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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Microsoft’s Xbox One console is all set to be showered with two great offerings next month. The first will be its much demanded backwards compatibility feature, while the second one will be its yearly UI update that has been laced with tons of fresh features.The release date for the update that adds both the anticipated goodies to the Xbox One has been announced to be November 12.

Microsoft’s latest update to Cortana for Android brings hands-free controls to the digital assistant. You can use the phrase “Hey Cortana” to activate the feature on your Android smartphohne, similar to “OK Google”, and “Hey Siri” for iOS.

Azul Systems (Azul), the award-winning leader in Java runtime solutions, today announced a partnership with Microsoft to provide Java developers open source development tools, device I/O libraries, and a Java runtime targeting Internet of Things (IoT) applications on Windows 10. Zulu Embedded for Windows 10 IoT is a Java Development Kit (JDK), Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and a set of device I/O. Zulu Embedded for Windows 10 IoT is free to download and use and may be distributed without restriction.