Murtuza Rohawala, founder and CEO of Edfin Consultancy suggests a few ideas you can get started with in India right away.
"Live Search Maps for India will allow users to search for geographical information, places of general interest and business listings both on the PC and on mobile phones," said Microsoft India Consumer and Online Marketing Operations Head Rishi Srivastava. Microsoft's map services will offer detailed listings and street maps for nine cities, business listings across 29 cities and access to highway networks to 20,000 cities and towns.
The Hyderabad Garage will collaborate with teams in Silicon Valley, Redmond, Vancouver, Washington, New England, Israel and Beijing.
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 use of Aadhaar on Skype Lite and LinkedIn will allow Microsoft to bring on board millions in small towns and rural areas lacking e-mail IDs.
Tata has moved up the ladder in a list of the world's most-valued brands.
The Tata Group has been named the world's eleventh most reputed company, according to a study compiled by United States-based Reputation Institute.
Yahoo and Google are close to sealing a search advertising alliance that would leave Microsoft out in the cold as it hunts for a way to boost its own flagging search business, according to a person familiar with the matter. Separately Yahoo said on Thursday that talks with Microsoft on the latter's bid for the company were now over.
Microsoft is promising a whole new user experience with its retooled and re-engineered offerings.
It comes a week after new Chief Executive Satya Nadella unveiled new versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel applications for Apple Inc's iPad.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and retiring Chief Executive Steve Ballmer are standing for re-election to Microsoft Corp's board of directors, despite recent moves by some investors to reduce their influence.
Microsoft has also approached other big online publishers to persuade them to remove their sites from Google's search engine
Microsoft is said to be partnering with a few ODM manufactures to create the Zune-like phone, which includes 720p HD video and at least a 5 mega pixel camera.
Google, the leading Web search engine, is preparing to introduce a powerful file and text software tool for locating information stored on personal computers, a move which would enable it to compete with software giant Microsoft.
Foxconn's business in India has grown to over $10 billion till 2024.
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Google Chief Executive Officer Larry Page also praised Gundotra in his own Plus post.
Anandan, also an investor in multiple start-ups, is slated to join venture fund Sequoia Capital.
Internet search giant Google has sued the US Department of the Interior alleging that the federal agency favoured rival Microsoft while considering bids for e-mail and collaboration software for its 88,000 employees.
Google boss's absence at US-China internet forum meet raises eyebrows.
The institute has bagged 179 pre-placement offers so far, with the highest domestic offer at Rs 64 lakh per annum.
Microsoft, the world's largest software company, is all set to launch its Internet search service from Thursday, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Unique benefits, work-life balance, and fair share of profits were the top three areas where MNCs fared better over Indian companies
Microsoft has had great success with Office 365, with over 1,200 customer win-backs over the last year and a half against Google apps.
Researches reveal that many firms that employ H-1B workers directly, including some of the biggest names in the technology industry such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Qualcomm, Salesforce and Uber, pay a large share of their H-1B workers at one of the two lowest wage levels, Level 1 or Level 2.
Code named Mango, this new OS for mobile handsets comes powered with many familiar applications of the most popular operating system in the PC world.
Executive Satya Nadella appears most likely to be named Microsoft's new CEO but the name of another India-born technology executive is doing the rounds as a candidate for the top job, a report said.
US based Get Ahead reader Rangaprabhu Parthasarthy feels the Microsoft Surface tablet would have given Apple's iPad a tough time had it been priced at $300.
Microsoft had acquired Nokia's phone business for $7.2 billion two years ago under its then CEO, Steve Ballmer.
'To those who have just finished engineering or MCA or BSc, BBA, I will say they should take up whatever internship opportunities they are getting.' 'They should look for opportunities to learn the latest tools.' 'They should think innovative and try to solve problems. Only when you sharpen your skills, you will remain relevant.'
The company has been a part of the start-up ecosystem in a big way from early stages right up to when the companies start achieving full scale.
The terms of the acquisition were not made public.
The potted history of the browser wars indicates how much the online space has altered in the last 25 years. Chrome's dominance, says Devangshu Datta, is unlikely to last forever.
IITs anticipate COVID-19 restrictions to impact international offers being extended by global recruiters.
The two entities would form a "broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem."
The new website will look like Facebook with news feeds, but offer work and personal pages, according to 'zdnet.com' which quoted a report in the Financial Times.
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.
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