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Feb 27, 2014Editor’s Note: As this podcast was being prepared, on 19 February 2014, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced plans to issue network neutrality regulations under another section of the Telecommunications Act, and ...
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Apple Announced Its Lower Cost iPhone 5C
Sep 12, 2013Before Apple announced its lower cost iPhone 5C, some had speculated the C could stand for China, a vital market for the company’s future growth. But on Wednesday, consumers in the country appeared less than thrilled with the new ...
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Microsoft Today Released a Stripped-Down Version of Office for Android Smartphones
Aug 5, 2013Microsoft today released a stripped-down version of Office for Android smartphones, continuing its strategy of tying its mobile suite to the Office 365 rent-not-buy subscription plans. Wednesday's launch of Office Mobile for Android ...
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Apple Has Made Progress in Cutting Deals with Music Labels for an Internet Radio Service
Jun 3, 2013Apple has made progress in cutting deals with music labels for an Internet radio service but time is running out, several reports said today. According to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and others, Apple inked an agreement ...
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Google Unveiled All Access That Blends Songs Users Upload to Their Online Libraries
May 17, 2013Google has unveiled a streaming music service called All Access that blends songs users have already uploaded to their online libraries with millions of other tracks for a $10 monthly fee. The service puts the internet goliath in ...
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Microsoft Today Took Another Shot at Rival Google
May 15, 2013Microsoft today took another shot at rival Google, calling its rival's online application suite, Google Docs, "too big a gamble." A Gartner analyst countered that Microsoft's point was moot for many users. In a post to its Office 365 ...
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Google Lets Users View Microsoft Office Documents Within Its Chrome Browser
May 2, 2013Google yesterday released an add-on that lets users view Microsoft Office documents within its Chrome browser, another small step in the search giant's encroachment on Microsoft's lucrative business productivity turf. Two months ago, ...
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Microsoft's Business Division Recorded a 5% Revenue Bump in The First Quarter
Apr 24, 2013Microsoft's Business division, which manages the company's Office cash cow, recorded a 5% revenue bump in the first quarter over the same period in 2012, an increase driven by a surge in enterprises signing long-term licensing agreements. ...
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Microsoft on Monday Released a Public Beta of Office 2010 Service Pack 2
Apr 11, 2013Microsoft on Monday released a public beta of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the first major update to the suite in almost two years. The preview of Office 2010 SP2 can be downloaded from Microsoft's Connect website, the company said. ...
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Microsoft Today Reminded Customers Running Office for Mac 2008
Apr 9, 2013Microsoft today reminded customers running Office for Mac 2008 that support for the suite ends next Tuesday. "Support for Office for Mac 2008 will end April 9, 2013," Microsoft's Mac Business Unit (MacBU), the firm's OS X development arm, ...
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The Software Giant Has No Intention of Sharing Revenue with Its Fierce Rival
Apr 4, 2013Microsoft's update Wednesday to its SkyDrive iOS app is proof that the software giant has no intention of sharing revenue with its fierce rival, Apple, and further evidence it will tie Office on the iPad to its subscription plans, an ...
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Microsoft Could Rake in More Than $1 Billion in Revenue in The First Year
Apr 2, 2013Microsoft could rake in more than $1 billion in revenue in the first year after launching Office for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms, an analyst said today. Gerry Purdy, principal of MobileTrax, did a back-of-the-envelope ...
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Some Sellers Have Raised The Price of Office 2010's Lowest-Cost Multi-License Package
Mar 21, 2013Some sellers have raised the price of Office 2010's lowest-cost multi-license package after Microsoft discontinued retail sales of the suite. Giant online retailer Amazon.com, for example, now lists what Microsoft called the "Full ...
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Customers Now Have The Right to Move The Software From One Machine to Another
Mar 6, 2013Microsoft today backpedaled from a sweeping change in its licensing for retail copies of Office 2013, saying that customers now have the right to move the software from one machine to another. "We received customer feedback that they ...
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Microsoft May Upgrade Office 2013 as Often as Four Times a Year
Mar 5, 2013Microsoft may upgrade Office 2013 as often as four times a year, the company's top Office executive said this week, a massive change from decades of more measured development. The faster release pace for Office has been repeatedly touted ...
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