The new Surface Pro an impressive upgrade over its predecessors, says Aparna Banerjea.
All future smartphones from Microsoft will be under the Microsoft brand, which means Nokia brand will now be phased out.
The company announced the launch at its 'small' Surface event, but didn't launch the Surface Mini rumored to debut at the presentation.
Microsoft, responding to the rights group's allegations, said a system fault had removed some search results for users outside China.
Microsoft has come up with 'Bing' a new search service that promises to help customers make better decisions, to assert its presence in the internet search space.
The 6,600-km submarine cable system would be operated and managed by Telxius.
We are not pursuing AI to beat humans at games. We are pursuing AI so that we can empower every person and every institution that people build, said Nadella
Microsoft was in for a rude shock late Sunday night when the leading packaged software maker discovered that its Indian retail website has been hacked.
Microsoft India on Wednesday launched its 'Women in Tech' initiative, which aims to double the number of women IT professionals in India from the present one million in the next few years.
Google pre-empted Microsoft's plans for a significant relaunch of its internet search service as it revealed on Tuesday changes to its own search results pages that echo some of the moves planned by its arch-rival.
Microsoft is encouraging Indian developers to be innovative and come forward with their new ideas.
The initiative will work on 40 areas in eight domains -- Energy & water, infrastructure, planning & buildings, Transportation, Public safety & justice, Tourism, recreation & culture, Education, Health and Social services & government administration.
'It is mind-blowing to see how e-commerce is progressing in this country...am not bothered about their valuations but am more interested in the quality of their ideas, which is pretty good, Satya Nadella said.
In arguing for a $44.6 billion Yahoo! bid, Microsoft's chief executive says 'better that we cannibalize ourselves' as software and services shift online.
The phone has some interesting features, and should be able to attract Windows-based phone users' attention who are on a budget, says Himanshu Juneja.
A proposed online search advertising deal between Yahoo and Google came under fire at a US Senate hearing as Microsoft claimed that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang had himself admitted that the agreement would hurt competition.
A month after taking over as Microsoft chief, Satya Nadella on Tuesday announced a major top-level reshuffle, which saw the heads of marketing and business development resigning.
Executives of Internet services firm AOL and software giant Microsoft held formal talks to discuss the possible $40-billion breakup of internet major Yahoo! on Wednesday, a media report said on Thursday.The Times reported that a team from AOL, the internet arm of media conglomerate Time Warner, met Microsoft officials to negotiate the possible split of Yahoo! which could lead to the software giant seizing control.
In February this year, Nokia had announced the 'Nokia X' family of affordable smartphones, running Google's Android apps, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The writing has been on the wall for some time. Exodus of senior leadership and growth behind its peers are reasons that have prompted Thierry Delaporte, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wipro to resign, analysts said. Delaporte, Wipro's seventh CEO, also resigned without completing his five-year term, like his predecessor Abidali Neemuchwala decided to end his tenure prematurely in 2020. Phil Fersht, HFS Research CEO and chief analyst believes the change in leadership was at least six months overdue.
Microsoft Devices on Wednesday announced the launch of "most affordable" Lumia 530 dual SIM smartphone for Rs 7,349 in India.
Microsoft Corp. has announced that it had reached out to Yahoo Inc. with a possibility of a fresh deal that does not involve an acquisition of the Internet company. "Microsoft is considering and has raised with Yahoo an alternative that would involve a transaction with Yahoo but not an acquisition of all of Yahoo," Microsoft said in a brief statement.
Microsoft has launched its own tablet called Surface.
The new service added 60 million users in six months.
Microsoft Corp unveiled faster, more powerful versions of its Surface tablet computer on Monday in an effort to boost poor sales of its flagship hardware product and mount a stronger challenge to Apple Inc's iPad.
With the emergence of cloud computing, Microsoft has a real opportunity in India.
With India emerging as a key market for its products, software giant Microsoft has said that it has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 45 per cent over the last five years in the Indian market.
The government asked digital platforms to provide technical and business process solutions to prevent and weed out misinformation that can potentially harm society and democracy, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.
Yahoo on Tuesday attempted to bolster its case for an improved offer from Microsoft, releasing stronger-than-expected financial projections to support its decision that the proposed deal had seriously undervalued it. Microsoft made a cash-and-shares offer that was worth $44.6bn, or $31 a share, when it was announced on February 1. The financial plan was first presented to Yahoo's board in December.
Finland's Nokia, once the undisputed leader in mobile phones, has been struggling to respond to the challenge from smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung.
"This book is about change," said Nadella.
The dual sim smartphone is equipped with 13MP rear camera.
It is an initiative to help women pursue their career interests after a break and make an easy transition, back into the corporate world.
Nineteen per cent of global fund managers remain bullish on India, suggests the latest BofA Asia Fund Manager Survey (FMS). A total of 249 panelists with $656 billion worth of assets under management (AUM) participated in the survey between February 2 and 8, BofA said. Two hundred and nine participants with $568 billion AUM responded to the global FMS questions, while 145 participants with $331 billion in AUM responded to the regional fund manager survey (FMS) questions, BofA said.
There are going to be developments that are going to make things a lot simpler in everyday life, says Rick Rishad, head, Microsoft Research.
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