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Following its acquisition of Revolution Analytics last year by unwrapping an advanced-analytics platform of its own based on the open source R programming language. Dubbed Microsoft R Server, the platform works with Windows, Linux, Hadoop and Teradata software. It’s now available on the Microsoft Developer Network and via Microsoft’s DreamSpark educational program.

Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is open to allowing experiments by Google, Microsoft and others to address digital challenges of future. “Technology is overtaking us. Google wants to explore the Loon project and also, Microsoft is trying to explore white space. As a minister, I am very clear that all new technologies must be given proper opportunity for experimentation,” Prasad said at a National Seminar on Spectrum Management.

Microsoft is hoping to bride the digital divide that India is currently facing via TV White Space technology. Microsoft is currently running a TV White Space Technology pilot programme with the Government of Andhra Pradesh. This will aim at bringing low-cost broadband Internet connection to four educational institutions in the Srikakulam district which had no connectivity earlier. The pilot programme reveals how technology can truly fill the digital gap that India faces at the time.

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella announced last month on his visit to India that their Surface line of personal computing devices will be launching in India soon. Keeping true to his word, Microsoft today launches both Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4 in India. Microsoft only launched one version of the Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4 in two categories – consumer and Business.

Microsoft has expanded its partnership with Cyanogen, the maker of a popular version of Android, to integrate Cortana, the Siri-like virtual assistant, more deeply. CyangoenMod, which is an operating system based on Android but not affiliated with Google, is used on over 50 million handsets, as of August 2015.

Hear to Sanjay Ravi, Microsoft’s car tech boss, tell it, there’s one really big reason that auto manufacturers are picking the Redmond giant to power their efforts here. Ravi says, Microsoft’s whole existing business roadmap under CEO Satya Nadella slots right into the connected car business. And none of it involves making a car. To Microsoft, the new gameplan is to provide apps, tools, and services to anybody, wherever they want to use them. So far, that’s meant stuff like Microsoft Office apps on iPhone and a more robust set of Microsoft Azure cloud services for app developers. “Cars of the future are going to look like your office on wheels, or like your living room on wheels,” Ravi says.

HARMAN, the premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, announced a connected car collaboration with Microsoft Corp. at CES 2016. This project will introduce new mobile productivity services, as well as utilize existing products, services and technologies, including cloud platforms, telematics and driver productivity, to offer better convenience, safety and reliability for drivers and greater operating efficiency for auto manufacturers. Most importantly, the collaboration will integrate key elements of Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite capabilities into HARMAN infotainment systems.

At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), January 6-9, IAV and Microsoft will be demonstrating a connected highly automated driving (CHAD) vehicle capable of connecting with the Microsoft Azure cloud and Windows 10 to enable communication that helps prevent vehicle and pedestrian accidents and increases driving comfort and convenience.

As announced by CEO Satya Nadella in November last year, Microsoft is all set to bring its Surface Pro 4 tablet to India on January 7. This is the first time that the Microsoft Surface tablet will be officially available in the Indian market. The new tablet will come with Windows Hello, an automatic biometric sign-in option introduced 1st year. The feature allows users to scan their face, iris or fingerprints to verify their identity and give them access to Windows phones, laptops and personal computers.