Gaming Bolt: Microsoft: gamers are the centre of everything we do, Halo 5’s MP is the greatest evolution in Halo

343 Industries’ Halo 5: Guardians is now available across the world, including in India for Rs. 4,699. Microsoft has been hyping the release through a six hour live broadcast on YouTube that featured celebrity appearances and gameplay. Anshu Mor, Director, Interactive Entertainment Business in Microsoft India, said “Games and gamers are at the center of everything we do and we’re always looking to offer the best ways to play on Xbox. With the launch of Halo 5, we hope to offer fans slick gameplay and a fantastic campaign. The two new multiplayer modes mark the greatest evolution in Halo history,”

NDTV: Microsoft Outlook App revamped, to get Sunrise Calendar features

Microsoft is revamping its Outlook app for Android and iOS. The company announced its plans to integrate features of Sunrise, a calendar app it acquired earlier this year, into the email client. In addition, Outlook mobile app has also become cleaner and refined, the company adds. Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the team at Sunrise has “put their design expertise and fresh thinking to work to deliver a more beautiful and improved experience.”

IBN Live: Microsoft’s Arrow launcher officially comes to Android

The much-anticipated Android launcher app designed by Microsoft has officially made it to the Google platform. The Arrow Launcher offers a different interface for Android by allowing users to customise the way they use their smartphone and makes it easier to access frequent apps, message friends, take notes, or change settings.

The Economic Times: We are big believers in net neutrality: Skype

Positioning itself as a “big believer in net neutrality”, Microsoft’s video calling service Skype today said it continues to push for affordable Internet access to consumers. “We are big believers in net neutrality. That’s been our stated point of view globally and we believe that in the end net neutrality serves the interest of consumers and we will continue to push for that position,” said Skype Corporate Vice President Gurdeep Singh Pall.

The Economic Times: Skype launches Bollywood emojis, videos for India

Skype made available Bollywood specific Mojis, short videos from popular movies and TV shows, to express themselves in Skype messages or chat. The India launch is the first global launch for Moji’s from Skype. The Microsoft backed video chat and calling service, has partnered with Indian studios Yash Raj Films and ErosNow, the on-demand entertainment platform of Eros International, to develop custom Mojis for Skype users.

Bloomberg: BroadSoft announces compatibility with Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Skype for Business

BroadSoft, Inc. announced that its BroadWorks™, BroadCloud™ and UC-One™ unified communication and collaboration solutions are now compatible with Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Skype for Business, two of the industry’s leading productivity and collaboration platforms. BroadSoft used Microsoft’s software developer kit to enable its solutions to be compatible with Skype for Business, Skype for Business Online, Lync 2013 and Lync 2010, reflecting BroadSoft’s longstanding commitment to open platforms and the interoperability of its communication and collaboration services with other devices, systems and applications.

NDTV: Videocon launches ‘World’s First Windows 10 TV’, starting Rs. 39,990

Videocon, in partnership with Microsoft, on Wednesday launched what it is calling the world’s first Windows 10-powered LED TV, priced at Rs. 39,990 for the 32-inch panel, and Rs. 52,990 for the 40-inch model. The TV, which can also work as a personal computer, will be available in the market next month. Called ‘One Touch PC, One Touch TV’, the Windows 10 televisions come equipped with Microsoft Office, the Windows Store, All Cast app.

Best Media Info: Microsoft India urges people to be 25 everyday

Havas Worldwide India has created a digital film to mark Microsoft completing 25 years in India that encourages people to embrace the attitude of 25. Jyotsna Makkar, CMO Lead, Microsoft India, said, ““Microsoft has created a strong legacy over our 25 years in India, empowering people and organisations to achieve more. We’re 25 today, and we believe being 25 is a mindset, an attitude. Every person at Microsoft holds this belief and we see this reflected all around us as well – young people achieving incredible milestones, older people not giving up on their dreams. This film celebrates that attitude.”

T3: Surface Book’s gaming benchmarks leave MacBook Pro 13-inch in the dust

Redmond said the Surface Book is twice as fast as a MacBook Pro – but according to PC World’s benchmarking, it’s actually even quicker than this in terms of pixel shifting. PC World pitted a MacBook Pro 13-inch 2015 with a Core i5 processor boasting Iris 6100 graphics against a Core i5 Surface Book clipboard (tablet). Microsoft’s laptop ran Tomb Raider (1400 x 900 resolution, normal quality) at 74 fps, whereas the MacBook only managed 24 fps. With an artificial gaming benchmark, namely Heaven 4.0 (1366 x 768 resolution, medium quality with 2xAA), Microsoft’s machine managed 39 fps, with Apple’s laptop lagging behind on 18 fps.