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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.

At the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference in Chicago, IL, TASER International and Microsoft Corp announced a partnership agreement that will bring together the global scale, technology breadth, and security commitment of both companies through the combined capabilities of the Microsoft Azure’s cloud platform, and Windows 10 devices with TASER’s Axon Platform and Evidence.com solution. Microsoft and TASER’s global commitment to security and privacy compliance will also provide law enforcement agencies with the peace of mind to entrust both companies with the most sensitive of data.

C4 and Microsoft are delighted to announce the launch of the Microsoft Windows 10 Universal Application for NC4 Street Smart™. This universal application is an extension of the current NC4 Street Smart operating platform now accessible from mobile devices, laptops and tablets as well as large-scale displays including Microsoft’s new Surface Hub.

Microsoft’s latest version of its Office suite is here, and it has been getting rave reviews. Here’s what you need to know about Office 2016’s capabilities. As Microsoft has changed, grown and redesigned the Office apps over the years, it has been easy to lose track of key, little-used features that users just know are buried somewhere in there. A new “Tell Me” feature in Office 2016 on Windows lets users search for the feature they’re looking for and access it without having to pick through menus. Microsoft added a couple of new applications to its suite with this latest release – Sway and Delve are new apps worth checking out. Business users of Office 365 will get Office for Windows by default early next year.

BLU Products, which specialise in unlocked mobile devices in the United States, has announced the availability of its mobile product range through Amazon.in. The BLU Win JR LTE and Win HD LTE will also be sold through Microsoft retail points across India. The phones will be unlocked with dual sim functionality and will be available for Windows 10 upgrade.

No game is as synonymous with the Xbox brand like Halo. If quality is any indication, Halo 5 is going to do for the Xbox One what Halo: Combat Evolved did for the first Xbox – make people buy Microsoft’s latest console. On firing up Halo 5’s campaign, you’re treated to a set of cinematic videos that do a fine job of selling you on the game world. They don’t exist simply to set the story up or take it forward, rather they go deeper. As it stands, Halo 5 is near perfect. With slick gameplay, a fantastic campaign, and seemingly ambitious multiplayer.