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At a time when cybercrimes are affecting millions of devices globally, Amazon.in said that mobile software witnessed a growth of over 100 percent in 2016, with Android protection software topping the list. Kaspersky, Quick Heal, McAfee, Eset, K7 and Microsoft were the top selling brands under this category. Microsoft witnessed a growth of over 75 percent and had a nearly four times spike in its sales during Diwali.

Microsoft has come up with business solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Bengaluru. Built by Microsoft’s independent software vender partners Smarter Biz and IDOS, the business solutions are to address key areas like customer relationship management (CRM), finance & accounting, enhancing organizational efficiency. “SMBs in the Karnataka understand the business dynamics and realize the need for a robust IT infrastructure to grow and scale up their business. We are excited to provide the set of software solutions and help them enhance their business growth. This sector has witnessed tremendous growth in the recent years,” said Sudhir Nayar, Director, Partner Sales, Microsoft India.

Artificial learning is the current hot property in the corporate world. From Facebook to Apple to Google, every tech company is employing Machine Learning to make their products more productive and user-friendly. This technology becomes more relevant and impactful when the users are people with disabilities because AI gives them a new means to explore hitherto untouched domains. Something similar is happening in Redmond presently where Microsoft is working on a feature for Office apps like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint that will automatically suggest image and slide deck captions, called alt-text, using AI algorithms.

Microsoft launched the slim and sexy Xbox One S, and a slew of awesome exclusive games to play on the system. Here are our favourite 5 Xbox One exclusive games – Recore, Superhot, Quantum Break, Forza Horizon 3 and Gears of War 4.

KPMG and Microsoft India announced a strategic Internet of Things (IoT) Advisory partnership to accelerate the digital transformation of large and mid-market enterprises in the country. The IoT Advisory will help enterprises deploy solutions that can drive Cloud-based automation, generate operational insights through IoT, provide better customer relationship management and analytics, improve organizational agility and increase workforce mobility.

Microsoft has been celebrating its success of educating more than 5 crore people in 20 Indian states with its products. For imparting education among the people, the company has invested Rs 670 crore during its Microsoft India’s education, skilling and entrepreneurship programs. The organization has constructed three sets of pillars to support the education system of the country. Since India is heading towards digitization, the organization is designing programs to help the young generation. Microsoft has three main objectives that can help push up education in India: Empower, Imagine and Realize.

At a time when the government is working to build a disabled-friendly environment, leading brands here are following suit by making employment more inclusive. Individuals with hearing and speech impairment can now be seen taking orders and manning billing counters at different outlets of brands like KFC and Sagar Ratna, among others. Microsoft went disabled-friendly, with the establishment of their Disability Employee Resource Group in 2009. “Besides, the company also has an ‘Autism Hiring program’, which is a multiple-day hands on academy that focuses on work ability, team projects and skills assessment,” said Rohit Thakur, Head Human Resources, Microsoft India.

Cloud service provider 21Vianet Blue Cloud is participating in the second Microsoft Ignite China Conference, scheduled in Beijing. At the conference, an important milestone is being announced: the release of Power BI operated by 21Vianet in China. 21Vianet Blue Cloud is one of Microsoft’s key partners in China, helping the IT giant launch Microsoft Azure and Office 365 in the Chinese market. 21Vianet Blue Cloud has operated Microsoft Azure and Office 365 for Microsoft in China for over two years.

It looks like it will be raining games this December with the number of titles slated to release on Xbox One and Windows PC. Not only will we see The Last Guardian but also Mario’s iOS debut in Super Mario Run, along with another entry in the superlative Don Bradman Cricket series. Other notable releases include Steep, Dead Rising 4, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, Stardew Valley, Super Mario Maker and Yakuza 6.

Imagine, if a smartphone could detect when the driver is too tired and yawning, and send an alert to his supervisor. Or, if data transfer could be automatically scheduled in accordance with the strength of the signal to save battery. These are some areas of research Venkat Padmanabhan, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research India, is working on. He is one of the recipients of this year’s Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. He won the award “for his pioneering work on indoor localization, smartphone-based sensing, and mobile communication, which has resulted in academic and industry-wide impact and technology transfer to Microsoft’s products,” says the citation.