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Anant Maheshwari appointed as President of Microsoft India

Technocrat Anant Maheshwari was appointed as the President of Microsoft India, a subsidiary of US based software giant Microsoft Inc. He will join Microsoft India in September 2016...

August 3, 2016

Microsoft to design app for HRD Ministry’s SWAYAM platform

The technology giant Microsoft is going to design mobile application for Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry’s SWAYAM platform. Under this platform ministry is going to launch 2000...

June 18, 2016

Pakistan tops in 2016 Malware Infection Index

Pakistan has topped in the list of 19 countries figuring in the 2016 Malware Infection Index (MII) in the Asia-Pacific region. The index for the Asia-Pacific region was...

June 9, 2016

Andhra Pradesh Government ink MoU with Microsoft India on technology initiatives

Andhra Pradesh Government has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with tech giant Microsoft India on various technology initiatives for governance. The MoU was signed after a meeting...

December 29, 2015

Microsoft launches Windows 10

US Software giant Microsoft launched its new operating system Windows-10 with a host of new features.  It was launched by Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella at a global...

July 30, 2015

Microsoft to develop digital villages, cyber-security centre in Maharashtra

Software giant Microsoft has agreed to develop ‘digital villages’ and a ‘smart MIDC’ (industrial colony) in Maharashtra under state’s flagship ‘Make In Maharashtra’ initiative. It was announced by...

July 6, 2015

Microsoft launches Edu-Cloud with aim to Make Learning Fun

Information technology giant, Microsoft has launched a cloud computing-based offering Edu-Cloud with an aim to Make Learning Fun. It seeks to enhance digital learning and teaching in schools...

May 6, 2015

US President Barack Obama to honour Satya Nadella with ‘Champion of Change’ award

United States (US) President Barack Obama is going to honour Microsoft’s Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella with the ‘Champions of Change’ award. He will be honoured with this award...

April 18, 2015

Microsoft unveils virtual assistant Cortana for Windows handsets

Technology giant Microsoft has unveiled virtual assistant- Cortana for Windows Phone handsets. Cortana is female voice-controlled application. It uses Microsofts search engine Bing and data stored on the...

January 22, 2015

Microsoft sues Indian firm C-Cubed Solutions for technical support scam

Microsoft has sued an Indian company C-Cubed Solutions along with other entities for misusing its name and registered trademarks by providing fraudulent technical support services to unsuspecting consumers....

January 1, 2015

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