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Microsoft's four-day week bet pays off as staff productivity rises 40%

Microsoft restricted meetings to a maximum of 30 minutes and encouraged online chats as an alternative to face-to-face communications

Now, all-in-one Microsoft app for Word, Excel, PowerPoint on Android, iOS

The users no longer need to download each app separately, the tech giant announced at its flagship 'Ignite' conference

Microsoft makes 1,000 very exclusive Xbox One controllers priced $100 each

The special edition version features an Aquabrush camouflage print made by DPM Studio

Google to do away with Flash content in its browser, others may follow suit

If the web pages have Flash content, Google will ignore that and Search will also stop indexing standalone SWF files

Ola in talks with Microsoft to raise $200 million in funding: Report

The discussions are at an advanced stage and likely to be closed in the next 10-15 days, the sources privy to the development said

Microsoft to strengthen Pentagon ties after bagging $10-bn cloud contract

The Pentagon has said the cloud project, known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, is intended to help bring American military technology into the modern era

Huge upset for Amazon as Microsoft wins Pentagon's $10 bn 'war cloud' deal

Bidding for the huge government contract has attracted more attention than usual, sparked by speculation early in the process that Amazon would be awarded the deal

Cloud, Office boost Microsoft's September quarter profit by 21% to $10.7 bn

Office Commercial products and cloud services revenue increased 13 per cent, driven by Office 365 Commercial revenue growth of 25 per cent

iPhone 11 launch takes Apple ahead of Microsoft in $1-trn market cap club

Apple shares are about five times higher than they were when Tim Cook became CEO of the company in August 2011

Hackers with links to Iran targeted a US presidential campaign: Microsoft

In a 30-day period between August and September, the group, called "Phosphorous" by the company, made more than 2,700 attempts to identify consumer email accounts belonging to specific customers

Microsoft unveils foldable Android phone, earbuds, ARM-based Surface laptop

Microsoft also unveiled Surface tablets at its October 2019 Event

Tech giants beef up anti-terrorism body to fight extremist content

Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and YouTube in 2017 formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, a vaguely conceived alliance tasked with tackling the most dangerous material on social media

Microsoft partners with Eros Now for next generation online video platform

The company has been partnering with digital players to tackle global rivals

Microsoft okays $40-bn share buyback programme, raises quarterly dividend

The repurchase programme, which has no expiration date, may be terminated at any time

Not a good idea to break up biggest US tech companies, says Bill Gates

Microsoft is one of the few big U.S. technology companies not under regulatory scrutiny in Washington

Microsoft appoints Rajiv Kumar as Microsoft India (R&D) managing director

Kumar takes over from Anil Bhansali who will be corporate vice president of cloud and enterprise division

Microsoft and IIT Roorkee to introduce full semester in quantum computing

IIT Roorkee will be the first IIT to introduce such a course in quantum computing

Are Amazon, Microsoft putting the world at risk of killer robots?

The use of AI to allow weapon systems to autonomously select and attack targets has sparked ethical debates in recent years

Third-party contractors listen to Skype, Cortana chats: Microsoft admits

The updated privacy statement says human review is used to help build, train and improve the accuracy of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems

Jio, Microsoft team up for digital transformation, to launch cloud centres

On the Jio-Microsoft alliance, Mukesh Ambani said Jio will set up a network of large world-class data centres across India powered by Microsoft's Azure cloud platform