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Microsoft announces $500 million programme for growth of start-ups
Among the most successful incubates of Microsoft's accelerator programme in India is health and fitness start-up HealthifyMe
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Microsoft says it's true: Cat videos, mails and tweets distract employees
A survey from Microsoft Corp is bolstering one theory about this disconnect
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Microsoft introduces AI for real-time translation in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil
The Microsoft Translator app in Android and iOS can recognise and translate languages from text, speech and even photos
Now, Skype users can chat with Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana
The update to integrate Cortana with Skype was announced more than a year-and-half ago
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Microsoft donates $1 bn in Cloud services for 90,000 non-profit orgs
As part of the programme, the company has donated a significant sum in Cloud services in India too, it said in a statement
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Microsoft, Amazon collaborate to integrate Cortana, Alexa capabilities
The partnership will allow people to summon Cortana using Alexa, and vice versa, by end of the year
Microsoft announces Project Brainwave for real-time artificial intelligence
The system processes requests as fast as it receives them
Microsoft using lawyers to tackle top Russian hacking group
Microsoft has used the lawsuit to wrest control of 70 different command-and-control points
India is a great place for innovation: Microsoft
Fitzpatrick said she really enjoyed watching India become a global force
Microsoft may lay off again as it focuses on cloud-computing products
The layoffs announced in July 2016, which targeted 2,850 cuts included 900 employees of sales group
India presses Microsoft for Windows discount in wake of cyber attacks
Roughly 96% of an estimated 57 million computers in India currently run on Windows
Microsoft, Intel invest in artificial intelligence start-up Element AI
It's a platform to help companies of all sizes build AI into their businesses, has raised $102 mn
Microsoft signs agreement to acquire Israeli security firm Hexadite
With Hexadite, Windows Defender will include endpoint security automated remediation
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Microsoft releases 'Face Swap' app for Android
Face Swap app will let users stick their faces onto different scenes and characters
Microsoft faulted over cyberattack
In 2014, Microsoft ended support for Windows XP arguing that the software was out of date
Microsoft to pledge $5 mn to U.N. Human Rights Office
partnership is forged to develop new technologies that can predict, analyze and respond to crises.
Microsoft aims to make artificial intelligence mainstream
AI is getting a foothold in people's homes with personal assistants answering questions
Microsoft launches Windows 10 S for its surface laptops, targets students
The company said the Surface laptop integrated with Windows 10 S is priced from $999
Microsoft launches Surface laptop, streamlined Windows 10
The Surface Laptop is the first Surface device without a detachable keyboard
Microsoft's Q3 revenue up 6% to $23.56 bn on low tablet, laptop sales
Shares of the world's largest software company fell 1 per cent to $67.62 in trading after the bell
