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March 17, 2016 Microsoft India Nearly Doubles Price of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10
Microsoft has almost doubled the price of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 PCs. At launch the game was Rs. 729 but now it’s available for Rs. 1,480. The price hike was first spotted by users of local gaming forum IndianVideoGamer. While we’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update this […]
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March 17, 2016 Microsoft Is Training AI With Minecraft, and Soon You Can Help Too
Some of Microsoft’s top minds have been training a computer to make it understand the concept of learning by way of playing Minecraft, and the software giant now wants your help. “We’re trying to program it to learn, as opposed to programming it to accomplish specific tasks,” Fernando Diaz, a senior researcher at the company’s […]
ELECTRONICS 
March 16, 2016 Microsoft Goes After Evernote With Launch of OneNote Importer Tool
Microsoft is going after Evernote, perhaps the biggest name in the note-taking services market. If you were on the fence about whether or not you want to ditch Evernote for OneNote, Microsoft’s newly released tool can help you make your decision. The Redmond, Washington-based company has released OneNote Importer tool that allows you to quickly […]
NEWS March 14, 2016 Microsoft to End PC Gaming as We Know It: Gears of War Developer
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is a programming application for Windows 10 developers that lets them create a single version of software to run across all Windows devices including PCs, smartphones, tablets, and the Xbox One. The company is slated to unveil more UWP details at its Build event this month. However UWP has also gained […]
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March 12, 2016 Microsoft bets big on huge SMB base in India
Global technology giant Microsoft is betting big on India’s 40 million strong small and medium business (SMB) base for the next level of growth in the country, with its ‘mobile first’ solutions. With the country moving ahead with 3G and 4G technology and most small businesses taking asmartphone first approach, Microsoft believes that it is […]
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March 9, 2016 Google, Microsoft, Other Rivals Back Apple Ahead of iPhone Ruling
Tech industry leaders including Alphabet Inc’s Google, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp, AT&T and more than two dozen other Internet and technology companies were filing legal briefs on Thursday asking a judge to support Apple Inc in its encryption battle with the US government, court documents and sources familiar with the companies’ plans said. The rare […]
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March 4, 2016 Here’s why Microsoft bought SwiftKey for $250 million—artificial intelligence
Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: On Tuesday, London-based predictive technology company SwiftKey said it has joined the Microsoft family. The deal, first reported by the Financial Times, is believed to be around $250 million. SwiftKey, for most smartphone users, comes through as just another third-party keyboard app, an upgrade on the default keyboard that most platforms […]
ALL DEALS February 28, 2016 Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM Review
Microsoft debuted its Windows 10 Mobile OS with the launch of two Lumia devices in India late last month. The company is going with a top-down approach by first introducing the best it has to offer with the Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM and Lumia 950 Dual SIM and follow that up with more affordable […]
COMPUTERS February 28, 2016 Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Review
The first thing that you’ll note when you see Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 is that it is, beyond a doubt, cool to look at. Microsoft launched the tablet-hybrid in India in January, just a few months after the launch in the US. Microsoft loaned us a Surface Pro 4 (Core i5/ 4GB RAM/ 128GB SSD) […]
