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Microsoft has launched Office Mobile for iPhone for Office 365 subscribers.

Microsoft will open over 100 Windows Store locations inside Best Buy and Future Shop locations in Canada

Microsoft has launched another ad comparing the iPad to Windows 8 tablets.

Microsoft's latest Windows 8 tablet ad targets the iPad--using Siri.

The Wall Street Journal reports Microsoft is jumping into the smart watch race to rival Apple's rumoured ambitions for a similar device (Samsung also is rumoured to release a watch as well). According to executives within Microsoft's supply chain: Microsoft Corp. is working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining...

In December last year, Apple refused to approve any updates to SkyDrive app for iOS, as Microsoft allowed SkyDrive users to purchase paid storage upgrades on their iOS devices directly, bypassing Apple’s in-app purchases. It seems that Apple is no longer blocking updates to Microsoft's app as version 3.0 of SkyDrive for iOS has just been released...

In a rare interview with CBS (via Reuters) Bill Gates said he was not satisfied with Microsoft's pace of innovation over the past few years and the way it has been handling its early mobile strategy. (more…)

The Microsoft Surface Pro, the higher model version of the earlier released Surface RT, is set to hit stores in early February. This new tablet will run Windows 8, which unfortunately also takes up 64% free space on the entry 64GB model. A Microsoft spokesperson revealed to The Verge the free space users will have...

F-Secure Chief Risk Officer Mikko Hyppönen has just tweeted a photo of his Windows Phone 8 smartphone which apparently crashed during boot up showing an error screen that says “Insert Your Windows Installation Disc". The only question is, where? (via The Loop). "Windows Phone failed to boot. Please insert your Windows installation disc...": twitter.com/rkkski/status/…#wontfit —...

In an effort to beef up its popular gaming unit the Xbox, Microsoft has acquired Silicon Valley based id8 Group R2 Studios Inc., a small home-entertainment technology startup, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Microsoft has also acquired some patents owned by the startup related to controlling electronic devices as part of the deal. While...

Bloomberg reports the bankrupt Kodak finally agreed to secure its route out of bankruptcy by selling some of its digital-imaging patents for $525 million to a group led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp. (more…)

According to a report by The Next Web, Microsoft recently allowed SkyDrive users to purchase paid storage upgrades on their iOS devices directly, bypassing Apple's in-app purchases that gives Apple a 30% cut of the subscription revenue. As a result, Apple is now refusing to approve any updates to SkyDrive app for iOS. The source claims...