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KPMG announced an expansion of its strategic relationship with Microsoft to include a global collaboration to jointly deliver new suites of innovative solutions and services in data and analytics (D&A), cloud compliance and transformation, and business solutions. The collaboration signals an important phase in the Microsoft and KPMG relationship, driven by a shared certainty that clients are looking for business partners with solutions and services that combine the best in leading-edge technology, industry insight and innovative thinking with proven excellence in managing complex global projects.

Microsoft has said it has purchased the office mobile app LiveLoop, which allows multiple users to collaborate on PowerPoint presentations simultaneously. The purchase is the latest by the tech giant, after recent acquisitions of other mobile apps for professional use. “We are excited to welcome the talented team from LiveLoop to help build great collaboration across Office applications, part of our strategy and vision to reinvent productivity,” Microsoft said in a statement.

Microsoft has increased by a factor of eight the maximum size of OS drives that can run on its Azure cloud, hoping to get enterprises to migrate more workloads. Microsoft is methodically launching new services and adding features to Azure to make the platform more competitive and a better fit for different applications.

Microsoft has announced a second round of devices that will be able to run the latest builds of Windows 10 wherein the list has expanded considerably. According to the Verge, Microsoft opened up its Windows 10 Technical Preview to Windows Phone users last month, but only a scant few Lumia devices were supported. Now, that is set to change.

Microsoft has revealed the games that will be offered as part of the Games with Gold program in April 2015 for Xbox Live Gold subscribers on Xbox One and Xbox 360. Microsoft will be offering not three, but six games to download for free all through April.

The change of government in 2014 has brought about a new wave of optimism, rising from the belief that the moment for India to make better progress on the kind of reforms that the country needs and deserves has finally arrived. Karan Bajwa, Managing Director of Microsoft Corporation India said, “The digital divide is a huge problem. With technology becoming central to everything that we do, India cannot afford to leave large sections of its population on the wrong side of the digital divide. Technology can address the information asymmetry that we have, empowering people in a way that puts power in their hands. Last mile connectivity and finite computing that sits in the cloud are two pillars that can transform the country and make financial inclusion a reality.”

Microsoft Ventures and iSPIRT hosted SaaSx, a platform for SaaS (Software as a Service) entrepreneurs to share, learn and grow their business into million dollar Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) models. Ravi Narayan, Managing Director, Microsoft Ventures in India, said, “While SaaS is fast becoming a viable model for product start-ups in India, scaling it up rapidly is a bottleneck every mature SaaS start-up encounters. SaaSx, like our other initiatives with iSPIRT, is aimed at getting these start-ups the traction that will turn them into a global success.”

Rosetta Stone, the language-teaching software company has announced that it has worked with Microsoft to launch a new app for the Xbox One. The new app is designed to allow users to use a new immersive simulation to get the info they need to learn either English or Spanish.

Microsoft is methodically launching new services and adding features to Azure to make the platform more competitive and a better fit for different applications. With the new 1023GB limit, migrating virtual machines where apps and data residing on the OS drive exceed the previous ceiling becomes more straightforward, Microsoft’s Guy Bowerman, Senior Program Manager, Azure Compute Runtime, said.

iBall has announced two new additions iBall Slide WQ149i and WQ149R among its Windows-based 2-in-1 Tablet PCs. Developed in collaboration with the Intel and Microsoft, the 10.1-inch tablet PC runs on the latest Windows 8.1 operating system. Priced at a best buy of just Rs.18,499/- (Wi-Fi Version) and 19,999/- (3G Version), it comes packed with several free licenses, including the Microsoft Office 365 license with 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage for one year.