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Bank Of America Downgrades Microsoft, Cites 'Murkier Outlook'
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 9:15am | 259Kash Rangan of Bank of America downgraded shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Tuesday to Underperform from Neutral with a $47 price target. According to Rangan, Microsoft's outperformance seen in its share prices relative to the S&P 500 is “cause for concern,”...
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'Facebook At Work' Poses Little Threat To Microsoft, LinkedIn
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 2:36pm | 860Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is reportedly working on a new concept, Facebook at Work, to compete with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD). This is not the first time that Facebook was rumored to be working on a new product or service. Last month the social network...
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Are Google Docs And Microsoft Office 365 Better With Soonr?
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 2:05pm | 587Soonr, a platform for secure file sharing and collaboration, recently announced that document applications from Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) are being integrated into the service. This is intriguing, but consumers and business professionals might wonder why...
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Highlights From Microsoft's Q1 Conference Call
Monday, October 27, 2014 - 12:26pm | 758Satya Nadella hosted Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) first quarter 2015 conference call last Thursday. The newly appointed CEO received a warm reception from investors. Quarterly Highlights Below are some notable accomplishments highlighted by Nadella. Nadella praised his...
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Weekly Highlights: Apple Confirms Beats Buyout, Microsoft Teams With Salesforce & More
Sunday, June 1, 2014 - 10:52am | 172May concluded with a bang after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) made a handful of big announcements. Apple, of course, confirmed that it will acquire Beats Electronics. Microsoft and Salesforce teamed up for Office integration....
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Windows 8 Now Loaded Onto 9.3% Of All PCs
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 2:31pm | 459More consumers and business professionals are using Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) latest operating system than ever before. According to The Next Web, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 can now be found on 9.3 percent of all computers. This includes notebooks, desktops and tablet hybrids, such as Surface. On...
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Google Drive Outage Shows Why the Cloud Can't Replace Everything
Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 9:28am | 565Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a big propont of the ever burgeoning reliance on data storage in the invisible but growing 'cloud.' This virtual, online-only environment has a number of advantages. The cloud allows users to access files from virtually any device and from any location. It allows users to...
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Microsoft to Conquer iOS with Office 365
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 10:01am | 360Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has nearly confirmed that it will bring a version of Office to iOS and Android devices in 2013. Tentatively referred to as Office Mobile, the introductory product will allow users to view documents created with Word, Excel or PowerPoint. To edit those documents, users will...
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Microsoft's Cloud Services Go Down Worldwide, Keeping More Than 300 Million Users From Accessing Their Stuff
Friday, September 9, 2011 - 11:30am | 320Is this the future cloud computing will bring? It could be. It's not enough that I have to hear my cloud-loving colleague complain about the problems with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Docs (ironic, eh?) – oh no, I also have to read all the horror stories of what happens when companies and individuals...
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Bank of America Impressed by Microsoft's Office 365
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 7:59am | 152“CEO Ballmer officially launched Office 365 today culminating what was one of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) largest beta programs involving ~200k customers. Office 365 offers multiple Cloud based productivity solutions for SMBs and enterprises with prices ranging from $2 - $27/user/month,” Bank of...