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Report: Microsoft joins Google, Samsung and Apple with smart watch plans
Microsoft is working on its own smart watch design, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal .
Microsoft prepares souped-up Xbox
In today's spotlight, FierceIPTV takes a look at the next version of the Xbox that Microsoft is expected to introduce soon.
Microsoft plots expanded Xbox capabilities
Microsoft, having passed its Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson, is now busily--and predictably--expanding its consumer entertainment play with a revitalized and connected Xbox.
Report: Microsoft Office for Android, iOS in limbo until fall 2014
An alleged Microsoft product roadmap obtained by ZDNet indicates the company does not plan to expand its Office productivity suite to devices running Google's Android and Apple's iOS until the fall of 2014.
Mediaroom purchase gives Ericsson the foundation to change IPTV into IP video
By acquiring Microsoft's Mediaroom platform for an undisclosed amount, Ericsson finally made the move into IPTV everyone was anticipating. But, perhaps it made that move in a way no one within the wireline space thought would happen.
Android dominance targeted in Microsoft, Nokia antitrust complaint
FairSearch, a coalition of 17 technology and search firms including Microsoft , Nokia, Oracle, Expedia and Hotwire, has filed a formal complaint with European antitrust regulators alleging that Google is exploiting its open-source Android mobile operating system to "cement its control over consumer Internet data for online advertising as usage shifts to mobile."
Canalys: App store downloads surge 11% in Q1, revenues reach $2.2B
Downloads from the four leading application storefronts--Apple's App Store, Google Play, BlackBerry World and Microsoft's Windows Phone Store--climbed to a total of 13.4 billion worldwide during the first quarter of 2013, an 11 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2012, research firm Canalys reports.
Ericsson upbeat about network gear market in 2013
Ericsson Chairman Leif Johansson said the company sees a more stable and healthy market for network equipment in 2013 as demand grows in the United States and China begins its march toward LTE.
Microsoft exec slams Facebook Home, calls Android 'complicated enough'
Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications Frank X. Shaw criticized Facebook's new Home launcher for Android, stating the concept is "remarkably similar to the launch event we did for Windows Phone two years ago."
Not every company can be Apple or Google, even if they want to be
The ambition to be a platform is a burning one right now. But not every company can be a platform, and not every company should try.
