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With Satya Nadella as CEO, Microsoft has made great strides over the last year—changing its focus and making itself more relevant in the new mobile-first world. Here are some reasons for Nadella’s success in the past one year, how he is bringing some radical changes in the organization and the road ahead.

Acer has announced its newest 2-in-1 hybrid tablet called Acer One. The device runs on a Windows 8.1 operating system and comes with features like Microsoft InstantGo, which can instantly start up the computer from sleep, refresh data in real-time and become an efficient power saver when you’re away from a wall charging port.

“Microsoft is adding nearly 2000 customers in India every month for its ‘commercial cloud’ even as there is a ‘gold rush’ for adoption of cloud-based information technology services by clients,” said, S Somasegar, Microsoft Corporate Vice-President (Developer Division). With over 250 million Indians using Internet-connected devices, there is a huge demand for cloud services.

Microsoft has started updating its Intune IT management service on a monthly basis. The first iteration of the Intune monthly updates includes greater support for Windows software running on third-party devices such as Android and Apple iOS devices. Additional security features have also been added for Windows 8.1 computers and phones.

VP of Microsoft’s Operating Systems Group Joe Belfiore took to Twitter to confirm that Windows 10 for phones will be available for 512MB Windows phone devices. The features may differ depending on the phones, and the roll out will be variable as well.

Microsoft has announced the availability of Bing Lock Screen App for Android users. This lock screen app gets the daily Bing homepage image to your phone so that you have a refreshing new image on the phone every day.

This year’s first Xbox One software update has been rolled out by Microsoft, and it brings with it a host of new overall improvements to the console’s functionalities, apart from a number of visual changes. The upgrade can be downloaded now by all owners of the console who have an active Internet connection anywhere in the world.

Oxagile LLC attained a Microsoft Gold Application Development competency, demonstrating a best-in-class ability and commitment to meet the evolving customers’ needs in today’s dynamic business environment.

Microsoft launched the Lumia 435 dual-SIM, the most affordable Windows Phone handset to date in India. Priced at Rs 5,999, the Lumia 435 packs in entry-level specs and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim firmware update. Inside the handset sits a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor with Adreno 302 GPU, paired with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage.

Microsoft got our interest with its recently revealed HoloLens that functions as a smart glass with holographic capabilities. The potential for it is amazing especially in Minecraft where one can design things in their living room on the fly. It’s interesting because it allows you to automatically select weapons from your backpack, listen to custom soundtracks or start a party – all without having to leave the actual game.