Microsoft sues Samsung over unpaid Android patent royalties

Microsoft on Friday filed a lawsuit with a New York district court claiming Samsung is in breach of an Android patent cross-licensing contract after failing to turn over an undisclosed amount in royalty payments.

Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 72

Office for iPad update adds support for third-party fonts, ability to send as PDF

Microsoft's Office for iPad suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, was given a significant update on Thursday, giving users the ability to utilize third-party fonts in Word, and the option to export files as PDFs in all three programs, among other new additions.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 13

Microsoft updates OneNote for iOS and Mac with OneDrive access, file insertion, more

Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out a major update to its Apple-centric OneNote product line, adding new features like access to notes stored in OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online, inserting files and note reorganization and sharing.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 31

Apple, Inc's double digit U.S. Mac growth contradicts IDC & Gartner reports of a Mac sales slump

Apple reported "strong double digit growth" in its Mac sales in the U.S., directly contradicting the earlier estimates published by IDC and Gartner that stated Apple's U.S. Mac sales fell year-over-year in the June quarter and calling into question the legitimacy of market estimates that the tech media uncritically presents as factual.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 119

IBM began mass adoption of iOS prior to its exclusive partnership with Apple, Inc.

When Apple and IBM announced plans to codevelop new iOS apps and jointly sell and support iPhones and iPad to enterprise customers, the news was greeted as if it were a new experiment. However, the deal is actually an extension of IBM's mobile strategy that has included massive deployments of iOS devices and native apps.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 40

Editorial: Google, Microsoft claiming Apple's crown, albeit from 1994

Google and Microsoft have virtually achieved their goal of becoming Apple, albeit twenty years behind today's Apple. Which is sort of a beleaguered achievement.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 130

Lenovo axes small Windows tablets in the US after struggling to compete with Apple's iPad mini [u]

Major Microsoft hardware partner Lenovo will pull its 8-inch Windows tablets from the U.S. market, the Chinese company said Wednesday, citing lack of demand for smaller touchscreen devices running Microsoft's controversial Windows 8 operating system.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 73

Microsoft to ax 18,000 jobs this year, laying off more than 14% of total workforce

Microsoft, as was expected, announced on Thursday that it will be laying off employees this year, but the total number of cuts are much higher than anticipated, representing by far the largest-ever personnel reduction in the Windows maker's history.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 107

What Apple, Inc. gets from its new iOS partnership with IBM

Apple's newly announced mobile partnership with IBM has been greeted by a number of analysts and pundits as being both "not that big a deal," or conversely, the dramatic reversal of a long standing rivalry. Both are wrong, here's why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 55

Microsoft may announce biggest round of layoffs in company history this week - report

Redmond, Wash., software giant Microsoft, which has struggled to find an answer to the success of Apple's iPad and iPhone, is said to be planning major staff reductions that could be the single biggest round of layoffs in the company's history.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 84

Microsoft rumored to debut platform-agnostic 'smart wristband' in Q4 with focus on fitness

According to a rumor, Microsoft's expected foray into the burgeoning wearables market will be an activity-minded wristband-style device that works with all major mobile platforms including Windows Phone, Google's Android and Apple's iOS.

Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 38

Microsoft offers MacBook Air owners up to $650 in store credit to 'trade up' to Surface Pro 3

In a trade-in program launched on Monday, Microsoft is again luring Apple device owners to make the switch to Windows by offering Surface Pro 3 buyers up to $650 in store credit for certain MacBook Air models.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 29

Microsoft follows Apple's lead, slashes pricing for OneDrive cloud storage

The latest shot in the cloud storage wars came on Monday from Microsoft, which announced a restructuring of its OneDrive offering that will more than double users' base storage allowance, as the software giant reacts to recent price cuts from rivals Apple and Google.

Sam Oliver 12 years ago 29

Microsoft to retire older Skype for Mac versions, force mandatory upgrades

Microsoft on Friday announced it will be "retiring" older desktop versions of Skype for both Windows and Mac, forcing existing users to upgrade to the latest edition of the popular voice over IP service.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 59

Microsoft scrapped iPad mini competitor late in development process, documents suggest

References to a "Surface Mini" discovered in the user manual for Microsoft's latest tablet foray suggest that the software giant scrapped or delayed the long-rumored 8-inch variant — which would have gone up against Apple's iPad mini — at the last minute, opting to put all of their eggs in the larger basket.

Sam Oliver 12 years ago 34

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