Microsoft’s mobile app marketplace has surpassed 50,000 app submissions, according to All About Windows Phone blog. This number may not seem significant when compared to the number of apps in the Android Market or Apple’s App Store but still it is a sign of growth for the Windows Phone Marketplace which added 10,000 apps in little over a month.
The University of California at Berkeley recently made a decision to depart from its old email system CalMail due to the system outages and has selected Google Apps over Microsoft’s Office 365 for its campus email and calendar services. In an official statement, Berkeley officials said that after an extensive evaluation process the university decided to move its entire campus community to Google Apps for Education Suite during 2012.
MasterCard Worldwide and Microsoft announced a new joint initiative on Tuesday aimed at helping small businesses advance by leveraging increased technology and payment services which are fundamental for success in today’s business environment.
Microsoft has released mobile version of its SkyDrive cloud service for Windows Phone and the Apple’s iPhone. The new apps release comes on the heels of the recent updates of Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service. People are becoming more dependent on their smartphones, and the software giant says it designed the apps to answer to the growing need for accessing files on-the-go.
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Office 365 is the first and only major cloud-based platform to offer leading information privacy and security standards for customers operating in the European Union and United States. As part of its contractual commitment to customers, Microsoft will now sign the EU’s model clauses, which will help customers certify compliance with [...]
HP Enterprise Services and Microsoft Corp. have announced a global, four-year initiative to deliver Microsoft’s leading communications and collaboration applications via global private and public cloud services. Under the agreement, HP and Microsoft will offer private and public cloud solutions designed to help organizations rapidly scale new users, shift IT resources from maintenance to innovation [...]
Microsoft will roll out a major free upgrade to Xbox 360 on Tuesday, December 6, with the promise of transforming the gaming console into a device that encompasses all of the users’ entertainment. The update features a new interface and a host of new features and digital entertainment content. The design of a new user interface mirrors Metro interface which is arriving on Windows 8 in late 2012.
Microsoft Corp. has announced the first major service update for Microsoft Office 365, the company’s next-generation cloud productivity service for businesses of all sizes. The service will also be available to try in 22 additional markets today, including Argentina, Iceland, Indonesia, South Africa and Taiwan. “We are seeing really positive momentum for Office 365. Customers are adopting [...]
Microsoft’s global Play Fair Day spotlights more than $1.6 billion in competitive harm to manufacturers in BRIC countries annually.
For all those people who were waiting on the Black Friday to come so that they can treat themselves or their loved ones with some of the most popular products from tech companies, such as Microsoft and Apple, the day has come to take advantage of the major cuts in prices. Black Friday deals from both Apple and Microsoft are now live, and some of the discounts offered are quite alluring.
Savvis Strengthens Cloud and Sales Management Teams by Hiring Former Microsoft, Amazon Web Services Executives
Yahoo!, Microsoft Corp. and AOL have announced agreements that should dramatically improve the process of buying and selling premium online display inventory. The agreements will allow ad networks operated by Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL to offer each other’s premium nonreserved online display inventory to their respective advertising customers. While agencies and advertisers can continue to choose [...]
Microsoft Brings the Cloud Down to Earth for Enterprises
In an online broadcast today from Microsoft Corp. headquarters, Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft Server and Tools Business, laid out how Microsoft’s private cloud solution will help businesses move faster, save money and better compete in 2012.