calling feature and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based chatbot named “Ruuh” for Skype Lite ahead of Diwali. The video calling is available for all Skype Lite users across the country and will allow anyone to join the group video or audio call on the app for […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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