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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
Microsoft builds treehouse offices

Washington State: To help its employees gain creativity, focus and happiness, Microsoft has built treehouse workspaces with embedded tech at its Redmond campus that will serve as meeting spaces and a more casual work environment. Designed by renowned builder Pete Nelson, the treehouse is one of the three new branch-based meeting spaces and is part […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Amazon, Microsoft launch deep learning platform

San Francisco: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have teamed up to launch an open-source and deep learning interface ‘Gluon’ that will help developers to deploy machine learning models across several platforms. According to a report in ZDNet, the interface would give developers a place where they can prototype, build, train and deploy machine learning […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Microsoft, GE sign pact on new wind project in Ireland

Dublin: Microsoft has signed a 15-year wind energy agreement with GE in Ireland, becoming one of the first global technology firms to support a new wind project in the country. Microsoft will purchase 100 per cent of the wind energy from its new, 37-megawatt Tullahennel wind farm in County Kerry, Ireland. The agreement will help […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Windows phones dead, Microsoft finally admits

San Francisco: After struggling to sell Windows smartphones for quite some time as Google’s Android and Apple iOS Operating Systems (OS) surged ahead, Microsoft has finally admitted that the software giant will no longer develop new features or hardware for Windows 10 mobiles. In a series of tweets, Joe Belfiore, Corporate Vice President in the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Microsoft acquires virtual reality platform AltspaceVR

San Francisco: In a bid to bolster its Mixed Reality vision, Microsoft has acquired Redwood City, California-based virtual reality social network AltspaceVR for an undisclosed sum. “With the AltspaceVR team aboard, we look forward to building the world’s pre-eminent mixed reality community,” Alex Kipman, Microsoft’s inventor of HoloLens, said in a post late on Tuesday. […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Microsoft becomes premium sponsor of Open Source Initiative

San Francisco: After years of increasing involvement and engagement in open source software projects and communities, Microsoft on Thursday announced to formally join the Open Source Initiative (OSI) as a Premium Sponsor. Launched in 1998, the OSI is a global non-profit dedicated to promoting and protecting open source software through education, collaboration and infrastructure. Microsoft […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Microsoft, Facebook lay 6,598 km Internet cable across Atlantic

San Francisco: In an incredible feat, Microsoft, Facebook and the telecom infrastructure company Telxius have laid a 6,598 km cable across the Atlantic Ocean that is capable of transmitting 160 terabits of data per second. The companies announced the completion of the highest capacity subsea cable ‘Marea’ (tide) that delivers 16 million times faster Internet than […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Apple drops Bing search for Google

San Francisco: Apple has switched the default provider of its web searches for Siri on iOS and Spotlight on the Mac to Google from Microsoft’s Bing. Now if you ask Siri to search something on the internet, you will get Google results instead of Bing on iOS and Spotlight — a system-wide desktop search feature of […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Microsoft opens AI-based healthcare department

San Francisco: Microsoft has set up a new healthcare department at its Cambridge research facility, which will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to aid in medical research and treatment of patients. The tech giant has created the division as part of its commitment to “transform healthcare” using technologies such as machine learning and Cloud computing, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Microsoft trains 30,000 youth, 26,000 teachers in one year: Report

New Delhi: Microsoft has supported over 4,000 Indian start-ups, skill training for 30,000 youth and helped train 26,000 teachers while working with several state governments and not-for-profit organisations between April 2016 and March 2017 in India, a new report said on Friday. In its 2017 India Citizenship Report, Microsoft India said it recognises that India’s […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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