Recent News

Metadata Technologies, provider of Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions and services in India and the Middle East, announced the global launch of its new generation Online Real Estate CRM solution “Property-xRM” built on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. “With the increased growth in the Real Estate Market, the industry is witnessing a buyer’s market, thereby triggering the need for sellers to adopt a customer centric business model equipped with state of the art systems,” said Rasheed Muhammed, Managing Director, Metadata.

Microsoft has purchased HockeyApp, a Germany-based mobile-development services company, company officials announced, this being Microsoft’s fifth offshore acquistion in 2014. HockeyApp provides mobile crash analytics and app distribution for developers building apps on iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

Microsoft customers in the US can now use Bitcoin to add money to their accounts, the global computing giant announced. Users can take funds from their Bitcoin wallets and convert them into dollars to make purchases from the Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox Games, Xbox Music, and Xbox Video stores. The new feature comes as a direct result of Microsoft’s integration with Bitpay, a Georgia-based company for electronic payment processing of Bitcoin.

Poorly designed advertisements from companies with a questionable reputation may not only annoy visitors to your web page but also hurt your business in the long-run, says a Microsoft study. “The practice of running annoying ads can cost more money than it earns, as people are more likely to abandon sites on which they are present,” said Siddharth Suri of Microsoft Research. The findings appeared in the Journal of Marketing Research.

Microsoft Asia-Pacific recently announced its 2014-2015 class of education innovators featuring 23 Microsoft Showcase Schools and 173 Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Experts from 10 countries across the region. “These APAC Microsoft Showcase Schools and Innovative Educator Experts are leading the way in transforming learning environments and delivering more personalized education to students,” said Beth Watson, Education Director, Public Sector, Microsoft Asia-Pacific.

Now you can take MSN’s most popular apps – News, Weather, Sports, Money, Health & Fitness, and Food & Drink – with you anywhere, whether you’re on the Web, Windows, Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad, Android Phone and Tablet, or your Amazon Kindle Fire and Amazon Fire Phone. The apps, available for download on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Windows and Windows Phone Stores, and the Amazon App Store, let users customize and organize information according to their interests.

The Indian Air Force today launched a sequel to its award-winning 3D mobile air combat game – “Guardians of the Skies” on the android, iOS and Windows mobile app stores hoping to attract the best talent for itself. The game has won the prestigious ‘Best Indian Game’ award from Microsoft on its windows application store, proving its popularity among gamers.

Mojang’s Minecraft Pocket Edition, the hit game which was until now only available for Android and iOS mobile devices, has finally reached Windows Phone 8.1 devices as well. The 13MB game is now available to buy from the Windows Phone Store for $6.99 (Rs. 410 in India), and is the first fruit of the Microsoft buyout of Mojang. On November 6, Microsoft closed the deal with Minecraft maker for $2.5 billion, continuing to invest in its Xbox gaming platform.

The addictive game from King, the makers of Pet Rescue Saga & Farm Heroes Saga, is now officially available on handsets with Windows 8.1 for free, which was a paid for game until now. Microsoft Lumia, on its official Facebook India page update said, “Sweet news! Candy Crush Saga – now on WP 8.1”

DPSG has launched its project “Microsoft Classroom of the Future”. The school has been selected by Microsoft as a 2014-2015 Microsoft Showcase School for its excellence in transforming its environment to deliver more personalized education to students, using mobile and cloud technology to prepare students for success in workplace. As a Showcase School, DPSG will work closely with Microsoft to lead innovation in education and communicate a vision for education enabled by technology through the hosting and mentoring of other schools in the community on transformational educational practices.