Author: Microsoft Stories

Microsoft Norway conducted an interesting experiment this year. They fed into a machine with the most popular Christmas songs over the years, as well as the most popular current songs. Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence capabilities were used to analyze what makes the best Christmas carol, both in terms of melody and lyrics.

Microsoft in a recent announcement said that the month of November has been its best when it comes to sales of its Surface Pro computers. “More people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before.” says Microsoft in a blog post. “This makes our team so proud, because it means we’re doing good work.”

Since the demonetization of currencies have been rolled out in India, there is an unprecedented surge in the online transactions. India, despite of on the path of digitization, scores poor when it comes to cyber security awareness. To address the issue and create a safe online environment, tech majors such as Microsoft, Google, and Cisco have joined hands with the government.

Microsoft just made a rare investment into a Chinese start-up. “We connect people to local commerce that’s our goal,” says Wang Guanchun, of the mobile butler service, Laiye. The app looks a bit like a messaging app, one where people make specific requests which are fulfilled either by a human assistant or an automated AI.

Microsoft has brought WebAssembly support to its ChakraCore. ChakraCore 1.4.0 is the very first release by Microsoft that brings the experimental support for the WebAssembly portable core format. This development is aimed to expand the core of Chakra engine across browsers built by Apple, Google and Mozilla and receive support from the WebAssembly community.

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Microsoft is rolling to the PC version Halo Wars. Halo has been the killer title for Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console. It was so well received by gamers that this franchise has clocked in over $5 billion revenue. The franchise also features a strategy game Halo Wars.

In an interview, Anil Bhansali, Managing Director of Microsoft India’s R&D, said, “Every business is going through digital transformation. From government to education, which is a big opportunity. With data, you can figure out a lot of things, for example if the government wants to know why people drop out in the tenth standard. The AP and Telangana government have done work with us and we covered over six hundred thousand students to understand this hypothesis.”

There’s something about Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division at Microsoft, that makes someone trust him. Spencer has done nothing but deliver promise upon promise to players. He’s been behind constant Xbox One system updates, Xbox 360 backwards compatibility, updates on projects (without revealing sensitive info), addressing consumer complaints and a steady stream of strong titles for the console.

In an interview, Vikas Bhonsle, Crayon CEO, said, “As a fastest growing global Large Account Resellers (LAR), we are authorized by Microsoft to sell licenses to midsize and enterprise accounts. Besides, we are also Microsoft’s Cloud Distribution partner under the Cloud Solution Provider program, helping customers to adopt Microsoft’s cloud based technology solutions like Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Windows Intune and Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) subscriptions. Our partnership with Microsoft is so crucial to the effect that we participate with Microsoft in building future roadmaps and drive customer advocacy around most Microsoft products & solutions.”