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The Xbox One S has been an enormously successful release for Microsoft, and it has seen Microsoft finally begin to reclaim the sales crown somewhat from Sony and PlayStation. The Xbox One has outsold PS4 in the US for a few months now and it has also been outselling it in the UK. Now, it looks like a third country has been added to that list, because Microsoft have announced that in Australia, the Xbox One was the bestselling console from August 1 to October 30.

The new Surface Book doubles graphics performance with by using an Nvidia 965M instead of the old 940M variant, and packs in a 30% larger battery for up to 16 hours of use. The processors remain of the Skylake variety instead of the newer Kaby Lake, but the larger battery will outweigh any efficiency improvements from the newer processors anyway.

The article is about Microsoft Office 2016 Certification Training Bundle. This package of instruction on Office’s key applications is on sale now for only $39 in TNW Deals. Across 162 units of study, you’ll learn everything there is to know about the titans of the Office collection: Access, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, and Word. You’ll learn how to import and export data, build formulas and calculations, create tables, and much more. And once you’re finished, you’ll even earn a certification to prove your mastery, as well as open some eyes when you go after that next job.

Microsoft detailed its Creators Update for Windows 10 last month, showcasing all the new features coming to the ecosystem in March, 2017. While Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update focused on new 3D features, it seems that the company is also focused on enhancing the tablet function. Microsoft is rolling out Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14965 today, which brings a new virtual trackpad to the operating system. Microsoft’s virtual trackpad is intended to be used as a control for external monitors from a tablet, without connecting a mouse. The new virtual touchpad, when enabled, resides on the taskbar and provides a virtual trackpad on the screen.

Microsoft researchers want to give patients and doctors a new tool in the quest to find cancers earlier: web searches. Lung cancer can be detected a year prior to current methods of diagnosis in more than one-third of cases by analyzing a patient’s internet searches for symptoms and demographic data that put them at higher risk, as the Microsoft research published in the JAMA Oncology journal revealed. The study shows it’s possible to use search data to give patients or doctors enough reason to seek cancer screenings earlier, improving the prospects for treatment for lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.

Microsoft had the Lumia McLaren, one of the most exciting concept devices to have been here for a while now. However, the brouhaha hasn’t died down yet, because if leaks are to be believed, the Lumia 1030 might be around the corner soon. Microsoft had shut down the project even before it started, the Lumia McLaren, also known as Lumia 1030, had made the rounds of the smartphone space arena, providing a closer look at how the end device could have been. A photo published by Evan Blass shows the phone again, although there is nothing new or exciting enough, it is worth a look at the smartphone that could have changed the face of the platform.

Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and perhaps some of the other major names too, are now pushing for artificial intelligence (AI) as one of the mainstays of the technology world for the future. Now it seems, AI is changing the service landscape for the advertising industry, by allowing the customers of the industry, to avail many more immersive, more engaging, and more pragmatic buying of services for even the customers, which works cohesively for the benefit of the business.

A day after Facebook announced its latest Messenger version 1.3 with Sponsored Messages, LinkedIn has launched ‘Sponsored InMail’. With the latest feature, marketers or recruiters can engage target audiences in a more personalized, direct and meaningful way. Available to all advertisers via its Campaign Manager, Sponsored InMail will allow users to track metrics and the performance of Sponsored InMail as well as text ads and sponsored content.

The article is about the game ‘ReCore’ which is available on Xbox One. ReCore seemed like one of the most interesting games announced at E3, earlier this year. The game reminded of the classic Mega Man and Metroid with a few twists and set in the future. The story goes that Earth is no longer fit for humans, so they have gone into cryosleep while the planet is to be terraformed by robots. The lead character, Joule, wakes up from her cryosleep to find out that humans have disappeared and the robots have gone rogue.

#BeneathTheSurface, a web series of celebrity interviews hosted by famed film critic Anupama Chopra, brings out the other side of Bollywood celebrities to show the person these celebrities are beneath the surface. Microsoft Surface takes away the brownie points for this unique concept of going beneath the surface to reveal the hidden side of the superstars. The show has brought the best of both worlds (of celebs) just like the Surface generation of hybrid tablets.