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Microsoft results bolstered by pandemic cloud computing and gaming

Revenue growth for Azure, the company's flagship cloud-computing business, came in at 48% in constant currency to beat analysts' estimates of 47.5%

Tech major Cisco unveils new features for enriching Webex experience

Tech major Cisco on Tuesday announced the launch of Webex Hologram, along with new features like Webex interoperability with platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams

Russian SolarWinds hackers step up attacks on US tech companies

Microsoft says group targeted over 150 American and foreign organisations using USAid account

Microsoft acquires Clear Software to improve connectivity with SAP, Oracle

Tech giant Microsoft has acquired Clear Software, a provider of integration and business-process products with an emphasis on SAP and Oracle connectivity.

Best Global Brands 2021: Apple retains top spot, Tesla highest gainer

Valued at $249,249 million, Amazon ranks second; Microsoft, Google, and Samsung follow

Microsoft launches programme for nurturing, scaling startups leveraging AI

AI adoption can add more than $90 billion to the Indian economy by 2025, says Microsoft India president Anant Maheshwari

Swiss court rejects Google appeal over government cloud computing contract

A Swiss court has dismissed Google's bid to block the award of a government cloud computing contract worth up to 110 million Swiss francs ($119 million) to rival bidders

Microsoft most imitated brand of all phishing attacks: Report

In the third quarter, Microsoft stayed as leader of most imitated brands at 29 per cent of all phishing attacks globally, albeit at a slower rate, down from 45 per cent in the second quarter of 2021

Microsoft says it warned Bill Gates about flirtatious emails in 2008

The company executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee

LinkedIn is pulling out of China, though Microsoft remains

While Microsoft chases growth for Bing, Teams and its cloud service, Azure, from China, its Windows operating system still dominates in the country with stringent regulations

After LinkedIn's exit from China, will more companies follow suit?

Analysts said that as Beijing continues to tighten its grip over the private sector including the tech companies, there could be a few more companies that decide to slash down their operations

LIVE: US to lift curbs from Nov 8 for fully vaccinated foreign visitors

Live news updates: Carlyle and other investors will withdraw their open offer to its shareholders; Zee accuses Invesco of double standards.

Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn in China amid censorship rules

Microsoft is shutting down its LinkedIn service in China later this year after censorship rules were tightened by Beijing.

Microsoft Windows store is now open to third-party app stores

The news comes months after Microsoft announced some major changes to the Microsoft Store

Microsoft to allow Epic Games, Amazon storefronts on its app store

Microsoft Corp said it will allow Epic Games Inc, Amazon.com Inc and other firms to integrate their app stores into the technology giant's marketplace, giving more options to third-party developers

Microsoft CEO says failed TikTok deal 'strangest thing I've worked on'

Microsoft in August 2020 began talks on the proposed acquisition but the deal collapsed by September.

Microsoft launches Surface Duo 2 with better performance, cameras

Tech giant Microsoft has launched its second folding smartphone -- the Surface Duo 2 along with the next-generation Surface devices

Microsoft and Honor sign partnership to develop new AI, devices

Honor and Microsoft have announced an expansion of an ongoing partnership , under which they will collaborate on Microsoft cloud adoption, personal and mobile computing, as well as other technologies.

Microsoft plans $60-billion buyback; Brad Smith appointed vice chair

The company's recent resurgence has given it a market value north of $2.2 trillion, making it the second-most valuable publicly traded company after a 35% rise in its shares over 2021

Infosys, Microsoft ink multi-year deal with power distributor Ausgrid

This is to accelerate the cloud transformation of the largest electricity distributor on Australia's east coast.