Microsoft Office for iPad said to arrive soon, Microsoft calls claims 'inaccurate'

A new version of Microsoft Office designed for the iPad is rumored to arrive on the App Store soon, as hands-on impressions with the suite have been shared online, though Microsoft has called the information "inaccurate" [updated].

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 129

Apple's iPhone 4S climbs to 29% smartphone market share in UK

Apple's share of the smartphone market in the U.K. jumped up 7 percent year over year to reach 29.1 percent, according to a new analysis.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 29

Microsoft to challenge iCloud with SkyDrive OS X client

Microsoft is readying a significant update to SkyDrive in Windows 8, and reportedly leaked screenshots of the revamped file syncing and cloud storage service show that a Mac OS X client could be poised to compete with Apple's iCloud.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 73

Justice Department approves Apple's purchases of Nortel, Novell patents

The U.S. Department of Justice approved on Monday several patent purchases and acquisitions, including a collection of Nortel's intellectual property to be acquired by Apple, Microsoft, Research in Motion and others and Novell patents that Apple has purchased.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 13

Apple now worth more than Google and Microsoft combined [u]

First on AI: Apple's stock soared to new heights on Thursday, pushing the company's market capitalization to $456 billion, a number that is greater than the values of rivals Google and Microsoft combined.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 190

Cisco backs Apple's ETSI request for fair and open licensing of standards patents

Cisco Systems filed its own letter to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute last week, backing Apple's position calling for "more consistent and transparent application of FRAND" licensing commitments among the standards body's members.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 8

Microsoft joins Apple in pledging support for injunction free, FRAND patent licensing

Microsoft has issued a public statement outlining its position regarding standards essential patents, committing itself "to always adhere to the promises it has made to standards organizations to make its standard essential patents available on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms." The move joins an effort initiated by Apple last fall, and begs for comment from Google to do the same.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 31

Google to continue Motorola's FRAND licensing that seeks to monopolize H.264, UMTS

Google's worst fears about greedy H.264 patent holders and "bogus patent" warfare involving Android are coming true, albeit at the hands of Motorola, a company it seeks to acquire. Google is now promising to continue this same behavior itself after it buys the increasingly unreasonable and (outside of patent claims) unprofitable Android licensee.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 112

Third-gen iPad's 'window of opportunity' expected to drive Apple market share gains

Apple's third-generation iPad is expected by one market watcher to soon arrive during an advantageous "window of opportunity," in which competitors have nothing significant to offer, that will further increase the company's lead in the mobile computing market.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 52

Windows Phone 8 to address its "perceived inability to compete" with iPhone, Android later this year

Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 8, expected in the second half of the year, will seek to address its "perceived inability to compete" with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android according to a report detailing its planned enhancements.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 61

Nokia's Windows Phone transition to impact results for most of 2012

Nokia chairman Jorma Ollila warned on Wednesday that the handset maker's transition to Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system will be felt in its earnings for the majority of 2012.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 40

Why Android isn't gaining on Apple in the Enterprise

In the consumer market, Apple's iOS and Android's licensees have engaged in a consumer tug of war over sales. Among enterprise buyers however, Apple has maintained extensive lead that is only strengthening.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 86

Before he died, Steve Jobs kept a letter from Bill Gates by his bed

In a new interview, Microsoft founder Bill Gates reveals he wrote a letter to Steve Jobs before he passed away, and the letter apparently meant so much to Jobs that he kept it at his bedside.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 127

EFF working to keep iPhone, iPad 'jailbreaking' legal in US

An exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that has made iPhone "jailbreaking" legal is set to expire, and a digital rights advocacy group hopes the U.S. government will renew and expand that exemption.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 68

Bill Gates discusses Steve Jobs, Apple's iBooks & the future of education

In a new interview, Microsoft founder Bill Gates discusses conversations he would have with the late Steve Jobs, and also shares his thoughts on the future of education in the wake of Apple's iPad textbook announcement.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 72

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