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Microsoft, in its endeavour to further its relationships with industry associations, has partnered with the Federation of Small and Medium Industries (FOSMI) in West Bengal to propagate the use of cloud computing. “While we continue to focus on growing the enterprise, we will also continue to spread awareness about cloud computing in the SMB sector,” said Alok Lall, Head of Microsoft Office division at Microsoft India.

Early this year, Dropbox released its cloud storage service on Windows phones and tablets, and now the company followed up with a universal app that fleshes out the features for both types of devices. The update automatically adapts to the user’s screen size and delivers a number of new features, including the ability for Windows Phone users to upload videos directly from their devices.

on Windows phones and tablets, and now the company followed up with a universal app that fleshes out the features for both types of devices. The update automatically adapts to the user’s screen size and delivers a number of new features, including the ability for Windows Phone users to upload videos directly from their devices.

Microsoft Research has created a new system that keeps data stored in the cloud safe from co-workers, cloud providers and government spies, even when the data is being accessed. The M or VC3 project is targeted at businesses, and stores data in sort of a lock box which can only be accessed via secure hardware managed by it.

Microsoft has confirmed that Outlook on the Web as well as in Office 2016 will have the Clutter feature turned on by default, from June 2015, even on all the existing mailboxes. The Clutter feature segregates emails by priority. So, users can see important emails first.

25 years ago, Solitaire debuted in Windows. To celebrate, Microsoft is throwing an internal competition to find the best players in the company, Microsoft says. The employees who rank highest in the leaderboard will face off against players from the public during a June 5 tournament hosted within the game, Microsoft says.

Lenovo announced that global technology industry leaders Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Baidu Chairman and CEO Robin Li will join Lenovo chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing for the keynote address at Lenovo Tech World on May 28 in Beijing. These technology leaders will share their vision for disruptive computing opportunities, unveil innovative technologies that are closer on the horizon, and discuss the role that partnerships play in creating a robust hardware and software ecosystem.

Windows 10 isn’t just a new version of the operating system, Microsoft’s Stella Chernyak said, “With Windows 10 we have a new generation that’s Windows as a Service. Windows Update for Business is an update delivery mechanism that we expect will help customers adopt the Windows as a Service model and which will also reduce the cost of device management.”

Microsoft, while announcing the return of its preloaded Windows games such as Solitaire, Hearts, and Minesweeper in Windows 10, also said that King Digital Entertainment’s very popular Candy Crush game will come preloaded with the OS as well.

Tech-giant Microsoft is all set to introduce Windows 10 for phones with a lot of new features for techies who are part of the preview program. The updated Windows will support Lumia 930/Lumia Icon, Lumia 640 and 640XL. It also announces the update to a non-Lumia smartphone for the first time ever. Microsoft said that Windows 10 will be unveiled for phones after it is launched for PCs.

Microsoft is ramping up the momentum of its mobile business and is driving itself towards the low-end, budget market segment to stay right in the middle of the competition in emerging markets like India. The strategy continues to yield results as analysts say that nearly 78 percent of market demand is for phones in the sub-Rs 10, 000 range. “We at Microsoft believe that the smartphone is the new PC and a PC helps any user to multi-task and to do more with one device,” said Raghuvesh Sarup, Director—Marketing, Microsoft Devices India.