Author: Microsoft Stories

The original Bayonetta is one of the greatest action games of all time, and definitely one of the best games of the previous generation. Its sequel, Bayonetta 2, which came out exclusively on the Wii U, is arguably even better- but the original game is a stunning tour de force of great action game design that everyone definitely needs to experience at least once. So it’s excellent news that it will now be playable on the Xbox One, thanks to Microsoft’s backwards compatibility feature.

The NPD Group’s report for August 2016 is out and thanks to the release of the Xbox One S, Microsoft’s Xbox One has managed to outsell the PS4 for the second month in a row in the United States. Xbox marketing boss Mike Nichols stated, “Thanks to our fans and their excitement for new Xbox One games and the recently launched Xbox One S which is the only console available this holiday with built-in UHD 4K Blu-ray, 4K video streaming, and HDR for video and gaming, Xbox One was the best-selling console in the U.S. in August, according to NPD Group.”

Microsoft will be holding a hardware launch event by October end in New York City. If a ZDNet report is to be believed, the company will launch at least one model of Surface all-in-one PC at the event, which is codenamed Project Rio. The report suggests that the PC is codenamed Cardinal. Some earlier reports had suggested that Microsoft is already working on three Surface all-in-one PCs. It was rumored that the software giant is testing three display sizes, a 21-inch with full HD resolution, and two PCs with 4K at 24-inch and 27-inch sizes.

Microsoft recently confirmed that they have started working on WebVR support for the Edge browser. This will allow VR content to be played directly on to its app. “Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve begun development on experimental WebVR support in Microsoft Edge! WebVR is the next frontier in web graphics, enabling developers to create a wide range of truly immersive experiences for a variety of devices,” posted Frank Olivier, Principal Program Manager Lead on the Microsoft blog.

While speaking at the second edition of ‘National Summit on 100 Smart Cities 2016’, Tarun Kapoor, Principal Secretary, Government of Himachal Pradesh, said, “The Himachal Pradesh government is rolling out incentives to help propel the formation of sustainable smart cities.” While giving his key-note address Mr. Stefan Sjostrom, Vice President Asia, Public Sector, Microsoft Operations, said, “Technology today touches every aspect of our life and one very important aspect is the education domain. The massive e-learning initiatives with over 2000 online courses are changing lives of around 30 million students in the country.”

Acumatica, the leading global provider of flexible, easily-deployed business management software for small to mid-sized businesses, today announced the highly-anticipated release of Acumatica 6. With this add-in, customers can view details on lead and contact records that already exist in Acumatica ERP, create new leads and contacts inside Microsoft Outlook, and customize the appearance of the Acumatica ribbon button in accordance with a company’s branding.

With Sony finally revealing the PS4 Pro (previously known as PS4 Neo), Microsoft has pointed out Project Scorpio – the next iteration of the Xbox One, will have better performance. “The performance delta will be obvious,” said Albert Penello, Director of Product Management and Planning, Xbox. Scorpio is slated for a Holiday 2017 release.

The European Union is set to extend some security rules currently only applicable to telecom operators to web services such as WhatsApp, Skype and Apple Inc’s FaceTime, according to a draft proposal seen by Reuters. The European Commission, the EU executive, will unveil a proposed reform of its 15-year-old telecom rules next week in which it will extend some provisions to web companies offering calls and messages over the Internet, so-called “over the top players.”

Akshaya Patra, a non-profit organization, has recently launched a mobile app that enables users to have a 360-degree view of the foundation. In an interaction with Dataquest, Vijay Kumar, IT Head, The Akshaya Patra Foundation, talks about how IT helps the NGO. “Akshaya Patra is using Microsoft Dynamics, AX2009 as ERP for all the aforementioned processes with the aid of Central Servers at Bengaluru. We are also using Microsoft 365 cloud platform for all our mailing activities. More than 1000 email ids are managed by us,” he said.

The article is about the comparison between the latest models of Xbox and PlayStation. The Xbox One S is the best value for money on the market. Not only does it have the 4K and HDR of the PS4 Pro, it also supports Blu-ray, and is smaller than Sony’s premium console.