Author: Microsoft Stories

Announced at E3 2016, the Xbox One S is a slimmer Xbox One that’s easy on the eyes. It’s 40 percent smaller than the Xbox One and is available only in white, for now. The first exception to that will be the Gears of War 4 special edition console out in November. Xbox One S comes with 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage options versus 500GB and 1TB on the Xbox One. Microsoft India has no plans to launch the Xbox One S at the moment.

Pune boy Aalok Sathe, studying in Class 12, has won Bronze medal at the 14th International Linguistics Olympiad promoted by Microsoft Research India. One of the 12 international science olympiads held globally, the contest evaluated participants’ computational thinking, analytical reasoning and logical deduction. More than 170 students from 30 different countries, including India, the US, Japan, Germany and Singapore participated this year to test their skills in tackling some of the toughest puzzles in language and linguistics.

Microsoft is rolling out a large update to Xbox One, a patch that was detailed at their E3 2016 event in June. The update brings a variety of new features including its digital assistant Cortana, for players in the US and UK. Cortana on the console has been made to look and function just like its Windows 10 counterpart

In the Big Data Roundup for the week ending July 31, 2016, Microsoft has infused Office 365 with machine learning, Tableau is putting data visualization control back in IT hands, GE is supplying an IoT developer kit for its Predix offering, Snowflake Computing has updated its cloud-based data warehouse, and Teradata has acquired Big Data Partnership.

In the Big Data Roundup for the week ending July 31, 2016, Microsoft has infused Office 365 with machine learning, Tableau is putting data visualization control back in IT hands, GE is supplying an IoT developer kit for its Predix offering, Snowflake Computing has updated its cloud-based data warehouse, and Teradata has acquired Big Data Partnership.

Microsoft has officially ended the free upgrade promo for Windows 10. For those who didn’t get the free upgrade, will now have to pay a price of $119.99 for the license. Microsoft had rolled out Windows 10 on July 29 and continued to offer it for an entire year. Therefore, users who were able to get the free upgrade can use it without paying any money. This action was a part of the Get Windows 10 app campaign.

With barely four days left for Microsoft’s much awaited anniversary update on August 2, the company has announced the addition of two new Windows 10 variants to its already populated line-up. The new Windows 10 variants, Education and Pro Education, are designed keeping in mind the unique needs of rapidly evolving K-12 institutions. The two new variants join the already available Windows 10 SKUs (stock keeping units or versions) that will be updated and released alongside the Anniversary Update on August 2.

This year’s roster of Microsoft-published Xbox One games such as Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3, Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition, and Recore sport cheaper prices and are up for pre-order right now. Amazon India has Gears of War 4 listed at Rs. 3,998 as is Forza Horizon 3. Meanwhile Recore will set you back by Rs. 3,298. In addition to these is Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition which includes all seasons of Microsoft’s fighting game as well as its characters and content; all at Rs. 3,298.