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Another Salvo to Microsoft from Box: Sinofsky As Advisor
A virtual game of industry ping-pong is heating up between Microsoft and Box. And Box just laced a wicked forehand cross-court over to Microsoft’s side. Steven Sinofsky's Arrival at Box Box, in a blog announcement today by Aaron Levie, CEO of the Los Altos, Calif.
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Nokia's Surface RT Tablet to Crank Up the Power
Whatever the pros and cons of launching a Windows RT tablet to a disinterested market, Nokia is on the case with more details on its Sirius prototype coming to light.
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Hardware for the Holidays, News on Samsung's Smartwatch, Google's Nexus 5 and a Nokia Tablet
Nokia, Samsung and Google want your gadget dollars come Black Friday and beyond. By design or leak, the devices they plan to wow consumers are coming to light as makers try to avoid Apple's iPhone launch.
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YouTube App for Windows Phone Blocked by Google
A Microsoft Windows Phone version of the YouTube video app was finally re released this week, but Google has once again forced it back into the shadows for violating its terms of service.
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Windows Phone App for YouTube, After Several False Starts, Is Now Out
Windows Phone 8 customers, following several false starts, now have access to an official YouTube app. This week, Microsoft posted its updated tool for using the popular video site in the Windows Phone store -- now with Google’s approval.
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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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Yammer Opens Up to iOS + Windows Phone 8 Mobile App Developers
Microsoft has finally opened up Yammer for third party mobile app development, and it's released SDKs for both iOS and Windows Phone at launch. Mobile Yammer for Everyone Yammer, of course, has it's own iOS, Android and Windows Phone mobile apps, but now it's going to allow developers
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SharePoint: What's Next for Stakeholders? Views From #SPTechCon
It’s always about, “What’s next?” isn’t it? In the SharePoint community, such is life. SharePoint end users, vendors, IT professionals, developers, designers and all stakeholders descended upon Boston at the SharePoint Technology Conference this week with a common goal: moving forward and staying on top of their changing environments.
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Microsoft Updates Windows Azure with Push Notifications, SQL Server AlwaysOn Support
Microsoft's Bing News app can use Notification Hubs for instant news updates. Microsoft has unloaded a series of major updates to its Windows Azure service, including notification hubs, SQL Server AlwaysOn support and disaster recovery. Push to iOS, Android + Windows Windows Azure Notification Hubs allow personalized messages to be
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Microsoft May Be Developing Government Cloud OS
There is further evidence this morning that cloud computing is getting specialized with reports that Microsoft may be in the process of developing one or more versions of its cloud operating system customized for government users.
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Boston: You're My SharePoint Home Next Week #SPTechCon
Some dirty water, a little clam chowder (hopefully those aren’t connected) and the SPTechCon. Boston is home to the 10th SharePoint Technology Conference next week, and we’ll be there Monday Tweeting (@cmswire, #SPTechCon) and reporting. The conference, put on by BZ Media LLC, runs from Aug.
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Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet Gets A $100 Price Cut
Last month, it was the Surface RT, now its more-powerful sibling has the price trimmed, as Microsoft push the first-generation models hard, ahead of a likely refresh for new designs and beefed-up components.
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Hipstamatic Oggl Launches for Nokia Lumia 1020 and Windows Phone 8 Users
As promised, Microsoft has announced the release of Hipstamatic's social photo app for Windows Phone 8 devices, with a special Pro version for the new Nokia Lumia 1020 super-camera smartphone.
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Surface RT Sinks Microsoft's Q4 Figures; PC Sales Disappoint Too
Microsoft's fourth quarter results show that it had to take a US$ 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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