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Zonals held in four cities – Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore and Delhi – for Microsoft VFest 2015 witnessed stupendous response from the country’s youth. Raghuvesh Sarup, Director – Marketing, Nokia India Sales Pvt. Ltd (a subsidiary of Microsoft Mobiles Oy), said, “Microsoft Mobiles has always tried to play the role of an enabler by empowering the youth to showcase their talent at the right platforms. VFest is a great platform with a successful history and a scale that connects the whole country.”

Microsoft is betting advanced analytics to augment its mobile-first, cloud-first effort. The company has announced that it is acquiring Revolution Analytics, a US-based big data analytics specialist and open-source software company. The acquisition will help Microsoft in spreading the use of advanced analytics in its products including Azure cloud, according to David Smith, Community Officer, Revolution Analytics.

Microsoft researchers have created a scarf that can be commanded to heat up and vibrate via a smartphone app, part of an exploration of how the accessory could eventually work with emerging biometric and emotion-sensing devices. It could, perhaps, soothe you if a sensor on your body determines you’re down — a function that could be particularly useful for people who have trouble managing their emotions.

Microsoft executives have made public how Microsoft is using CPS to power their own private cloud, called the Nebula. The CPS is accessed by development engineers via Windows Azure Pack (WAP) self-service portal.

BLK Super Specialty, a 650-bed hospital providing tertiary care, is migrating to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to enhance patient experience by leveraging data insights. Naresh Kapoor, Director, BLK Super Specialty Hospital said, “We want to provide our patients with world class services in treatment and care. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online will help us with key insights to achieve this goal.”

“I think, for us, the fact that a billion-and-a-half users use Windows is incredible,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said, “And we want to be able to serve that base and grow that base with the innovation. To me, the brand is a reflection of the innovation that people love. And that’s what I want us to be focused on.” Nadella feels Microsoft can attain genuine love from its customers by demonstrating a continued series of product innovations.

Microsoft Windows 10 can be downloaded from the Microsoft website and users can try the technical preview build of the operating system on a clean PC. Head to the Microsoft website and click on the links for your preferred language and x64 or x86 versions accordingly.

ASUS has launched its EeeBook X205 notebook with an 11.6-inch screen with a full-size keyboard, large touchpad, and powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor. EeeBook X205 ships with Windows 8.1, and is fully-compatible with a wide range of software and hardware.

Powered by Windows Phone 8.1 Operating system, the iBall Andi 4L Pulse offers great performance, a great user experience brimming with powerful specs. Andi4L Pulse also comes with Microsoft’s productive suite Office, OneDrive, Xbox, Bing search apps.

One of the most anticipated features of the new Office for Windows 10 is its touch-friendly functionalities. Microsoft has added touch features in the new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. These new apps will be pre-installed in all phones and tablets running Windows 10.