Global software leader Microsoft Corporation has assured the Indian government of its commitment to supply 5,000 personal computers for a pilot education programme in 100 schools across six states
This is primarily because of the current economic situation in the country, Microsoft said. "Given the economic downturn, we are filing substantially fewer H-1B applications than we filed last year," Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith wrote in a blog posting on microsoftissues.com.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday identified agriculture, education and health as three sectors where he believes technology can play a big role, and highlighted efforts of his government.
Microsoft is likely to buy around 15 companies this year, in line with previous years.
Known as Virtual Earth 3D, this new technology lets users view a three-dimensional map of, initially, 15 US cities when they use 'Live Search,' the Newsweek said.
Investors' desire for companies to prioritise returning cash to shareholders through share buybacks, dividends or mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is at the highest level since July 2015, said a survey by BofA Securities (BofA). Nearly 30 per cent of respondents wanted companies to do so. As many as 226 respondents with $572 billion worth of assets under management (AUM) participated in the March fund manager survey (FMS), said BofA.
Software giant Microsoft is expected to provide a technical preview of its new Windows 9 operating system at an event in San Francisco later this month.
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A United States judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Microsoft Word in its current form in the US as it infringes a patent owned by a Canadian company, i41.
Frost & Sullivan, a global consulting company, on Thursday ranked Microsoft as number one vendor of business intelligence software
Microsoft Corp.'s anti-spam software is being used to create a vaccine that could fight the deadly Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Aimed at tapping first time PC users in the Hindi belt, Microsoft Corporation India on Thursday rolled out its operating system Windows XP Starter Edition in Hindi.
Lack of trust in employers has often led Chinese workers to balk at takeovers they fear will worsen employment conditions.
They will act as "innovation hubs" at select colleges and technology institutes, providing incubation and expert hands-on support on Microsoft technology.
Microsoft India managing director Rajiv Kaul has moved to the company's headquarters in Redmond as the senior director in the Windows client emerging market group.
Microsoft Corporation India has instituted 'Innovative Teachers Leadership' award for teachers under its India education program.
It's the first new gaming console in eight years.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it would double its investments in India and the employee strength in the small and medium business segment to expand its reach in the country by the year-end.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Friday had a private meeting with senior officials of his company in Chennai for about two hours.
Gates owns about 4.5 per cent of the $277 billion company and is its largest individual shareholder.
In January, the software major announced that it would trim 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months. Rattled by the adverse global economic conditions, Microsoft posted a fall in quarterly revenue for the first time in 23 years, last month.
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Microsoft has drawn up aggressive plans to increase the reach of its hardware products across India in the next 12 months.
The year-long alliance will support Assam's School Education System to use ICT towards improving the quality of learning in schools by recreating more interactive classroom experiences, official sources said in Guwahati on Thursday.
Microsoft Corporation on Thursday announced the availability of a Hindi language interface for the Windows XP operating system which can be downloaded at no additional cost.
Finnish phone manufacturer Human Mobile Devices (HMD Global), which acquired the Nokia brand name from Microsoft, is planning to make India a key manufacturing hub for its phone exports. The company only began exporting late last year with the Nokia 105 Classic. What started mainly with feature phones will now extend to smartphones - it announced the global launch of models under the HMD brand for the first time a few days ago and these will be available in India too.
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Following developments on Thursday, Microsoft is likely to pursue a hostile bid for Yahoo Inc takeover, people familiar with the proceedings said. Price will be a key factor if Microsoft turns hostile towards Yahoo. Microsoft's cash-and-stock offer was valued at $29.48 a share as of 4 p.m. on Thursday, on Nasdaq stock market composite trading. Yahoo had rejected this offer on the grounds of undervaluation. Microsoft had decided to up its bid as much as $ 33 per Yahoo share.
Google's Chrome OS will soon challenge the software giant's stranglehold in the operating system market.
IT company Microsoft Corporation India on Tuesday flagged off a series of five-city e-governance seminars, targeted at bureaucrats and government officials.
'Today's engineering graduates have to learn the skills to solve problems which is actually a higher order skill.'
Microsoft on Tuesday announced its decision to localise Windows and Office software in 14 Indian languages over the next 12 months and that the company would hire 'hundreds' in India this year.
Updated Windows is aimed chiefly at soothing traditional computer users.
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On March 14, the Supreme Court had ordered Nokia India to give Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion) as guarantee before it transfers the plant to Microsoft.
