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Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Dynamics 365 Project Operations solution across India. The tool is aimed at helping service-based organizations reimagine project management.

Introduced in May, Instagram is now expanding Guides to everyone making it easier for users to find, curate, and share the products, places, and posts from their favorite accounts on Instagram.

Microsoft has launched Surface Go 2 and Surface Book 3 in India, thereby rounding off the availability of the entire Surface portfolio in India at the moment, barring the latest Surface Pro X.

PUBG Corporation has announced that the company will soon launch PUBG MOBILE INDIA, a new game created specifically for the Indian market. PUBG Mobile was banned by the Indian govt earlier this year.

In June this year, Xiaomi debuted its laptops in India with two variants of Mi NoteBook 14. The company has now launched a budget variant in the series, dubbed Mi NoteBook 14 e-Learning Edition.

According to the latest report by Counterpoint Research, the global smartphone market declined 4% YoY in the third quarter of 2020 but grew 32% QoQ indicating recovery post COVID-19.

India's smartphone shipments grew 9% YoY to reach over 53 million units. This is the highest-ever shipment in a quarter for the Indian smartphone market. Samsung is now the number one brand in India.

Call Reason will help the recipients get more information about why the caller is trying to get in touch. It will give the consumers advance notice so they can make an informed decision.

Microsoft has announced a self-contained datacenter - Microsoft Azure Modular Datacenter - for challenging remote missions to take advantage of cloud computing at the intelligent edge. 

Microsoft has announced Azure Space to evolve Azure for the mission needs of the space community as it grows in innovation with far lower barriers of access for public & private-sector organizations.

The spurt in email and web phishing attempts by imitating Microsoft is to capitalize on large numbers of employees working remotely because of the pandemic, many for the first time ever.

A report suggests that Xiaomi will soon launch its Mi Smart Speaker in several European markets. The company had launched the Google Assistant-powered smart speaker in India last month.

Journalist Studio, with tools like Pinpoint and The Common Knowledge Project, is part of the Google News Initiative to work with the news industry in the evolution of journalism in the digital age.

Co-engineered with Red Hat, Azure Red Hat OpenShift brings the industry's leading Kubernetes platform on Microsoft Azure. It is jointly operated and supported by the two companies.

Xiaomi has launched its new Redmi SonicBass Wireless Earphones in India today. These affordable in-ear neckband-style earphones are a follow up to the Mi Neckband Bluetooth Earphones.

Google Cloud has announced Google Workspace, a new brand identity for its integrated product experience that brings together messaging, meetings, docs, and tasks. It is a transformation of G Suite.

​ A new patent granted to Microsoft by the USPTO unveils details about a computer-implemented method for detecting toxic electronic content to correct toxic behavior in organizations. ​

Hero Electronix has launched Qubo Baby Cam, a smart baby monitor in India with a kid-friendly design. The highlight of the baby cam is its AI-powered features and that it works with Alexa.

Amazon has introduced Amazon One, a fast, contactless way that allows people to use their palm to hover and pay at checkout, present a loyalty card, or badge into an access-controlled location. 

Adobe has shared its multi-year vision to fundamentally change the way people consume digital documents. The first announcement is the launch of Liquid Mode to improve the PDF experience on mobile.

Todoist has launched Todoist Boards which offers users and teams a more flexible way to organize and visualize their tasks and projects. Todoist Boards is rolling out now to everyone across devices.

HMD Global has announced two new additions to its entry-level smartphone portfolio - Nokia 3.4 and Nokia 2.4. Both smartphones feature pure Android 10 experience and are Android 11-ready.

HMD Global has announced HMD Connect Pro, a global roaming connectivity solution for enterprise use as well as IoT deployments. The service will be available starting October 2020.

Bot Framework Composer is an open-source tool for visual bot development. The tool is available as a desktop application for Windows, Mac, and Linux as well as a web-based component.

The healthcare industry is experiencing an accelerated transformation. Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, the company's first industry-specific cloud, will be available at the end of October.

Microsoft announced Azure Communications Service, the first fully managed communication platform offering from a major cloud provider. It uses the same secure platform that powers Microsoft Teams.

Azure Orbital, in private preview now, is a new managed service by Microsoft that provides access to physical satellite communication capabilities to process and analyze data in Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft has announced new features that extend its threat protection portfolio. The company is unifying solutions across Microsoft 365 security and Azure security as part of Microsoft Defender.

At Ignite 2020, Microsoft announced a new set of capabilities coming to Windows Virtual Desktop, the company's comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service, by the end of the year.

HoloLens 2 is now available for purchase in Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Google has taken down the Paytm app from Play Store for violating its policies. Play Store prohibits online casinos and other unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting.

GitHub CLI offers an easier and more seamless way to work with GitHub from the command line. GitHub CLI 1.0 is now available to install on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It's free and open source.