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As the technology is expanding its footprints, so are threats associated with it. The frequency and sophistication of cyber-attacks are accelerating. According to Microsoft’s Identity Security and Protection team, there has been a 300 per cent increase in user accounts attacked over the past year.

A joint research by scientists at the Microsoft and the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, promises to control inappropriate suggestions by search engines making web browsing safe for everyone, particularly children and women.

As over 50 million Small and Medium Businesses in India look to move to a secure Cloud, Microsoft, with its end-to-end offerings with New-Age capabilities, is set to help them evolve and adopt an “intelligent” Cloud, said, Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari.

Microsoft has announced its Project Brainwave deep learning acceleration platform for real-time artificial intelligence (AI).

In a bid to keep up the pace with social network features, professional social networking site LinkedIn has introduced of LinkedIn video, the company said in a blog post.

Microsoft has selected 14 late-stage startups to be part of its accelerator programme, the 11th cohort since its inception in 2012. The startups will work closely with Microsoft Accelerator team to boost their enterprise readiness and go-to-market activities.

Microsoft rolled out a new update for Skype for iOS which brings some new features along with general performance and stability improvements.

Security is key to Microsoft and its products. Microsoft employs a unique security force, one facilitated by a union between humans and technology that uses to defend against cyber-attacks, called the Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center (CDOC). This one of a kind cybersecurity hub brings together lawyers, investigators and cyber forensic analysts to predict and demolish various threats. One such satellite Cyber Security Engagement Center runs out of India’s capital city, New Delhi.

Skype is overhauling its desktop interface with new features and a refreshed design, bringing in a much needed change to the calling app.

Microsoft has announced the availability of new Application programming interfaces (APIs) ‘ASP.NET Core 2.0’ and ‘.NET Core 2.0’ in its Visual Studio 2017 for developers.