Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) India has released a safety app for Windows Phone users in the country, named Guardian. Quite comparable to ‘Track my iPhone’ as well as Android Device Manager, Guardian not merely allows you control your smartphone remotely, other than brings in many more features that will assist your loved ones track you in cases of emergency.
The firm declared that Guardian utilizes Microsoft Windows Azure cloud solution in addition to the Bing Maps API to permit anybody you wish track user movements. And this can be done by switching on the “track me” feature. The users will as well be capable to place a call for assist with an in-built SOS button. Microsoft declares that this can be used to connect to security agencies, hospitals as well as other assist, if the situation has got out of hand. The newly released application has been develop by Microsoft India employees over a period of 6 months, inside the Microsoft Garage. The Microsoft Garage is an initiative within the firm on a worldwide level and permits employees to discover ideas and do something beyond the call of duty, whereas still working with Microsoft.
The team on the download page for Guardian articulated that the app assists women in distress by attentive their families, friends as a standalone app, in addition to it is available as an integrated solution for Police or security agencies, who can monitor distress SOS calls and provide assist through a portal.
Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) stocks edged down in afterhours trading on Thursday. It has the revenue of $80.37 billion with the revenue per share of $2.68. MSFT has the beta of 0.96 and its S&P500 52-week change was recorded 31.34%. The company has 8.35 Billion outstanding shares as compares to 7.63 Billion shares that were floated in the market. Stock was held 8.83% by insiders ownership and 68% ownership was held by institutions.
On other hand, Chinese mobile phone makers requested regulators to make sure Microsoft Corp’s 5.44B euro ($7.5B) bid to acquire Nokia Oyj (NOK1V)’s handset business doesn’t result in senior patent fees on wireless technology, according to two government officials with knowledge of the matter.
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