Author: Microsoft Stories

Ford Motor Company is turning to one of its early technology partners, Microsoft, to help expand the automaker’s connected car services. Among the features that Ford plans to offer later this year through its new Service Delivery Network is the ability to automatically update its new Sync 3 infotainment system wirelessly. The service will run on Microsoft’s cloud-based Azure platform.

Microsoft Corp.—working to overhaul its operating system software in a world dominated by mobile computing—said it plans to release the new Windows 10 in 190 countries this summer. The software would be released in 111 languages, the company said in a statement that coincided with its Windows Hardware Engineering Community conference in Shenzhen, China.

Microsoft is going heavy on enterprise features in its first public peek at Office 2016, which is available now to Office 365 Business subscribers. Developers and IT pros can sign up for the preview through the Microsoft Connect website. Data Loss Protection for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Outlook technical improvements, new deployment features and a host of other features are now on Office 2016 developer preview.

The Redmond giant has launched a 6000mAh portable power bank namely DC-21, in the Indian market on the e-retail store Flipkart. The company claims that the portable power bank can retain almost 80% of charge even it left unused for six months, since it has the automatic standby mode.

ValueLicensing.com, a premier European Microsoft VAR is upbeat about its India business, having entered the Indian market. “The pre-owned Microsoft licensing market and ValueLicensing.com have grown extensively over the last 3 years in Europe and we are looking to replicate this growth in India. The company is now ready to enter the Indian market,” says Jonathan Horley, Managing Director and Founder, ValueLicensing.com.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been awarded the Indian of the Year 2014 in the Global Indian section. He is third CEO of technology giant Microsoft. Sensing the wind, he is steering Microsoft from a device and services company into cloud services. This is the ninth edition of the awards which were introduced in 2006. The awards adhere to a robust procedure in selecting the awardees which is finalized by a jury consisting of a select group of distinguished personalities.

Microsoft announced that it has received over one million instances of individual feedback on its upcoming Windows 10 OS, which will be used to further enhance the overall experience of the software. Under the Windows Insider program, users running preview builds of Windows 10 have submitted feedback in a bid to contribute their views to Microsoft.

Microsoft had revealed its next generation innovation – HoloLens, an augmented reality headset that blends your digital life with the real world. A video released by Microsoft shows that this wearable headgear uses a pair of see-through HD lenses and is completely untethered – it needs no external markers, cameras, wires or a connection to a phone or PC to operate. HoloLens utilises spacial sound, delivering audible feedback from all directions in reference to the wearer – even from behind.