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Microsoft Accelerator in India and TCS Co-Innovation Network have announced a joint initiative to create a platform that provides a boost to the Indian start-up ecosystem.
Under the collaboration, an open innovation framework will be created to mentor and engage with start-ups to bring their innovative solutions to market. Ravi Narayan, Global Director, Microsoft Accelerator, said, “The progress India has made in IT and entrepreneurship over the past four decades, has radically changed the landscape offering new entrepreneurs unmatched opportunities.”

Microsoft launched the SharePoint mobile app for iOS devices on June 21. The app is designed to enable mobile users to carry their corporate intranet with them and access key materials from wherever they are. ‎Microsoft is also building SharePoint mobile apps for Android and Windows Universal, both of which it plans to launch by the end of 2016. ‎

Microsoft said mobile-phone owners using the Microsoft Wallet app can now pay at brick-and-mortar retail stores by tapping their handsets on terminals at checkout counters. The service will initially work in the U.S. with Microsoft’s Lumia 950, 950 XL and 650 devices at more than a million retail locations. The app, made available through the Windows Insider Program will also store reward and membership numbers which could be scanned or viewed from the phone.

Gareth Jones, the API architect for the Microsoft Graph, will present a timely keynote at All about The API on July 19th at Las Vegas. Jones is Microsoft’s leader of technical strategy and its most strategic API, a unified endpoint for accessing data and insights from across the company’s portfolio of cloud services. At All About the API, knowledge leaders who are already shaping the future economy around APIs will be presenting insight and perspective on how API’s are more than just code, and how they are part of an entirely new economy across all industries.

SafetyCulture, the mobile-first technology company optimizing workplace quality and safety, announced the availability of the SafetyCulture iAuditor mobile app and platform for Microsoft Windows 10. Chris Bright, ISV Lead, Microsoft Australia, said, “Mobile is the perfect vehicle to help companies maintain safe, quality workplaces across the globe. In an increasingly connected world, it’s critical for organizations to protect their people and environments, and partnering with SafetyCulture to bring the No. 1 app for conducting safety inspections into the Windows 10 app store makes this goal a reality.”

Netwrix Corporation, the first to introduce a visibility and governance platform that supports both on-premises and hybrid cloud IT environments, announced that Netwrix Auditor is now available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace. This enables customers to move to the cloud with confidence and gain rigorous control over the entire cloud environment to maintain security and meet compliance requirements. Netwrix has already offered a solution for Office 365 and AWS services to ensure visibility into cloud-based environments.

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At the end of April, Microsoft revealed a preview of Flow, an automation tool that connects productivity apps and triggers actions between them, similar to IFTTT and Zapier. When it launched, Flow was only available on the Web. The company has now released an iOS app so that users can manage Flows that they have previously created online, and receive notifications when they are triggered.

The UK’s only dedicated CRM training company, Training 4 Microsoft CRM, have released a new Free Training 4 Trials Initiative. Developed exclusively for businesses looking to investigate Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, the Free Training 4 Trials Initiatives gives the empowerment of Microsoft CRM without the reliance on expensive Partners.

Unicode Consortium, the non-profit organization that coordinates the development of the Unicode standard, has decided to not release the rifle emoji as part of its new set of emojis commemorating the Rio Olympics. It has not revealed the real reason behind the move, but reports claim that Apple and Microsoft’s decision to not support the emoji due to their stance on gun control laws has resulted in this outcome.