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Microsoft Plays the Long Game with NFL Partnership #SuperBowl
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s big splash into the NFL with its Surface tablet has been a little bumpy. Broadcasters kept calling it an iPad. It was erroneously blamed for a meltdown during the AFC Championship (the problem was really a network connectivity issue).
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Office 365 Shines, But What About Microsoft Windows?
You’d have to be a forensic accountant to understand Microsoft’s financials. However, a few things are clear from this week's second quarter earnings release. The first is that the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is starting to make serious ground in the cloud space.
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Leave Your iPad at Home, Forget BYOD, Says HP
Face it, HP notes: iPads, Android and Windows tablets may be great but they weren’t built specifically for business.
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Microsoft, Apple Offer Discounts to Lure Customers #BlackFriday
Bargain hunters are plotting their strategies to find the best pre-holiday deals, online and off. Two options to consider: the Apple and Microsoft stores. Each one is offering potential savings of hundreds of dollars on the latest tablets, computers and software. The one-day Apple deals start at 12:01 a.m.
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Microsoft Commercial Business Thrives, But Ballmer Still Remains a Question
Microsoft's sales and profits are up. In the first quarter since the company announced a major reorganization and shared the news that CEO Steve Ballmer is retiring, the Redmond, Wash.-based technology giant reported a jump of 17 percent in net income in the fiscal first quarter to $5.
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Apple vs. Microsoft: the Buyers Will Decide
A row is brewing between the two tech titans, initiated by Apple's' comments about "confusion" among its rivals during the recent iPad unveiling. Microsoft shot back, claiming "standardization" and "productivity" are on its side.
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Nokia Joins the Windows RT Party with it's Lumia 2520 Tablet
Alongside its Windows Phone phablet, Nokia officially entered the tablet market with a 10.1" device at Nokia World in Dubai. The $499 SnapDragon-powered machine runs Windows RT 8.1 and offers both 4G and Wi-Fi, plus a full 1080p HD display.
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Is Microsoft Losing Its Office Advantage in Tablets, or Making Surface into the Best Productivity Tablet?
Is Microsoft in the process of losing one of the few competitive advantages it has in tablets? That question is being raised following news this week that Google is now offering its Quickoffice productivity apps for mobile devices, including tablets, for free. Google bought Quickoffice last year, and those
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After Ballmer's Exit, Will Microsoft Learn from its Past?
Learning of Steve Ballmer’s departure from Microsoft, I wasn't particularly surprised: after several decades of near seven-day weeks and with a nice eleven-figure nest egg, who wouldn't want to spend more time enjoying life? Looking Behind the Curtain Reading further, I ran into the probable reason for Ballmer’s departure: the
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Microsoft Sued Over Poor Surface RT Sales
One of Microsoft’s shareholders has filed a legal suit against the company, claiming that Microsoft executives misled investors over sales of the Surface RT tablet, which ultimately led the company to take a write-down of US$ 900 million in the last quarter.
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Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet Gets A $100 Price Cut
Last month, it was the Surface RT, now its more-powerful sibling has the price trimmed, as Microsoft push the first-generation models hard, ahead of a likely refresh for new designs and beefed-up components.
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Surface RT Sinks Microsoft's Q4 Figures; PC Sales Disappoint Too
Microsoft's fourth quarter results show that it had to take a US$ 900 million write down on the stock of tablets it is holding and is unlikely to ever sell. As a result earnings came in well below expectations resulting in a fall in share-price of over 6%.
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Microsoft Cutting $150 Off Windows 8 Surface RT Tablet Prices
With the Surface RT tablet having been on-sale approaching nine months, now is probably the right time for Microsoft to cut the price to goose interest before second-generation model refreshes arrive.
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Microsoft Announcing Second-Generation Surface Tablets Soon
The first product in any line is often more for show, to help raise interest and awareness. So, Microsoft might consider the first Surface a complete success in that respect.
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