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Microsoft to launch xCloud game streaming service on September 15

Microsoft is all set to launch its much-anticipated game streaming service called xCloud on September 15 for Android users in 22 countries

Microsoft may buy TikTok's India business if ban revoked: Experts

For a deal to work, they say, US firm will have to accept data localisation and keep servers in India

TikTok: As Microsoft emerges saviour, netizens are all praise for old firm

A look at Microsoft's track record on recent acquisitions, including building game Minecraft in 2014 and business networking site LinkedIn in 2016, could validate TikTok users' optimism

Microsoft's long history in China complicates potential deal with TikTok

Microsoft entered China in 1992, helping to engineer the government's computer systems and installing special versions of Windows operating systems

Microsoft Teams allows 20,000 participants in video meeting call: Know more

The Teams will get SIP phone calling features in the first of 2021 with support from Cisco, Yealink, Polycom, and others

Microsoft's takeover would be a win for TikTok and tech giants - not users

If successful, Microsoft will take over the app's operations in the US and potentially also in Canada, Australia and New Zealand

With TikTok, 'uncool' Microsoft aims for love of tweens, perception change

Microsoft made the announcement after its chief executive, Satya Nadella, talked with President Trump, who had threatened to ban the hugely popular social media company, which is owned by ByteDance

TikTok, Donald Trump and an impulse to act as CEO to Corporate America

The president's interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm's-length approach of predecessors of either party

Microsoft, Apple lift Wall Street as investors await stimulus; Nasdaq up 1%

A rally in tech stocks and historic stimulus have lifted the S&P 500 to within 4% of its peak, but faltering macroeconomic data and a gridlock on more govt stimulus have made investors cautious

Microsoft nears big bet on TikTok after risky LinkedIn deal shows promise

Microsoft on Sunday said it aims to complete a deal by Sept. 15 for TikTok's U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand operations

Microsoft Translator for iOS adds auto mode for one-on-one chats

Microsoft Translator for iOS has just made it easier to translate one-on-one chats with the addition of an auto mode that allows people to concentrate more on the conversation

Microsoft talk of buying TikTok's US operations raises hackles in China

The proposed acquisition of parts of TikTok, which boasts 100 mn US users, would offer Microsoft an opportunity to become a major competitor to social media giants such as Facebook and Snap Inc

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'Kingmaker Nadella': How Tiktok could become Microsoft's deal of the decade

American software giant confirms talks to buy the short-video sensation that boasts more than 100 million users in the US alone

Tiktok's ByteDance initiates talks with tech firm for US operations: Report

President Donald Trump only agreed to allow Microsoft Corp to negotiate the acquisition of popular short-video app TikTok if it could secure a deal in 45 days

Trump gives Tiktok's ByteDance 45 days to agree to Microsoft sale: Report

One idea under consideration is to give Microsoft and ByteDance a transition period to develop technology for TikTok that will be completely separate from ByteDance

Republican senators back ByteDance's offer to divest Tiktok's US operations

Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Twitter that a divestment "and purchase by U.S. company is win-win."

Microsoft tries to salvage deal to buy TikTok, Nadella speaks to Trump

Talks to buy the music video app will move quickly "in a matter of weeks" and are expected to be completed no later than Sept. 15, Microsoft said in a statement

Trump to take broad action on risks presented by Chinese software: Pompeo

Pompeo's remarks followed reports that Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok

Microsoft in advanced talks to buy TikTok's US business as Trump mulls ban

Donald Trump said he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order to enforce the action