Recent News

In a move that helps solidify Microsoft’s attempt at being taken seriously by PC gamers, the company is partnering with Tencent to bring popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game League of Legends (LoL) to the Windows 10 store. This was announced on the company’s blog.

Software giant Microsoft, led by its CEO Satya Nadella, has developed yet another cloud tool that allows team members to share and collaborate on documents with one another. Part of Microsoft Office, the new tool called “Delve” surfaces the stuff one is interested in automatically. “It’s kind of like a Facebook news feed for work,” Nadella told CNN. “I can see all the work happening inside Microsoft, and it lights up based on what my topics of interest are. Think about how empowering it is to have that kind of transparency and access.”

Microsoft released a preview of the next generation of its popular corporate videoconferencing and instant messaging software. That software was formerly known as Lync but will now be called Skype for Business. The new Skype will help it fend-off Google and gain ground on Cisco, which is still the market leader.

Microsoft has launched a universal foldable keyboard that could be paired with most mobile device models. This device targets those customers who travel frequently or who use a tablet computer extensively for work or just love to operate the smartphone on the go. The Bluetooth-enabled keyboard works with all Android devices, Windows Phones and tablets as well as iOS powered iPhones and iPads.

eScan, one of the leading Anti-Virus and Content Security Solution providers, today announced it had attained Gold Competency. Phil Sorgen, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. said, “By achieving a gold competency, partners have demonstrated the highest, most consistent capability and commitment to the latest Microsoft technology. These partners have extensive expertise that puts them in the top 1 percent of our partner ecosystem, and their proficiency will help customers drive innovative solutions on the latest Microsoft technology.”

GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, announced that Vishal FinCap, a financial services firm in Gujarat, has improved collaboration and enhanced productivity among employees by using Microsoft Office 365 from GoDaddy. “We needed to ensure that critical client data was stored safely and to be able to access it from anywhere. We also wanted to improve collaboration. Office 365 from GoDaddy redefined flexibility for me,” said Mr. Patel, Founder of Vishal FinCap.

Truecaller, a leading search technology company, announced the launch of its premium features promotion for all Microsoft Lumia devices in India. Over the next 6 months, all Microsoft Lumia device users in India will be able to enjoy Truecaller premium features for free, What’s more, the recently launched Lumia 435 and 532 has Truecaller pre-installed facilitating a plug and play experience for customers.

Microsoft launched its most affordable internet ready phone in India – the Nokia 215 Dual SIM – priced at Rs.2,149, a company statement said. “India is a ‘mobile-first’ market, and feature phones are the first port of access to internet for a large number of mobile users,” said Raghuvesh Sarup, director-marketing, Nokia India Sales, a subsidiary of Microsoft Mobiles Oy.

Microsoft today announced that it would be opening a datacentre in Pune by the end of the year, one of the three that it would be opening in India. Speaking at the launch of the Microsoft Cloud Accelerator Program, Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman, Microsoft India, said, “The program is designed to help India move to the cloud and in turn, help ‘Make in India’ become a reality. This will open up new possibilities in e-governance, financial inclusion, healthcare and education.”

At its Convergence conference in Atlanta, Microsoft launched the Azure IoT suite and road-mapped its plans to become a leading player in the IoT space. The IoT suite which will be available as a preview later this year will offer customers tools that help with predictive maintenance, asset management and analytics