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Microsoft moves to regain mobile market share in India

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN | September 5, 2015

Microsoft’s mobile market share in India is taking a nosedive ever since it bought Nokia’s hardware division. This is no doubt an enormous problem, which is why the company is taking steps to bring it to an end.  The company […]

Microsoft Surface Tablets could debut in India soon

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | July 18, 2015

Microsoft’s Surface Tablets could soon debut in India as the company looks to gain leverage of selling devices with upcoming OS Windows 10. Not available in India yet, the company offers 2 models – Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3 […]

Splendo PC-on-a-stick from iBall and Microsoft launched

By VasudevG@TWC | June 24, 2015

Microsoft India, in partnership with iBall, announced the launch of iBall Splendo. The compact Splendo PC-on-a-stick device is affordable runs Windows 8.1. iBall is an Indian electronic manufacturer. Splendo when connected to TV via HDMI, converts it to a fully […]

Microsoft launches online store on Snapdeal

By VasudevG@TWC | June 17, 2015

Microsoft and Snapdeal announced today the launch of the official online Microsoft Store on Snapdeal site. Customers in India can now buy range of Microsoft products from this online store on Snapdeal. Snapdeal is India’s one of the largest e-commerce […]

Microsoft India MD R&D lost his office for a day during Giving Campaign

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | May 4, 2015

Anil Bhansali, MD R&D at Microsoft India lost his office for a day in an auction. In an interesting auction at MSIDC, Phani Chiruvolu, Hyderabad-based principal software engineer got a chance to use MD R&D’s office for a day. Microsoft believes […]

TRAI exposes email IDs of millions; Anonymous India takes down the website

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | April 27, 2015

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India website has allegedly been hacked after it made the email addresses of people public who have sent their feedback in response to the issue of Net Neutrality in India. As we write, TRAI officials […]

State of Net Neutrality in India – What lies ahead!

By AnandKhanse@TWC | April 22, 2015

It is not simply about money. It is about more money by hidden means. What is Net Neutrality in the first place, what is the state of Net Neutrality in India and why is there so much tension among Internet users […]

India’s fight for protecting Net Neutrality against telecom giants gets serious

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | April 13, 2015

India’s fight for protecting their rights about using the internet; especially when it comes to freedom to choose and privacy, has become large. TRAI or Telecom Authority of India has disclosed its plans to allow the telecom operators to block […]

Microsoft India completes 25 years

By ArunKumar@TWCN | March 30, 2015

Microsoft India completed 25 years. The company first established a small office at Hyderabad, India in 1990. It was initially supported heavily by the Redmond based headquarters until Microsoft India found itself functioning closely with the Indian government as well […]

Microsoft Ventures launches Accelerator Plus & Scale Up programs for Startups

By ChethanThimmappa@TWCN | March 25, 2015

Microsoft Ventures in India has announced the launch of two new accelerator programs for startups during an event in Bangalore where it unveiled its Summer 2015 batch.  The newly announced accelerator programs named Accelerator Plus and Scale Up will focus […]

Airtel partners with AWS to offer cloud computing services

By ChethanThimmappa@TWCN | March 23, 2015

Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel announced that it is partnering with Amazon Web Services of Amazon.com Inc, a US-based Internet company. The partnership would help Airtel’s enterprise customers across the world to leverage the power of AWS Direct Connect to […]

Microsoft launches Cloud Accelerator Programme for Indian Enterprises

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | March 19, 2015

Microsoft today announced the launch of Cloud Accelerator Programme for Indian enterprises and government at 2015 Microsoft Azure Conference in Pune, India. The new programme will facilitate the enterprises and government organizations to adopt the Microsoft Azure and Office 365 […]

Exchange Nokia Asha for Lumia 435 with Microsoft Smart Exchange Offer

By ChethanThimmappa@TWCN | March 11, 2015

Microsoft India has announced an exciting deal for its customers by announcing Smart Exchange Offer – where one can exchange Nokia Asha for Lumia 435 at a discounted price. The new Lumia 435 is a brand new smartphone launched by […]

Microsoft rolls out Lumia Denim Update for Lumia 920 in several more regions

By SusannahLindsay@TWCN | February 27, 2015

Just a day after releasing it for Lumia 925, 920 and 820 in India, Microsoft has now started rolling out the Lumia Denim update for the Lumia 920 to several other countries including Greece, Netherlands, Norway and the UK. The […]

Google India is calling teenagers to become Web Rangers

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | February 14, 2015

The Google Web Rangers contest is now open for Indians. Google is calling teenagers from across the country to get a complete training on the safe use of internet. Furthermore, the contenders will also get the training to create their […]

Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM now available in India for INR 5,999

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | February 13, 2015

The new Dual SIM Lumia 435 announced last year with Microsoft’s budget Smartphones is now available for sale at online stores for INR 5,399 or USD 100 approximately. The company is providing 500MB or free 2G/3G data for first 2 […]

India launches a Digital Locker System

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | February 13, 2015

The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) of the Govt of India, has launched a new Digital Locker System named e-locker which will let the users store their important documents like birth certificate, university documents, voter ID card, pan […]

Bing and Cortana Bring you Live Updates From Cricket World Cup 2015

By ArunKumar@TWCN | February 12, 2015

As the cricket world cup was nearing, Bing team in Hyderabad (India) had been working to bring you live updates from all the matches. The updates will not only include scores but time-table of matches and progress of your favorite […]

Facebook provides free Internet in India

By ArunKumar@TWCN | February 10, 2015

Facebook tied up with Reliance communications to provide free Internet in India. Reliance communications says the initiative by Facebook also includes a total of 33 free websites under different categories, mostly education, health and social networking. People who are using […]

Micromax become India’s largest smartphone supplier

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | February 5, 2015

To everyone’s surprise Micromax, the budget Smartphone maker outshined Samsung to become India’s largest smartphone supplier. Korean company Samsung has been the leading Smartphone supplier in India for last many years, but the booming budget phone maker Micromax’s Smartphone sale […]

Microsoft to share Windows OS source code with Indian Army

By AnandKhanse@TWC | February 5, 2015

In a development that may come as a surprise to many, Microsoft has agreed to share the source code for the Windows operating system, with the Indian Army. The Indian Army has been facing several cyber attacks in the recent […]

Xbox 360 gets a price cut; 19% lower in India

By ArunKumar@TWCN | February 4, 2015

Just after announcing a $100 discount on Surface Pro 3, Microsoft has cut Xbox 360’s price by 19% in India. It has also launched the 500GB version of Xbox with the announcement. Microsoft is now eyeing the game market in […]

IIT Bombay to produce World’s Cheapest Netbook

By ArunKumar@TWCN | January 30, 2015

In what started as an ambitious project to provide remote students with virtual classrooms, some 30 years ago, India has been roping in different manufacturers as well as has been researching on its own (in its IT Institutes) for a […]

BSNL and Microsoft To Provide Free Internet Across India

By ArunKumar@TWCN | January 29, 2015

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has proposed providing 2500 cities and towns across India with free WiFi connectivity. The project will cost some seven thousand Indian rupees. The projects has gotten the nod of Modi cabinet (the current Indian […]

India blocks PasteBin, Vimeo and 30 other sites

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | December 31, 2014

The orders of India’s DoT have blocked 32 websites in India. The list includes some very popular websites like Vimeo, Pastebin, Dailymotion, Github and many others. The issue is reported mainly by the users using BSNL, Hathway and Vodafone network. […]

Microsoft India planning free Internet using White Space technology

By VasudevG@TWC | November 15, 2014

Aiming to widen internet reach in rural India, Microsoft India is planning to provide free internet using White Space technology. Microsoft wants to take last mile internet connectivity to remote parts of India. For this, Microsoft has proposed the telecom […]

Google forms Indian Language Internet Alliance

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 13, 2014

Penetration of Internet in recent years in India has been good but still remains distant from best. Language support comes across as the main barrier in this progress. To overcome it, Google on Monday announced alliance with industry partners to […]

Google eyes $1 billion revenue from India in FY15

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | October 9, 2014

The Internet exposes space of infinite opportunity and smart companies like Google know to make better use of it. The search engine giant, sources say is eyeing a $1 billion (Rs 6,000 crore) revenue mark from India in the year […]

IIT launches free online tech courses for students, powered by Google India

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | September 4, 2014

Google, the Internet giant, is now engaged in the educational field. Google joined hands with the reputed IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) and NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) to provide free online tech courses for students. The courses […]