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Trend Micro Incorporated, a global security software solutions leader, announced the integration of Trend Micro Deep Security into the Microsoft Azure Security Center. Customers will now have access to a single view of all Azure subscriptions, live workload monitoring capabilities, and suggested remediation steps to address security issues. Nicole Herskowitz, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Microsoft Azure said, “With the dynamic capabilities of Trend Micro Deep Security integrated in the Azure Security Center, customers will now be able to easily identify security and configuration issues, and quickly address them.”

Conversations will be more exciting for iOS and Android users now, thanks to Microsoft Translator. The company had incorporated smartwatches into its Android Microsoft Translator app earlier this year. The updated Android and iOS version of the app will now allow back and forth conversation: One person can speak into the phone, and the translation appears on the smartwatch, and vice versa. These conversational features will work for Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish languages.

Microsoft has released a new update for Xbox Fitness that does not require Kinect. With this, Xbox Fitness expands its reach to a much larger number of Xbox users. The company announced that the update will now let users experience the world’s best workouts on Xbox One. It would also allow them to download their purchased workouts.

Microsoft has announced that SmartScreen will now protect users from drive-by attacks in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11. These attacks are malicious web attacks that tend to start on trusted websites, targeting security vulnerabilities in commonly used software. If SmartScreen finds a website to be potentially malicious, users will see a red warning and the content won’t render in either Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10.

Microsoft Lumia 550 with 4G LTE is the cheapest smartphone to run the latest Windows 10 OS for mobile. It has been launched in India for Rs 9,399 and the phone will go on sale starting December 23. It comes in matte black and glossy white body with a 4.7-inch HD screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 1.1 GHz quad-core processor, five-megapixel rear camera with auto-focus and LED Flash and a two megapixel front camera.

Indian Industries Association and Microsoft have come together to enable 20,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Uttar Pradesh with cloud technology. Sudhir Nayar, Director, Partner Sales, Microsoft India said, “With the recently launched Windows 10 on PC and phone, devices like the Lumia 950 and our cloud-based services, businesses can access new markets, engage with customers more efficiently, and manage their costs better. Microsoft, in association with IIA and with the commitment of our partners like Pentacle IT Solutions aims to enable MSMEs across the country to grow with technology helping them accelerate their business.”

A new list of Xbox 360 games that will be backwards compatible on the Xbox One has been revealed by Microsoft. Though games like The Witcher 2 and Red Dead Redemption still haven’t been confirmed, there are still a healthy number of titles to look forward. Prominent among those is Halo: Reach, Braid, Deus Ex: Human Evolution and Portal: Still Alive. Microsoft has promised to regularly reveal Xbox 360 titles that will receive the backwards compatible treatment.

Microsoft brings two-device support to its popular Translator app. The speech recognition is top-notch, translations are generally good and the speed at which it does this allows to have conversations in close to real-time with only slight pauses as each party reads the screen. Users with an Android Wear or Apple Watch, can now enjoy a close-to-seamless real-time conversation by handing over the phone while using the built-in microphone on smartwatch.

Microsoft Corp. and the American Council of the Blind announced they will partner on efforts to advance the accessibility of information technologies to better meet the needs of persons with visual impairments. “To deliver great solutions for people with disabilities, accessibility must be central to our culture and an integral part of how we design and build Microsoft products. By working with the ACB, we will gain valuable user insights about our experiences.” said Rob Sinclair, Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft.

Microsoft Office Suite, available on Windows phone, has been selected as the Best Office Suite app of 2015. An Office 365 account is all that’s needed for operating Word, Excel and PowerPoint, respectively. It’s free only for basic editing, and offers the advance features only if the user has an Office 365 subscription. Microsoft’s Sunrise Calendar was a popular pick for its light and intuitive interface and Android widget while Outlook was been chosen as the best email feature.