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Microsoft has slashed the price of its new-generation gaming console, Xbox One (without Kinect), from Rs 39,990 to Rs 34,990, just ahead of the E3 trade show. The Xbox One bundles include the Xbox One console, which features a 500GB hard drive, Blu-ray player and built-in Wi-Fi, one Xbox One Wireless Controller and a free 14-day trial of Xbox Live Gold for new members.

Technology giant Microsoft opened its first Microsoft Priority Reseller Store in the Chennai as it rebrands “Nokia Priority” stores. The change of brand follows the Microsoft-Nokia deal in which Washington-based firm acquired the handset business of Finland-based Nokia for $7.2 billion. “In India itself it is a big change for us, which we are trying to offer as part of the Microsoft experience is concerned.” Nokia India Sales Director-South TS Sridhar said.

Microsoft unveiled an Xbox One console with double the memory space that will hit the market as the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game extravaganza gets under way next week. The new Xbox One model boasts a terabyte of space that will likely appeal to players who are increasingly installing games as digital downloads instead of opting for disks.

Microsoft launched a public preview of home-grown technology that makes it possible to run the Cloud Foundry open source platform-as-a-service on its Azure cloud. “Cloud Foundry makes it faster and easier to build, test, deploy, and scale cloud applications from different languages,” stated Ning Kuang, senior program manager for Microsoft Azure.

Archive360 Inc., a leading software development company offering fast and seamless email archive migration solutions, introduces multiple enhancements to their Archive 2-Anywhere platform to complement Microsoft’s Office 365 PST Import Service. Microsoft’s PST Import Service allows companies to transfer PST files from their on-premises environment to Exchange Online mailboxes to satisfy compliance needs, protect against data loss and enable user access.

Lenovo added two new devices to its YOGA series of convertibles – Yoga 300 and Yoga 500 – powered by Intel processors. Pre-loaded with Microsoft Office 365, users can access documents across devices on the go. The Lenovo YOGA 300 and YOGA 500 offers four convertible modes – laptop, stand, tent and tablet.

Microsoft has announced new features and Skype for Business integration for its Office 365 for Web suite. Users can now start an instant chat or voice/video conversation with their colleagues directly and without leaving the Inbox, OneDrive for Business, or Calendar applications. “Conversations will provide you with real-time, direct access to the information you need directly from your colleagues and will persist across applications,” said Nick Robinson, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Office 365 team.

Microsoft said Skype Translator Preview would now be reaching Skype for Windows desktop app by the “end of summer 2015”, roughly at the time of the Windows 10 launch on July 29. The firm announced that while Skype Translator Preview supports four spoken languages – English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin, apart from 50 written instant messaging languages – it will “continue to expand the repertoire of languages” as soon as support meets its “quality standard”.

HP announced that its currently shipping portfolio of Windows-based PCs are expected to be able to upgrade to Windows 10 when available on July 29, 2015. “Working closely with Microsoft, we designed all our 2015 products to be ready for Windows 10,” said Mike Nash, vice president, portfolio strategy and customer experience, Personal Systems, HP. “As a result, customers who purchased or plan to buy a 2015 Windows PC from HP should have a smooth transition to Windows 10.”