Microsoft site references Office Mobile for iPhone, Excel & PowerPoint for iPad
Support documents on Microsoft's website contain references to a number of unannounced iOS applications based on the company's Office suite.
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Microsoft
Katie Marsal
Apple's iPad projected to control 50% of tablet shipments through 2016
Apple's total share of the growing worldwide tablet market is forecast to shrink slightly but maintain iPad dominance through the year 2016 in the face of growing competition from Android and Windows.
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AppleInsider Staff
Apple updates iWork for iOS and Mac, brings tighter integration with Microsoft products
Apple on Tuesday refreshed the iOS versions of its productivity suite, with Pages, Numbers and Keynote, all of which boast improved compatibility with their Windows counterparts.
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Black Friday sales of Windows notebooks down 10%, Apple's MacBooks stay flat
Retail sales of Apple notebooks on Black Friday were flat year over year as overall consumer electronics sales declined nearly 6 percent, while sales of Windows-based notebooks plummeted 10 percent despite the launch of Windows 8.
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Neil Hughes
Microsoft Surface Pro to start at $899 for 64GB model
Microsoft on Thursday announced the pricing for its forthcoming Surface Pro tablet, starting at $899 for the entry-level 64-gigabyte version with an Intel processor and the full Windows 8 operating system.
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Brian Marder
Microsoft's Ballmer admits drive to tablets was late, but lauds new Surface
At Microsoft's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, CEO Steve Ballmer conceded that the company was late to the tablet market now dominated by Apple's iPad, but suggested the software giant would have led the shift to portable devices if it entered the computer hardware business earlier.
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Mikey Campbell
Microsoft to raise user licensing fees in response to 'BYOD' movement
Starting Dec. 1, Microsoft will raise the price of user client-access licenses (CALs) for enterprise customers that allow employees to access work software on their personal devices, meaning the "bring-your-own-device" trend will cost companies an extra 15 percent.
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Apple trounces Microsoft in Black Friday retail traffic, purchases
A comparison of Apple and Microsoft retail stores on Black Friday found that nearly 5 times as many items were purchased per hour at the Apple Store.
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Microsoft rumored to take on Apple TV with Xbox-branded set-top box in 2013
Microsoft may compete more directly with the Apple TV next year with a new low-cost set-top box that will access the company's Xbox entertainment services.
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Slash Lane
Sam Oliver
