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Microsoft’s Windows Store reaches 50,000 apps milestone

Microsoft has finally has over 50,000 apps in its Windows Store. According to MetroStore Scanner, there are currently 50,304 apps available from the Windows Store as of today. There have been an average of about 279 apps developed daily i [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2013 | Comments : 0

Keeping Score: Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office 365 in Busin...

The Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps war continues to escallate. Amid the ongoing battle, it seems like Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is enjoying particularly strong momentum in the government market -- even though Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows 8 Apps Hit 35,000; PC Sales Slow

Microsoft's (MSFT) new apps-based operating system Windows 8 is now gaining apps at a rate of 415 a day, an increased pace. Apps tracker MetroStore Scanner says Windows 8 now has 35,629 apps, having surpassed 35,000 on Thursday, as Th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft: Windows Phone to catch up in apps

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft launched a new version of its Windows Phone software with broad support from smartphone makers, cellphone carriers and app developers as the software company tries to position new Windows gadgets as strong [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Buys Into Mimvi To Help Show You Windows Phone 8 A...

Microsoft invested in Mimvi on Tuesday, designed to improve its app discovery capabilities for Windows Phone 8. For if developers build the most wonderful apps for Windows Phone 8, but no one sees them, what happens? Everyone loses. Mi [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

'Microsoft Office 365 better than Google Apps'

NEW DELHI: Unilog Content Solutions have recently deployed Microsoft Office 365 across its offices in Bangalore, Mysore, and Philadelphia. To improve reliability and communications and reduce costs, Unilog evaluated hosted solutions from [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Edit Docs on Your iPad Using Microsoft Office Web Apps

Microsoft’s Office Web Apps-SkyDrive combo are great tools for working online, as long as you’re using a traditional mouse-and-keyboard PC. But if you’re using a tablet such as an iPad or one of the many Android slates, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Major university chooses Google Apps over Microsoft Office 3...

Organizations everywhere are debating the best way to migrate systems to the cloud. And one of the biggest decisions they face is the best cloud provider for their needs. The University of California-Berkeley just went through an exhausti [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 365 Vs. Google Apps: Compliance Clash

Microsoft on Wednesday declared that Office 365 is the "first and only major cloud productivity service to comply with leading EU and U.S. standards for data protection and security."There are, of course, not many "major cl [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Windows Phone Gaining Apps: Report

Microsoft’s Windows Phone could rack up 50,000 apps in its marketplace in January 2012, according to a new estimate from the blog All About Windows Phone. “At the current growth rate, we estimate that Windows Phone Marketpl [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

General Motors Chooses Google Apps over Microsoft Office 365

Google has reportedly inked an agreement to provide General Motors Corp. with the Google Apps cloud-based e-mail and collaboration suite for more than 100,000 employees. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal Friday, Google h [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office apps coming to Symbian smartphones

Symbian’s days may be numbered, but Nokia has promised to continue supporting the operating system through 2016, even as it gets ready to start releasing smartphones with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 in the future. But apparent [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps More Different Than The Sa...

Over the past several years, one of the most-watched, and yet least substantial, business application rivalries has been that between Microsoft and Google. In one corner, we ve had Microsoft, with its lineup of ubiquitous, category-defini [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Exoprise Offers Office 365, Google Apps Cloud Readiness Asse...

Exoprise Systems Inc., which helps businesses to evaluate their cloud readiness, is taking a very close look at the Office 365 and Google Apps marketplaces. Among the key inflection points that Exoprise has been studying: Will le [...]