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Data protection Bill panel seeks FB, Microsoft, Assocham, Nasscom views
The JPC had sought suggestions on the Bill from people and organisations on the proposed legislation in January
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After IBM & Amazon, Microsoft stops selling face recognition tech to police
Microsoft's president and chief counsel, Brad Smith, announced the decision and called on Congress to regulate the technology during a Washington Post video event on Thursday
 "After IBM & Amazon, Microsoft stops selling face recognition tech to police")
Microsoft's VC arm M12 opens India office in Bengaluru, to focus on B2B
M12 seeks to invest in disruptive enterprise software start-ups in Series-A through C funding stages, targeting both local and cross-border solutions
Microsoft rolls out Chromium Edge browser for all Windows 10 users
The Chromium-based Edge browser provides best-in-class compatibility with extensions and websites
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Microsoft Teams video calls likely to show 49 participants in gallery view
Cisco's enterprise-centric conference and video call platform WebEx shows up to 25 participants. Google Hangouts for G Suite shows up to 25 people on a video call
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The corona deals
The pandemic will hurry the closure of brands and businesses that would have gone into gradual decline. Wait then for more deals to be announced in media and entertainment
Cook, Nadella and Pichai stand together in support of racial equality
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, said the company has decided to share its support for racial equality in solidarity with the black community on Google and YouTube homepages in the US.
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Have empathy for those who are scared: Nadella condemns George Floyd death
In a note to Microsoft employees, Nadella said that every-day racism, bias, and hatred in the news today is not new
 "Have empathy for those who are scared: Nadella condemns George Floyd death")
Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?
The Microsoft top boss feels that the increase in productivity has come at the price of burning the 'social capital' built up by companies over very many years
India among Houseparty's top ten markets, won't monetise user data for ads
Houseparty began picking up in India and globally in the last three months since lockdowns in most parts of the world forced people to stay at home.
 "India among Houseparty's top ten markets, won't monetise user data for ads")
Slack threatens Microsoft's entire Office 365 empire: CEO Butterfield
In a different universe where Slack is incredibly successful over the next two years and 98% of knowledge workers use Slack, says CEO Stewart Butterfield
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Microsoft says it will invest in Skype despite success with Teams app
Microsoft Teams registered a new daily record of 2.7 billion meeting minutes in a single day on March 31 - 200 per cent increase from 900 million on March 16
Microsoft launches Surface Hub 2S digital collaboration device in India
The all-in-one digital whiteboard, meeting platform, and teamwork collaborative computing device is priced at Rs 11,89,999, which includes a Surface Hub 2 Camera and and a Surface Hub 2 Pen
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Microsoft's Project Reunion to unify Win32, UWP apps development process
Project Reunion expands company's effort to make it easier to build a great Windows apps, the company announced during its Build 2020 conference
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Despite pressure from govt, US tech giants in no rush to open office
Google and Facebook told employees that many workers who can do their jobs remotely should plan to do so until 2021
'COVID-19 helping accelerate investments in cloud, AI and cybersecurity'
Aarthi Subramanian, group chief digital officer of Tata Sons, said COVID-19 will accelerate the scaling of digital across industries and investments in cloud, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity
We collect 8 trn threat signals daily, says Microsoft's Ann Johnson
The top cybersecurity expert at the tech giant says that in India, between February 2 and May 2, 2020, Microsoft's detection tools saw 9100 Coronavirus related cybersecurity threats.
 "We collect 8 trn threat signals daily, says Microsoft's Ann Johnson")
From Meet to Teams: 5 free alternatives to Zoom app for video conferencing
Zoom has some limitations, like time cap of up to 40 minutes on a free account, and privacy and security concerns raised by many critics lately
 "From Meet to Teams: 5 free alternatives to Zoom app for video conferencing")
Microsoft set to roll out new 'reply-all protection feature' for Office 365
The new reply-all email block feature will stay in place for four hours
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Tech-related firms in focus; PPFAS adds Microsoft to portfolio in April
Microsoft is one of the leaders in the cloud computing segment segment, besides Alphabet (Google) and Amazon, making the stock attractive
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