Microsoft today opened its Cyber Security Engagement Centre (CSEC) in Gurgaon, India to enhance cybersecurity. “This aims to drive public-private partnerships to fight cybercrime, strengthen the cooperation with Indian businesses, government and academic organizations on cybersecurity, and increase its contribution towards securing Indian computer and internet users from cybercrime threats,” said the company. Continue reading “Microsoft opens cyber security engagement centre in India”
Microsoft has announced that it will start rolling out Planner, team collaboration software for all eligible Office 365 users. Planner lets you visually organize plans, assign tasks, share files, chat and more.
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Microsoft has announced that it is bringing an array of updates and improvements to Xbox One. Most importantly, the company is bringing its digital voice assistant Cortana to Xbox One.
Earlier you could only pair your Android device with the Microsoft Band, but there was no Cortana support. Continue reading “Cortana support for Microsoft Band now on Android devices too”
Microsoft has announced that it had opened up Windows Holographic to all device, especially virtual reality makers. The company has kick started working with HTC’s Vive team to port the Windows Holographic Windows 10 interface to it. Continue reading “Microsoft to open Windows Holographic to virtual reality makers”
Skype has updated its Android app with Material Design features UI designed for tablets. The latest update bumps the app to version 7.0.
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Microsoft Corporation today announced that it plans to cut 1,850 jobs to streamline the company’s smartphone hardware business. Last year it cut 7,800 jobs from its phone division to refocus its phone efforts, after 18,000 layoffs the previous year that affected the workforce adopted via Nokia. The company recently announced that it will sell its feature phone business to FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group and and HMD Global for $350 million.
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Microsoft is expected to launch Windows Anniversary update on July 29. The company had released Windows 10 Threshold on July 29, 2015.
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Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down the Sunrise Calendar app it had acquired last February. The popular calendar app will be shut down on August 31.
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Microsoft has announced Sharepoint mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows. These apps will offer users full-fidelity access to company news and announcements, people, sites, content and apps.
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Microsoft is creating its own version of IFTTT (If This Then That) tool which is dubbed as Flow. The service lets you to connect apps and services and automate portions of your workflow.
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Earlier this month it was reported that Microsoft will release three variants of the Surface Phone in 2017. Now, the company has accidentally leaked some information about the phone.
Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Phone could feature Snapdragon 830 SoC and 8GB RAM”
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14328 for both PC and Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. The latest build includes Microsoft’s new Windows Ink Workspace.
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Microsoft and Google have mutually reached an agreement to drop all the regulatory complaints against each other across the world. The companies have said they will now try to work together to solve any issues that arise before filing official complaints.
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