Recent News

Skype, the voice and video calling service from Microsoft, has been undergoing quite a few changes in recent times. Microsoft recently announced the addition of the tenth language – Japanese under their translation support. Instant translations of both voice and text can be immediately accessed. Japanese translation will now be supported across all Microsoft Translation services.

“Development of Virtual Security Operation Center (VSOC) is something that may address the next generation security requirements and plays an important role in integrating Global Command Controls,” said Michael Foynes, Global Director of Microsoft Global Security. Addressing the Security Heads of IT companies in Cyberabad, Michael said that numerous softwares were available to provide beyond conventional security operations to ensure security enhancement to improve collaboration and reduce response time.

Flipkart has raised about $1.4 billion in its biggest funding round led by China’s Tencent with America’s eBay Inc and technology giant Microsoft, as India’s largest online retailer shores up capital in one of the world’s fastest growing markets for digital commerce. Tencent will invest about $700 million while eBay will invest $500 million and Microsoft $200 million as part of the latest deal.

Skybox Security has announced new interoperability with Microsoft Azure Virtual Network (VNet), enabling customers to gain security visibility into virtualized networks created in the Azure Cloud.

Microsoft and Skype will now help you converse in real time with Japanese speaker, even if they don’t speak Japanese.

According to J D Power 2017 US Tablet Satisfaction Study, Microsoft is the highest performer in three areas: variety of pre-loaded applications; internet connectivity; and availability of manufacturer-supported accessories.

Microsoft believes in embracing and promoting inclusive culture to inspire productivity. “We always give a lot of emphasis to local culture, and so we went and dug into the history of Gurgaon and found out that the place was earlier called Guru ka Gaon. Hence, we have done our rendition of Dronacharya’s banyan tree which is the heart of the office,” said Marianne Rathje, Microsoft’s Director, Real Estate & Facilities, for APAC, India and Japan.

Digital Foundry unveiled the specifications for Microsoft’s Project Scorpio and they’re quite interesting. Mike Ybarra, corporate vice President of Xbox and Windows gaming, stated that Project Scorpio was designed specifically for “that premium customer, the gamer that expects the absolute best versions of the games.”

Microsoft has fixed the OneDrive performance issue that was largely reported by Linux users. The performance issue was due to a forced Windows user-agent string on Chrome and Firefox based browsers on Linux.