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Microsoft just unveiled its To-Do Preview, whose early version of a new task management app that works across a wide variety of platforms, including Windows 10, iOS, and Android. A web version of Microsoft To-Do is also available should you want to access your info without having to install an app.

Microsoft announced several new products and services that will empower organizations to easily leverage data driven intelligence in their digital transformation journey. The next generation offerings include first relational database management system (RDBMS) with built-in Artificial Intelligence (AI), SQL Server 2017, Microsoft R Server 9.1 and neural network models, azure cognitive services and Cortana intelligence solution templates.

Microsoft has partnered with a non-profit organization, CHOICE Humanitarian, to launch a new literacy tool for its Edge browser. The tool, which is called Accent, aims to help underprivileged sections of society read, learn, and gain literacy in their native language. The Web-based learning tool is initially being launched in Guatemala to teach local women Spanish.

Microsoft is looking to address one of the biggest pain points in laptops that of battery life draining due to multiple apps running in the background. Now, the company has announced that in the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build, Microsoft is testing a Power Throttling feature that will save overall battery usage.

Microsoft has agreed to acquire, serial space tourist Charles Simonyi’s company, Intentional Software.

Microsoft’s Authenticator app is saving valuable seconds by bypassing passwords for phone-based logins. According to Microsoft, the process is easier than standard two-step verification and significantly more secure than only a password.

Microsoft India is seeing good demand for cloud-based IT solutions from SMBs with a large number of firms in the manufacturing sector migrating to the cloud. “We are adding 10,000 new customers every year in the SMB space,” said Manish Sharma, Lead, SMB Business, Microsoft India. The company is seeing a nearly 30% year-on-year increase in demand for cloud technologies from SMBs, he stated.

Microsoft’s Xbox Fanfest has been confirmed for E3 2017, once again bringing a special experience to a select group of lucky fans. Starting on June 11th, the same day as Microsoft’s E3 presser, the Xbox Fanfest will last till June 13th.

Microsoft has released the code of ReactXP, the library that has been helping its engineering teams develop cross-platform apps. ReactXP is based on React JS and React Native to let you develop apps that can run across multiple platforms and the Web using a single code base. “ReactXP was designed to be a thin, lightweight cross-platform abstraction layer on top of React and React Native. It implements a dozen or so foundational components that can be used to build more complex components,” says Eric Traut, technical fellow at Microsoft.

The Windows 10 Creators Update has brought along improved battery life to its browser, which puts it ahead of its competitors. Microsoft released a video of the comparison test between Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. In the video test, Microsoft three identical devices were made to run the same video but on different browsers. According to the results shared, Mozilla Firefox provided a battery life of 7 hours 4 minutes, Chrome managed 9 hours and 17 minutes, while Microsoft’s Edge, offered a battery life of 12 hours and 31 minutes.