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Microsoft strikes 10-year deal Call of Duty with Nintendo, Sony on spot

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it struck a deal to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years when its USD 69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard goes through an apparent attempt to fend off objections from rival Sony. The blockbuster merger is facing close scrutiny from regulators in the US, Europe and elsewhere. Microsoft, maker of the Xbox game console, faces resistance from Sony, which makes the competing PlayStation console and has raised concerns with antitrust watchdogs about losing access to what it calls a must-have game title. Microsoft President Brad Smith tweeted his thanks to Nintendo, which makes the Switch game console, saying the same offer was available for Sony. Any day @Sony wants to sit down and talk, we'll be happy to hammer out a 10-year deal for PlayStation as well, he said. Smith said the agreement will bring Call of Duty to more gamers and more platforms, and that's good for competition and good for ...

Microsoft enters 10-yr deal with Nintendo for 'Call Of Duty' games

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday

Microsoft may build 'super app' to compete with Apple, Google dominance

The tech giant aspires to emulate companies such as Tencent, which has all-in-one applications like WeChat

Microsoft to train, certify over 100k Indian software developers in a month

IT company Microsoft will train and certify over 1 lakh software developers in India in a month under its pan-India "Future Ready Champions of Code" program, the company said on Tuesday. The month-long programme will be supported by Microsoft's customers and partners incuding Accenture, HCLTech, Icertis, Infosys, InMobi, OYO, PayU, TCS, Tech Mahindra, udaan, VerSe Innovation, Wibmo (A PayU company) and Wipro among others with a focus to fast-track competency development among their developer teams, the company said in a statement. As a part of the programme, developers will be provided resources online to learn, practice, earn net new or renew Microsoft cloud certifications. Microsoft India, Executive Director for Customer Success, Aparna Gupta said India has become an innovation powerhouse with one of the fastest growing developer communities and Microsoft recognises the creativity, innovation, and passion of developers to build technology that is driving the nation's growth. "Wi

India's Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu meets Microsoft CEO Nadella

India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on Monday met Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Seattle during which they discussed the software giant's work in India including in education, technology, healthcare and entrepreneurship sectors. In October, Nadella, 55, was presented with the prestigious Padma Bhushan by India's Consul General in San Francisco, Dr TV Nagendra Prasad. The CEO of Microsoft was named one of 17 awardees earlier this year. Discussed Microsoft's work in India including in skilling, education, technology, healthcare and entrepreneurship sectors, Sandhu said in a tweet following his meeting with Nadella at the Microsoft's headquarters in Seattle. Microsoft was a founding member of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response and it did some great work during India's Covid-19 crisis. Microsoft Teams is being used in virtual learning in many schools in India and the software giant also does skilling initiatives both for the labour force in the private sector as

Microsoft offers 10-year contract on new 'Call of Duty' games to Sony

Microsoft has offered a 10-year contract to Sony to make future 'Call of Duty' (CoD) games available on PlayStation, if its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition goes ahead

Microsoft plans to raise Xbox first-party game prices by $10 in 2023

Microsoft will reportedly raise its first-party Xbox game prices from $59.99 to $69.99 next year

Microsoft Teams gets instant polls, schedule send, other features: Details

From instant polls to schedule message, unread toggle, and schedule send, Microsoft rolled out several feature updates for its enterprise-centric communication platform Teams. Here are the details

Microsoft, LinkedIn empower 7.3 mn learners in India, announce new skills

The company said it will provide free access to 350 courses, six new 'Career Essentials Certificates' and 50,000 'LinkedIn Learning Scholarships' to millions of learners in India and globally

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5, Surface Pro 9 go on sale in India: Price, specs

The Surface Laptop 5 and Surface Pro 9 come at a starting price of Rs 107,999 and Rs 105,999, respectively

HCLTech signs multi-year contract with Swiss MRO firm SR Technics

HCLTech's role is to digitally transform the Swiss company's business, will implement a new greenfield SAP S/4HANA environment hosted on Microsoft Azure using RISE with SAP

Snapchat debuts on the Microsoft Store for Windows users: Details here

Snapchat is coming as a Progressive Web App (PWA), which will run through Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating system-based computers

WhatsApp rolls out new feature to share contact cards on Windows beta

The new feature allows users to share contact cards within the same chat share sheet

Google, Microsoft announce new pacts to use renewable energy in data centre

Google and Microsoft have both announced new agreements to lower their IT operations' carbon footprint by using renewable energy sources in their data centres.

Apple makes about Rs 1.5 lakh every second, Microsoft pockets Rs 1.1 lakh

Do you know how much profit Apple makes every second? It is a staggering over Rs 1.48 lakh, making the iPhone maker the world's most profitable company

Microsoft introduces 'polls' to make meetings more engaging in Teams

This feature will allow users to get the answers they're looking for without leaving their meeting or group chat

Microsoft adds 'portrait mode' feature to PowerPoint for iPhones

To link the Android device to the system, scan the QR provided under Mobile Device' and follow the onscreen instructions

Hackers exploited discontinued web server at Tata Power: Microsoft

Microsoft has warned that state-sponsored hackers are attacking critical energy infrastructure in India via exploiting a discontinued web server, with the most recent attack observed on Tata Power

Samsung Galaxy A-series phones get Voice Focus feature with OneUI 5 update

The OneUI 5.0 software update with Voice Focus feature is available for the Samsung Galaxy A33 5G, Galaxy A53 5G, and Galaxy A73 5G smartphones

Microsoft introduces 'sign language view' feature in Teams for deaf users

When sign language view is enabled, designated signers remain visible on the centre stage as long as their video is activated