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Microsoft Ventures partnered with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) in September 2014 to set up a GenNext Innovation Hub, an incubator for startups, in Navi Mumbai. The first batch, comprising 11 start-ups, ended its 19-week workshop last month. Rajinish Menon, Director, Microsoft Ventures, said, “These start-ups have been experiencing tremendous growth in terms of clientele and product development. We will continue to work with these start-ups as they evolve into billion dollar companies of future.”

Microsoft is continuing its open approach to cloud storage by hooking more third-party services into Office. The integration is only available in Office for iOS but Microsoft is working on bringing the expanded cloud storage support to its Android- and Windows-based Office apps. With the latest updates for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, users can open documents straight from services like iCloud Drive and Box, then edit and save the documents back to Apple’s service.

Microsoft has launched its most affordable Lumia smartphones in Uttar Pradesh, one of the biggest smartphones market in India. The Uttar Pradesh smartphone market is pegged at roughly 700,000 units a month. The devices Microsoft Lumia 532 and Microsoft Lumia 435 are priced at Rs 6,499 and Rs 5,999, respectively, Microsoft subsidiary Nokia India Director (East) Kislay Kumar said here. These smart phones run on Windows Phone 8.1 operating system and Lumia Denim.

Microsoft has begun enhancing the social aspects of gaming in preparation of cross-platform, multiplayer gaming coming to Windows 10 and Xbox One. The Xbox One website has been enhanced with more ways to find friends and see what they’re up to. According to Xbox’s Director of Programming, Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb, you can now find and make more friends with the addition of a “Suggested Friends” section.

Microsoft launched its flagship smartphone Lumia 435, available at Infibeam. The Lumia 435 Dual SIM is powered by a 1.2GHz Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, 1 GB RAM, and is equipped with Windows OS 8.1 with Lumia Denim. The handset features a set of Microsoft services that include Microsoft’s Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote), Outlook, Skype, and OneDrive.

Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones is now available to download. This is a pre-release version of Microsoft’s upcoming mobile operating system. Here a detailed procedure how you could download if you want to try the new operating system on your Windows Phone device.

A new update to Skype for Android brings in some really cool features: the new version, Skype 5.2, is now available in Google Play and allows users to share photographs with their contacts, whether online or offline.