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Microsoft said it will commission three “hyper-scale” data centres in India before the end of this year. Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India, said, “Microsoft has already started a private preview of these data centres with over 100 existing customers on board across different segments such as banking and financial institutions, government, manufacturing and start-ups. They will be allowed to test it out over a three-month period. We will formally launch the services by the end of the calendar year.” On the much-anticipated Windows 10 launch by next month’s end, Pramanik said, “If you think about the coming year, for us it is going to be about the cloud, and it is going to be about Windows10.”

In an interview with CNBC TV18, Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India, talked about Windows 10 and the company’s strategy in tablets and smartphones space. Talking about his outlook, Pramanik said, “It is very exciting times in Microsoft. We have a new CEO, there are a lot of new things which are happening. We are announcing considerable number of innovations on a regular basis.”

Microsoft had a damn good E3 this year, and one of the reasons was their reveals of games coming exclusively to the Xbox One, that we could be entirely sure would never be coming to the PS4, thanks to Microsoft doubling down on its first party studios, partnerships, and initiatives. One of the games that comes exclusive to Xbox One is ReCore, an action adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic setting featuring a struggle against robots who have taken over the planet developed by Keiji Inafune, the creator of other great games such as the Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Mega Man and Onimusha series.

The news surrounding the backwards compatibility of the Xbox One just gets better and better. While the list of games that will actually be backwards compatible is still pretty slim, Microsoft says that same list will be growing all the time. Now the company has also announced that any DLC that came along with those Xbox 360 games will also be playable as long as the game itself is eventually added to the list.

The U.S. Navy is paying Microsoft millions of dollars to keep up to 100,000 computers afloat because it has yet to transition away from Windows XP. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, which runs the Navy’s communications and information networks, signed a US$9.1 million contract earlier this month for continued access to security patches for Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Windows Server 2003.

Microsoft has launched an update of its Skype Qik messaging app. The update is released for iOS devices. The app added support for captions, music and photos.

Top US multinational firms want the Centre to nudge state governments to move expeditiously on infrastructure clearances and address concerns over country’s data security and intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. The issues were discussed in a meeting with finance minister Arun Jaitley in San Francisco, which was attended by top notch US firms including Microsoft.

Microsoft said it would soon tweak the Windows 10 preview program as its engineers push toward the July 29 launch of the final code to customers. As of the next build to the Windows Insider program, Microsoft will require that participants associate their Microsoft Account — typically the same username and password combination for accessing company services such as Outlook.com, OneDrive and Skype — with the preview on their PC.

Phil Spencer is giving gamers the ability to have more choice about how they play their favorite games, where they play their favorite games and when they play their favorite games. Check out the video for all of his comments, where he laid out how gamers can more easily play games on the PC as well as the Xbox One.