The Windows 10 October 2021 Update has started to become available to customers as a free update. This year has continued to bring about change for many of us. Change in how we connect to […]
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Research collaboration COVID-19 cloud testing platform has potential to help beyond pandemic
A population-level disease monitoring system that employs at-home self-swab kits is being expanded today, at no cost to participants, as part of an infection prevalence study in the San Francisco Bay Area. The system could […]
Azure Space – cloud-powered innovation on and off the planet
Today, Microsoft is taking the next giant leap in cloud computing – to space. I am excited to share the work we are doing to make Azure the platform and ecosystem of choice for the […]
Enabling the digital transformation of CES 2021
Today is a big day for events at Microsoft. The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Microsoft will be the technology partner for CES 2021, the organization’s first-ever, all-digital event, happening Jan. 11-14. It is […]
Reimagine our world with technology in the 2021 Imagine Cup
The 2021 Imagine Cup is where passion meets purpose, and you have the chance to bring your idea to life to help shape our future. Over the past 19 years, more than two million competitors […]
What’s that? Microsoft’s latest breakthrough, now in Azure AI, describes images as well as people do
Novel object captioning Image captioning is a core challenge in the discipline of computer vision, one that requires an AI system to understand and describe the salient content, or action, in an image, explained Lijuan […]
Shrinking the ‘data desert’: Inside efforts to make AI systems more inclusive of people with disabilities
“We are in a data desert,” said Mary Bellard, principal innovation architect lead at Microsoft who also oversees the AI for Accessibility program. “There’s a lot of passion and energy around doing really cool things […]
Building strength and powering through
“There’s a lot of granularity in the way I can ‘read’ a screen. I right-click an image and say, ‘OCR it,’” he explains. “Screen readers struggled in the past, but as AI evolves, things are […]
Microsoft and AICTE collaborate to skill students and educators in next generation technologies
Over 1,500 course modules from Microsoft will be made available to students and educators free of cost through AICTE’s e-learning portal New Delhi, October 12, 2020: With a vision to provide uninterrupted online learning to […]
10 app store principles to promote choice, fairness and innovation
For software developers, app stores have become a critical gateway to some of the world’s most popular digital platforms. We and others have raised questions and, at times, expressed concerns about app stores on other […]
Microsoft India announces public preview of Power Automate Desktop solution to help businesses accelerate transformation with Robotic Process Automation
New Delhi, October 12, 2021 – Microsoft India has announced the public preview of its Power Automate Desktop, a new desktop-based Robotic Process Automate (RPA) solution that expands low-code automation capabilities for organizations. Part of Microsoft Power […]
Microsoft and Red Hat announce general availability of Azure Red Hat OpenShift in India to fuel hybrid cloud development and transform businesses
Co-engineered with Red Hat, the solution brings industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform on Microsoft Azure A jointly managed Red Hat OpenShift offering in the public cloud running on the scale and power of Azure To […]
ZEISS partners with Microsoft for better patient care through data-driven healthcare and to enhance quality and efficiency in manufacturing
ZEISS provides quality assurance solutions delivering meaningful information on parts dimensions, component behavior and defect detection (©ZEISS). Oberkochen, Germany, and Redmond, Wash., October 7, 2021 – Today, ZEISS Group and Microsoft Corp. announced a multi-year […]
Over 41% of workers in India face increased burnout at work
• 41% of workers cite lack of separation between work and personal life as negatively impacting their wellbeing• 92% of workers say meditation can decrease work-related stress New Delhi, October 7, 2020: Workers in India […]
Rockwell Automation and Microsoft expand partnership to simplify industrial transformation
Partnership aims to empower manufacturers with agility, intelligence, and scale to deliver digital transformation initiatives—from the cloud to the edge MILWAUKEE – Oct. 6, 2020 – Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: […]
Over 49 Indian schools join Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) program
Microsoft celebrates the efforts of more than 4,000 educators and 86 Showcase Schools in Asia for their passion in teaching and learning through the annual Microsoft Innovative Educator program New Delhi, October 5, 2021 – […]
Updated Surface Pro X Gets Even Better with New Configuration
Pre-orders available only for commercial customers New Delhi, October 1, 2021 – Microsoft announced that pre-orders for the updated Surface Pro X will now be available for commercial customers only. The new Surface Pro X […]
Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub reach 10 million engaged learners in digital skills initiative
More than 1.5 million people across 21 markets in Asia Pacific reached, including 774,000 in India NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 – On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. announced the progress made since launching its ambitious global […]
Microsoft Translator adds Assamese language support
Aims to fill the gap in end-to-end language support for Assamese in India New Delhi, September 30, 2020: Today, Microsoft India has announced the addition of Assamese as the latest Indian language in Microsoft Translator. […]
Microsoft partners with the telecommunications industry to roll out 5G and more | Azure Blog and Updates
The increasing demand for always-on connectivity, immersive experiences, secure collaboration, and remote human relationships is pushing networks to their limits, while the market is driving down price. The network infrastructure must ensure operators are able […]
4 in 10 consumers in India involved in bullying: Microsoft Study
By Keshav Dhakad, Group Head & Assistant General Counsel – Corporate, External & Legal Affairs, Microsoft India. With COVID-19 necessitating remote work and learning across the Asia Pacific region, results from a new Microsoft study remind […]
FanPlayIoT redefines sports engagement with Microsoft Azure
Collaborates with Chennai Super Kings to enhance fan experience during Indian Premier League 2020 New Delhi, September 25, 2020: Sports IoT platform FanPlayIoT is using Microsoft Azure to drive innovative engagement experiences for fitness and […]
Predicting epidemics like the weather: How Microsoft Premonition can help in the global fight against disease outbreaks
By the time Zika emerged in 2016 in the Americas, the team had been researching new monitoring approaches for about a year. They quickly produced a small fleet of prototypes. These early robotic smart traps, […]
Cybercrime : Staying real in a world of everything remote
Malware from counterfeit software and targeted attacks are intrinsically linked. By Farhana Haque People, teams, and organisations everywhere are being tested during the pandemic. How well each organisation navigates these challenging times will be defined […]