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British antitrust regulators to probe Microsoft's $16-billion Nuance deal
The probe is over concerns that the deal could result in a "substantial lessening of competition" in the UK market.
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Microsoft fixes Teams bug that prevented 911 calls on Android: Report
The phone would say a call was active and ring once, but never properly initiate the connection -- call logs would show nothing.
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Microsoft to win antitrust approval for $16-billion Nuance deal
The deal follows heightened regulatory scrutiny of "killer acquisitions"
Microsoft, WhiteHat Jr partner to offer game-based learning experiences
Microsoft India and WhiteHat Jr on Thursday announced a collaboration to provide students and teachers access to personalised and immersive learning experiences with Minecraft
Microsoft unveils Azure Cloud availability zones in central India
Microsoft India on Wednesday announced new Azure availability zones in its central India data centre region, providing additional resilience and redundancy for customer workloads on its cloud
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Microsoft aims to skill 100,000 Indians in cybersecurity by 2022
The company said that the programme is designed to give learners hands-on experience in the fundamentals of security, compliance and identity
Disrupted Chinese hacking group targeting organisations globally: Microsoft
Microsoft has disrupted a China-based hacking group that targeted organizations in the US and 28 other countries around the world
Microsoft's Windows 11 to make it easier to change default browsers
Microsoft is still testing these new Windows 11 changes that make it easier to switch default apps and browsers
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Microsoft nudging Windows users to stop downloading Google Chrome
Microsoft's new prompts come after the company first started testing ways to warn Windows 10 users not to install Chrome or Firefox a couple of years back
Microsoft introduces 'Teams Essentials' for small businesses
Microsoft has announced a standalone offering to its collaboration platform Teams for small businesses at only $4 per user per month.
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Salesken raises $22 million in funding from Microsoft, Sequoia
Existing investor Sequoia India also participated in the Series B round
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Microsoft Edge browser getting price tracking, leaked passwords features
Tech giant Microsoft is planning to add a new price tracker to its Edge browser, as well as a new feature that will let people easily change their passwords if they have been leaked online.
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How will metaverse, digital technology change the future of our world?
The future of digital technology will be three-dimensional, with virtual reality and augmented reality serving as building blocks, reports Neha Alawadhi
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Microsoft will end OneDrive updates to Windows 7, 8 in March 2022
Microsoft recently said that OneDrive users on Windows, 7, 8, or 8.1 will be unable to sync their content to the cloud starting on March 1, 2022.The news was shared via a blog post on Microsoft's Tech Community forum. OneDrive will also no longer receive updates if it's running on a system that doesn't have Windows 10 or Windows 11 installed, reported The Verge.Files will still be accessible from the OneDrive app no matter what version of Windows you are using -- they'll just no longer automatically upload to the cloud.To avoid any issues with OneDrive, Microsoft recommends upgrading to a newer version of Windows before March, next year. As for systems that aren't able to run Windows 10 or Windows 11, Microsoft said that users can still back up their files by uploading them to the OneDrive web app.In addition to halting updates and the ability to sync, OneDrive on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 will lose support on January 1. According to Microsoft, the reason for the change is "to focus ...
Microsoft fixes Windows 11 features failing due to expired certificate
The tech giant warned Windows 11 users about the problems earlier this week and has now released an out-of-band update
Yahoo pulls out of China amid increasingly 'challenging' environment
Yahoo is the second large US technology firm in recent weeks to reduce its operations in China
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From Amazon to Microsoft, big technology firms bet big on India
International technology giants have pulled out all the stops in backing the country's robust digital consumption story
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Move over Apple, Microsoft now the world's most valuable company
Apple's Q4 revenue falls short of expectations
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Google, Microsoft beat Street with $110-billion revenue haul
Twitter says effect of Apple's privacy changes was less than feared
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Wall Street closes at record but Facebook weighs; Microsoft up 1.29%
GE rises on lifting 2021 earnings forecast; UPS jumps as results beat on e-commerce demand
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