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With Windows 10, OneDrive comes inbuilt promising 5GB of free space, but beyond that a fee is required. The ad offers a $6.99 subscription plan that gives you 1TB of cloud storage, and free Office 365 subscription. While the deal might be lucrative for many users, it does not necessarily need to be advertised in such a manner.

Recognizing the role startups in play in accelerating India’s digital transformation, Microsoft has selected 14 Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning startups to help increase their Enterprise Readiness and go-to-market strategies. These mature startups, will undergo an intensive program at the Microsoft Accelerator in Bengaluru to increase their Enterprise Readiness Quotient.

Microsoft’s Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3) cloud technology is now available in India. It is a hybrid cloud solution which helps customers run Azure cloud in their on-premise environments with the facility of pay-as-you-use pricing.

In a recent global survey conducted by Microsoft, it was revealed that 61 percent women in India had faced online risk personally, and around 65 percent reported that they knew of family or a friend who had been subjected to it. While 70 percent reported being highly concerned about online safety, the concern is that only 42 percent of women knew where to get help.

Announcing its 10th cohort of startups, Microsoft Accelerator that focuses on growth-stage startups has continued its narrative to undertake and accelerate business-to-business (B2B) or enterprise-focused startups for its four-month long accelerator program.

Microsoft launched Visual Studio 2017, an integrated development environment (IDE), supporting developers of all types of applications, for every platform, in nearly every language. “Visual Studio 2017 delivers a great cloud and mobile development experience, boosts DevOps capabilities to drive higher levels of collaboration and productivity for developers,” said Narendra Bhandari, General Manager, DX, Developer experience, Microsoft India.

Microsoft announced Teams back in November, but so far it’s been limited to a fairly small batch of preview users. On March 14, at 8:30AM PT, Microsoft will host an online event marking general availability for Office 365 users, where users can expect the company to show off how to use some of Teams’ best features, and perhaps even some new integrations they haven’t seen yet.

Pluralsight, the technology learning platform, announced it is partnering with Microsoft to upskill Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 developers. “A key part to our vision of ‘Any Developer, Any App, Any Platform’ is helping our Visual Studio subscribers and Dev Essentials members stay on the leading edge of innovations in app development technology,” said Shawn Nandi, Senior Director, Cloud App Dev and Data Marketing for Microsoft Corp.

Acadian Asset Management, the Boston-based quantitative firm that manages $77 billion, struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to use its Bing Predicts big data technology to inform its investment decisions. Acadian said it’s the first investment firm to use Bing Predicts, a machine-learning project that mines internet search and social-media data for factors to try to forecast events like a corporation’s quarterly results.

Nearly two decades after it launched its first car, the Indica, Tata Motors took a big leap of faith and technology, unveiling a two-seater sports coupe at the Geneva International Motor Show. “Meant for the risk-taking, adventure-loving, digitally native, mobile-first technophiles of India, the RaceMo is also India’s first connected car. It will bring alive connected car features such as advanced navigation, predictive maintenance, remote monitoring and over-the-air updates using Microsoft cloud-based technologies including advanced analytics, Internet of thing and machine learning powered by Microsoft Azure,” the company said in a statement.