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All About Vaniya Agrawal, The Engineer Who Quit Microsoft Over War In Gaza
An Indian-American software engineer has accused some of Microsoft's biggest names of "celebrating on the blood" of Palestinians.
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella Got 63% Hike In 2024, Received Pay Package Of...
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella received a pay package worth $79.1 million for fiscal 2024, a 63% increase from the prior year as the software maker worked to extend its strong position in artificial intelligence tools.
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"You Don't Have To Know Everything": Ex-Microsoft Employee Shares "Biggest Lessons" He Learnt At Tech Giant
A former Microsoft India employee, who is now running a company of his own, recently shared valuable lessons he learnt while working at the global tech giant.
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Microsoft Product Chief Panos Panay to Exit, Pavan Davuluri to Lead Next
Microsoft's Pavan Davuluri will lead a team focused on Windows software, devices portfolio and semiconductor chips, the company said on Monday, while announcing the departure of longtime product chief Panos Panay. The team led by Davuluri will "build silicon, systems and devices that span Windows, client and cloud for an AI world," according to a s...
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Zoom Discussed Alleged Microsoft Anti-Competitive Behaviour With US, EU Regulators: Report
Zoom has discussed concerns over rival Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according to a Bloomberg News report. The video meeting software maker reportedly met US, EU, and UK competition enforcers over the past year. Microsoft recently announced it would unbundle Teams from the company's Office productivity software amid an EU antitrus...
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Microsoft to Unbundle Teams From Office Product to Avert EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product and make it easier for rival products to work with its software, the US company said on Thursday in a move aimed at staving off a possible EU antitrust fine. The proposed changes came a month after the European Commission launched an investigation into Microsoft's tying of...
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Google Unveils AI-Powered Tools to Enterprise Customers at $30 Monthly Fee
Google on Tuesday made its artificial intelligence-powered tools available to enterprise customers at a monthly price of $30 (nearly Rs. 2,500) per user, as the Alphabet-owned firm looks to cash in on the technology's surge in popularity this year. The price is the same as rival Microsoft's "Copilot" AI-powered office software suite that includes T...
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EU Antitrust Body to Investigate Microsoft Over Teams' Inclusion in Office Bundle
EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The move by the European Commission followed a complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack in 2020 and after the US tech giant's offer of remedies failed to address the EU competition en...
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Microsoft to Charge More for AI Features in Office 365 Software, Make More Secure Version of Bing Search
Microsoft on Tuesday said it would charge at least 53 percent more to access new artificial intelligence features in its widely used office software, in a glimpse at the windfall it hopes to reap from the technology.
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Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari Resigns, Irina Ghose Becomes MD
Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari has resigned from his role after a stint of almost seven years at the software company. The exit led to a shuffle among the top executives of the multinational software giant. Microsoft has elevated company's chief operating officer Irina Ghose to the role of Managing Director for India.
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Google Filed Complaint Against Microsoft for Dominant Cloud Services Position: Report
Alphabet's Google formally filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday saying Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers towards its cloud services, The Information reported on Wednesday. Microsoft used the licensing terms in its Office 365 productivity software to lock customers into separate ...
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Microsoft Seeks to Push Activision Deal at EU Hearing for Market Competition
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday will seek to convince EU antitrust regulators at a closed hearing that the US software giant's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,800 crore) bid for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard will boost competition. Smith will lead a delegation of 18 senior executives, including Microsoft Gaming Chief Executive Off...
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Is the Metaverse Really the Future of Work?
Meta's vision of the metaverse includes people using the company's wearable technology for work, in addition to the company's main metaverse product, a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. The Facebook parent firm is also working with Microsoft to make available virtual versions of the latter's business software, such as Office and Tea...
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All About Vaniya Agrawal, The Engineer Who Quit Microsoft Over War In Gaza
An Indian-American software engineer has accused some of Microsoft's biggest names of "celebrating on the blood" of Palestinians.
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella Got 63% Hike In 2024, Received Pay Package Of...
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella received a pay package worth $79.1 million for fiscal 2024, a 63% increase from the prior year as the software maker worked to extend its strong position in artificial intelligence tools.
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"You Don't Have To Know Everything": Ex-Microsoft Employee Shares "Biggest Lessons" He Learnt At Tech Giant
A former Microsoft India employee, who is now running a company of his own, recently shared valuable lessons he learnt while working at the global tech giant.
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Microsoft Product Chief Panos Panay to Exit, Pavan Davuluri to Lead Next
Microsoft's Pavan Davuluri will lead a team focused on Windows software, devices portfolio and semiconductor chips, the company said on Monday, while announcing the departure of longtime product chief Panos Panay. The team led by Davuluri will "build silicon, systems and devices that span Windows, client and cloud for an AI world," according to a s...
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Zoom Discussed Alleged Microsoft Anti-Competitive Behaviour With US, EU Regulators: Report
Zoom has discussed concerns over rival Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according to a Bloomberg News report. The video meeting software maker reportedly met US, EU, and UK competition enforcers over the past year. Microsoft recently announced it would unbundle Teams from the company's Office productivity software amid an EU antitrus...
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Microsoft to Unbundle Teams From Office Product to Avert EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product and make it easier for rival products to work with its software, the US company said on Thursday in a move aimed at staving off a possible EU antitrust fine. The proposed changes came a month after the European Commission launched an investigation into Microsoft's tying of...
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Google Unveils AI-Powered Tools to Enterprise Customers at $30 Monthly Fee
Google on Tuesday made its artificial intelligence-powered tools available to enterprise customers at a monthly price of $30 (nearly Rs. 2,500) per user, as the Alphabet-owned firm looks to cash in on the technology's surge in popularity this year. The price is the same as rival Microsoft's "Copilot" AI-powered office software suite that includes T...
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EU Antitrust Body to Investigate Microsoft Over Teams' Inclusion in Office Bundle
EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The move by the European Commission followed a complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack in 2020 and after the US tech giant's offer of remedies failed to address the EU competition en...
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Microsoft to Charge More for AI Features in Office 365 Software, Make More Secure Version of Bing Search
Microsoft on Tuesday said it would charge at least 53 percent more to access new artificial intelligence features in its widely used office software, in a glimpse at the windfall it hopes to reap from the technology.
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Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari Resigns, Irina Ghose Becomes MD
Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari has resigned from his role after a stint of almost seven years at the software company. The exit led to a shuffle among the top executives of the multinational software giant. Microsoft has elevated company's chief operating officer Irina Ghose to the role of Managing Director for India.
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Google Filed Complaint Against Microsoft for Dominant Cloud Services Position: Report
Alphabet's Google formally filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday saying Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers towards its cloud services, The Information reported on Wednesday. Microsoft used the licensing terms in its Office 365 productivity software to lock customers into separate ...
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Microsoft Seeks to Push Activision Deal at EU Hearing for Market Competition
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday will seek to convince EU antitrust regulators at a closed hearing that the US software giant's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,800 crore) bid for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard will boost competition. Smith will lead a delegation of 18 senior executives, including Microsoft Gaming Chief Executive Off...
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Is the Metaverse Really the Future of Work?
Meta's vision of the metaverse includes people using the company's wearable technology for work, in addition to the company's main metaverse product, a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. The Facebook parent firm is also working with Microsoft to make available virtual versions of the latter's business software, such as Office and Tea...
