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Microsoft detailed the roles of Internet Explorer and Project Spartan browsers in the upcoming Windows 10 operating system. The company also announced that “major Web entities” will contribute to its platform, and announced Adobe’s Web Platform Team as its first partner.

Xbox Fitness will now sync data with Microsoft Health. What this means is, you’ll be able to access your exercise data across devices via the Health dashboard. So, if you own a Microsoft Band, you can choose to exercise in a gym, and perhaps take the workout home with Xbox Fitness. All the data is synced to one central location that’s accessible on the Web or through cross-platform apps.

Digital Vidya, a digital marketing training company, has announced its partnership with Microsoft India. This tie-up aims to empower and enable Microsoft partners to leverage digital marketing to be more efficient and profitable in selling Microsoft’s solutions.

Teams from Amrita College of Engineering (Bengaluru), the Indian Institute of Technology (Hyderabad), and the Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai) were announced as the winners of the recently concluded ‘Build The Shield’, a first-of-its-kind national level college hacking contest hosted by Microsoft.

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, both are a seamless combination of tablet with the power of PC. The 10.1inch 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 including 1 TB (terabyte) OneDrive cloud storage for one year.

Microsoft India has selected M S University for imparting a faculty empowerment programme titled ‘Saksham’. Microsoft has designed this internet and communication technology (ICT) training program for higher education in the university aligned with the objectives of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) policy of the union ministry of human resource development, New Delhi. All participants will be given certificates by Microsoft after attending all six days of training.

Fund Managers are constantly faced with the arduous task of getting better insights from their portfolios, identify performance drivers, analyze and mitigate risks, enhance their decision making capabilities and achieve a superior portfolio performance. Miles Software has built a solution to help them do just that with relative ease. Built on SQL Server 2014, the solution helps fund managers to gain deep insights by integrating data sources from the cloud and on premise systems. It helps them perform a comprehensive analysis of data to gauge portfolio performance and analyze risk around each portfolio.

Microsoft Corp’s Office apps will be pre-installed in some Samsung tablets running Google’s Android system, extending an agreement to put some Microsoft apps on the new Samsung Galaxy S6 phone. The move is the latest sign that Microsoft is pushing to get its cloud-enabled software into the hands of as many customers as possible, regardless of the platform or device.

Microsoft have teamed up with All India Bakchod to make a wicked new Xbox One promo for India! The promo seems to be just in time for the console’s latest price drop – the Xbox One is currently available for just Rs 30,000 on Amazon.in.

Microsoft India is betting big on the new Windows 10 operating system to boost its presence in the smartphone segment. “The biggest USP of Windows 10 is that it will unify the Windows OS experience across devices and in turn generate app developers’ interest,” said Vineet Durani, Director-Windows Business Group, Microsoft Corporation India.