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Microsoft unveils slimmer Xbox

Project Scorpio is expected to be available during the holiday season in 2017

Microsoft's latest buy

It faces new challenges after acquiring LinkedIn

Microsoft launches its online store with support of Tata Group

With the recently launched e-commerce portal Tata CLiQ

Microsoft gets 'social' with $26.2-billion LinkedIn buy

This is the tech giant's first major acquisition under the leadership of Satya Nadella

Microsoft's LinkedIn connect

LinkedIn could help Microsoft accelerate its shift to the internet by giving it a large online property that has became the de facto standard for posting resumes online

Microsoft drags Wall Street; Fed meet awaited

Microsoft stock fell 4.5% to $49.18 while LinkedIn jumped 47% to $193.13

Microsoft, Icrisat develop new sowing app for farmers using Al and Azure cloud

The app advises farmers on best time to sow crops depending on weather conditions, soil and other indicators

Microsoft opens centre to offer enhance security

Located in Gurgaon, company's cyber security engagement centre is one of seven such centres globally

Microsoft's Build Tour focuses on bots, AI and interoperability

Microsoft says Windows10 gaining momentum with over 300 mn devices running; over 500 mn new devices being designed

Microsoft sells patents to Xiaomi

Analysts said Xiaomi's ambitions to be a major player outside China were hampered by weak patent protection and a fear of a prolonged legal battle

Microsoft, Facebook to build transatlantic subsea cable

The 6,600-km cable, to be built across Atlantic Ocean, will meet the growing demand for cloud and online services

Microsoft to see 1,850 jobs cuts at struggling smartphone unit

Around 1,350 jobs will be cut at its Finnish mobile phone unit, while 500 will go in other countries; move may end potential for developing new phones

Microsoft may cut 1,850 jobs as Nadella pares phone ambitions

Will take a $950-million impairment and restructuring charge, including $200 million for severance payments

Microsoft to trim smartphone business, plans to cut 1,850 jobs

Company will 'streamline' its smartphone business and close down its research and development site in Finland

Microsoft sets out to bridge global disconnect

Microsoft has largely stood by as other technology giants like Facebook and Google have begun work on grand plans for balloons, satellites, drones, simplified apps and even bicycle hot spots to deliver Internet access to the four billion or so people around the world who are not yet online.The venerable software company, still best known for the Windows software that runs most of the world's personal computers, did buy the handset business of Nokia, the Finnish cell phone maker, in 2014 - a platform that could have been the basis of a mobile access strategy - only to write off most of the business a year later and sell the low-end side of it last week. But now Microsoft finally seems to be settling on a strategy for addressing the great global disconnect: It is going to fund other businesses developing local solutions and help build the ones that show the most promise.On Tuesday, the company, which is based in Redmond, Wash., announced the first winners of grants under a new program ca

Microsoft outlines new policy for 'terrorist content'

With the world growing more concerned about attacks by militant groups on civilians, Microsoft on Friday outlined new policies to crack down what it called "terrorist content" on some of its consumer services.In a blog post, the company said it would ban what it called "terrorist content" on some services such as gaming tool Xbox Live, the consumer version of its Outlook email service, and its consumer documents-sharing service.But for its search engine Bing, Microsoft cited free expression and said it would remove links only when that "is required of search providers under local law". Initially, Microsoft will rely on consumers to report objectionable content. The company also said it would fund research of a tool that scans content and flags images, audio and video."We will consider terrorist content to be material posted by or in support of organisations included on the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List that depicts graphic violence, encourages violent acti

Microsoft sells Nokia branding rights to HMD Global, Foxconn

HMD announced today that it has conditionally agreed to acquire from Microsoft the rights to use the Nokia brand on feature phones and certain related design rights

Retro tax hangs like Damocles' Sword in India: Microsoft

The company also said there was a need to overcome "trust deficit" over data security issues in India

Microsoft keen to get bigger pie in payments bank segment

Plans to offer solutions around data, security applications and analytics

Microsoft's profit skids

Net income declined to $3.76 billion, or 47 cents a share