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Apple Gets Its 30% Take On Office 365 Subscriptions Microsoft Sells Through Office For iPad

Microsoft is not just placating user demand with the Office for iPad apps it launched today; it’s also selling Office 365 subscriptions directly within the app. Those subs are worth a pretty penny to Microsoft, as it collects a recurring revenue stream starting at $99 per year per user from Office 365, but it turns […]

Microsoft And Dell Sign Patent Royalty Agreement For Android And Chrome OS Devices

Today Dell and Microsoft announced that they have signed an agreement relating to intellectual property, which will see the two companies “license each company’s applicable” patents regarding Android and Chrome OS devices, as well as Xbox consoles. Read More Tweet This Post

Tami Reller and Tony Bates are out at Microsoft — stay tuned for more departures

Over the weekend, Kara Swisher at Re/code posted a blog that really Tweet This Post

Early Shakeups In Nadella’s Microsoft

Earlier today Kara Swisher reported that Microsoft’s Tami Reller, executive vice president of marketing, and Tony Bates, executive vice president of the company’s Business Development and Evangelism group will both depart. A reportedly formal announcement date of Tuesday now appears to be little more than a coming perfunctory exercise in rehashing. If nothing else, the […]

UK’s online SMEAR ops — MICROSOFT shrinks a giant — MT. GOX #fail claims 750K bitcoins — APPLE barn door still wide open — DROPBOX’s $10B valuation

February 25, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

BITCOIN flaw flagged — Top Windows analyst curses MICROSOFT — SNOWDEN jacked NSA with basic crawler — AWS mystery bandwidth THROTTLE

February 10, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

COMCAST boosts broadband lead with TWC — iTV! YouTV! (Maybe) — VERIZON data caps up, prices down — Android noses under MICROSOFT tent — $25M Gary V fund

February 13, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

Bill Gates Explains His New Role At Microsoft, Says Nadella Asked Him To “Pitch In”

Last week Microsoft announced that its new CEO is Satya Nadella, and that its first CEO, Bill Gates, would be spending time at the company helping with product decisions. It was the culmination of a long bout of CEO bingo. The role that Gates will now play at the company he founded is interesting: Will […]

Microsoft Has Sold More Than 200 Million Windows 8 Licenses

Microsoft’s executive vice president Tami Reller announced today that the company has sold more than 200 million Windows 8 licenses. TechCrunch confirmed the data point with Microsoft. The company provided greater detail on the figure, stating that it does not “include volume license sales to enterprise,” while it does take into account upgrades to Windows 8 […]

Largest-ever DDoS strike rocks CLOUDFLARE — China’s censors to enlist MICROSOFT? — KLOUT scores $100M — ALIBABA coming to America — TWITTER apes Facebook

February 12, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post