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Talking about Windows 10 hardware at its WinHEC hardware conference in China, Microsoft said Windows 10 phones will now support faster processors, more RAM, and also higher screen resolutions than the current Windows Phone devices.

Microsoft will upgrade only those PCs and tablets running Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 Update to Windows 10 later this year via the Windows Update service, the company revealed.

This list, which focuses on the best games exclusive to the Xbox One – or in some cases, Xbox One and PC – to help you get the most out of your new purchase, includes D4, Sunset Overdrive, Ori and the Blind Forest, Forza Horizon 2 and Titanfall.

Microsoft has announced the launch of its latest budget Internet-ready phone in India. The Nokia 215 is the first in its category that provides access to popular web content with Opera Mini Browser, Bing Search, MSN Weather and Twitter. Raghuvesh Sarup, Nokia India Sales and Director, Marketing, said the company remains dedicated to launching innovative phones for those using mobile devices for the first time.

Microsoft has added a new model to its affordable range of Lumia smartphones with the introduction of the Lumia 430 Dual SIM. Featuring the latest Windows Phone 8.1 software, the phone will retail for an estimated price of $70 (Rs 4,500, approx.), making it the most affordable Lumia that will be able to upgrade to Windows 10. The phone will be launched in India towards the end of April 2015.

CIOs are now becoming key decision-makers in the evaluation of hosting and cloud services, followed closely by the CEO, who is a primary decision-maker for 44 percent of companies, according to a new survey by 451 research. The survey commissioned by Microsoft also reports nearly 70 percent of the opportunity for cloud service providers now centres on application hosting, managed services, and security services.

Microsoft has announced that it would begin offering advertising inventory on Skype in India. Speaking to BestMediaInfo, Sonia Pandey, Partner Sales Lead – India, Advertising and Online, Microsoft, said, “Skype as an engagement platform for people, in terms of sharing their opinions and moments, can be a really powerful tool.”

A middle-aged Patiala housewife, running a ‘bottoms’ shop in Hyderabad, earlier sold the products mostly based on word-of-mouth advertisement. Her nine-year-old son Kuljot Singh has now built a site for her using Microsoft’s Azure offerings and helped expanded her market across the country – with the launch of her ‘e-commerce’ window. He accomplished it after listening to experts talking about the cloud and the fast-changing technology landscape at the two-day Microsoft Azure Conference in Pune last week.

Microsoft has expanded relationship with Polycom, which plans to deliver a new series of video collaboration solutions purpose-built for Skype for Business called Polycom RoundTable. This is an affordable and easy-to-use video solution for huddle rooms that will allow small to midsized businesses (SMB) and teams with Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync 2013.

Microsoft’s Annual CIO Summits represent the most exclusive gatherings of the world’s leading CIOs as they explore the next wave of enterprise technology. At the heart of this year’s Summits was the Cloud and SaaS delivery models, showcasing the value of the Microsoft Cloud for the modern enterprise. This year, Microsoft extended a speaker invitation to BrightStarr CEO, Jon Parker, to showcase the company’s Unily product.