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Windows 10 preview build 10547 features plenty of new tweaks and improvements, and among them is a preview of the Object RTC (ORTC) APIs for Microsoft Edge, a collection of tools that will make it easier for developers to build audio and video calling into Web apps without requiring any browser plugins. Skype is a natural fit for ORTC, and, the Skype team announced y that it is working on new versions of Skype for Web and Skype for Outlook.com that take advantage of this new technology.

Microsoft under Nadella is a company that believes in openness and collaboration. It is a company that has snubbed its corporate ego to put customer at the front. Microsoft under Satya Nadella is less of a tech giant and more of a startup that develops platform. Microsoft is now about Windows, Azure and Office. Rest all are just supplements to these broader platforms. While speaking to Jessi Hempel of Wired, Satya very nicely summarised his CEO job as “curator of culture.”

Microsoft launched Lumia 640 LTE 4G device priced at Rs 17,399 with an aim to widen its portfolio in the mobile devices space under the Lumia series.The Lumia smartphone with 4G capability, which comes with 13MP camera, 5.7 inch HD screen and Windows 8.1 operating system, would be available across India, Microsoft Mobile Devices, Director (Sales), South, T S Sridhar said.

Microsoft is hoping to double the revenues from cloud segment in India from the current 12 per cent to about 25 per cent this financial year on the back of greater adoption of cloud technologies by the government as well as small and medium businesses, according to Neeraj Gill, General Manager (Public Sector), Microsoft India. He said Microsoft is betting big on the cloud and has made huge investments in it and has also set up data centers to support the growth.

Microsoft arranged a mega start-ups conclave Tuesday in Hyderabad to map cutting edge smart city solutions for Telangana. Senior Telangana government officials, including IT minister K.T. Rama Rao and IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan, participated in the tech conclave. The discussions focused on solutions and apps in the areas of transport, healthcare, public safety, water and energy by startups from Microsoft Ventures’ Portfolio which included Mybustickets.in, Celstream, iBot and Flamenco Tech.

Microsoft launched its first-ever laptop called the called the Surface Book. With a 13.5-inch screen and weighing 3.34 pounds with a detachable keyboard, it’s clearly putting it in competition with Apple’s MacBook Air and the many, many Microsoft partners who make ultrabooks. Microsoft Surface leader Panos Panay tied the new laptop and other gadget announcements directly to Nadella’s strategy of expanding Microsoft’s reach by touting them as showcases for the best of what Window can do.

The new features for OneNote, called OneNote Class Notebook, improve the process of sharing it among groups of students so they can start using it in class. Class Notebooks offer a variety of features that help with day-to-day life in a classroom. Instructors can add information and assignments to a content library which is shared with the rest of the class. The biggest update added is the ability to share a Class Notebook to an entire group all at once.

To reach out to these millions of prospective users, Microsoft has partnered with Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), who counts 3,000 direct members and 200,000 indirect members to help evangelise and spread awareness of Microsoft’s cloud computing technologies such as Office 365 and Windows Azure. Meetul Patel, General Manager, SMS&P, Microsoft India, said that with the mushrooming of a start-up ecosystem, powered by e-commerce companies, has laid the foundation for increased usage of cloud computing technologies.

In an interview, Meetul Patel, General Manager, SMP&P, Microsoft India, said, “Actually there is so much potential for SMB’S to grow revenues in India and I think we have to trust three things to make that happen: Awareness, Affordability and Administration.”