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No water-cooler gossip, but you may soon get the feel of your office in WFH

Through its Together Mode, Microsoft Teams lets participants share a virtual space like conference room, auditorium and coffee shop in a group video call meeting

Microsoft to take you to office via virtual commute in Teams

Microsoft has announced a unique feature in its video meet app Teams which will take you to office as you used to before the work-from-home scenario, virtually though

Nasdaq, S&P 500 crawl higher on Amazon, Apple boost; Dow remains muted

Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc, which together fuelled a Wall Street rally since a coronavirus-driven crash in March, rose between 0.3% and 0.9% in early deals

Microsoft acquires ZeniMax for $7.5 bn, grabs some of world's biggest games

Gamers have long complained that Microsoft's Xbox consoles lacked the type of exclusive, high-quality games that Sony promotes as a major selling point for its PlayStation

Microsoft ups the game, buys ZeniMax for $7.5 bn to bolster Xbox offering

The deal comes more than a week after Microsoft's failed bid for short video app TikTok's U.S assets

Is the 'ageism' bias avoidable in business?

Creative (and increasingly tech) businesses are said to have an 'ageist' bias

Oracle to get access to TikTok's source code to eliminate Chinese backdoors

TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. and Oracle submitted these details in their proposal to the Trump administration with a goal of averting an outright sale of the app or a shutdown of its US operations

Trump reviews ByteDance's plan to keep majority stake in TikTok: Report

Trump has ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok amid US concerns that user data could be passed to China's Communist Party government

Oracle partnering TikTok in US won't affect India ban instantly: Experts

They feel India will still want a local partner-based strategy in which data centres are placed locally within the country

To avoid TikTok's sale in US, ByteDance partners with Oracle: Report

Microsoft loses out; Chinese media stresses American operations won't be sold to any firm

Oracle to take charge of TikTok's US biz; may help ByteDance avoid ban

Microsoft announced Sunday that its bid to buy TikTok has been rejected

At $200-billion market capitalisation, Reliance Industries isn't like FAANG

Morgan Stanley analysed how the Mukesh Ambani-led firm stacked up against eight global firms when they crossed the $200-billion milestone

Zoho takes on Microsoft, Google with unified Workplace platform

Zoho has launched a fully integrated, single software platform that brings together collaboration, productivity and communications tools under one roof

Explainer: Next steps in the TikTok diplomatic dance as deadline approaches

Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp are among the suitors for TikTok's US assets. Operations in Canada, New Zealand and Australia are also part of the deal

Hackers from Russia, China targeting US Presidential campaigns: Microsoft

Microsoft said that it has spotted multiple cyberattacks from Russia, China and Iran on individuals and organisations involved in the ongoing presidential campaigns in the United States

Nasdaq rebounds after tech stocks stabilise, Tesla's shares jump 10.92%

Analysts said the Nasdaq's ability to hold its 50-day moving average, a technical support level, was key in reversing the market's direction.

Microsoft brings Office editing to Android devices for enhanced experience

Microsoft has made Office editing available on Android devices that will allow its G Suite users edit, comment and collaborate on Word, PowerPoint or Excel

Tech marketing: Time for renewal?

Tech marketing can get out of the MarCom maze if it can start championing buyer behaviour research, innovation and experimentation

SoftBank takes $10 billion hit after being unmasked as Nasdaq 'whale'

SoftBank bought $4 billion worth of options tied to underlying shares it had earlier purchased in tech firms like Amazon, Microsoft and Netflix, according to the Wall Street Journal

UP's star performance in ease of doing biz rankings raises questions

UP's star performance raises questions