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Microsoft sells restrictive new WiMo Marketplace via iPhone ads
appleinsider.com - 9/16/2009
Microsoft sells restrictive new WiMo Marketplace via iPhone ads
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With the release of Windows Mobile 6.5 and its new Marketplace app store fast approaching, Microsoft has resorted to buying ads within iPhone apps to attract the attention of developers. Even so, the company's new store plans to be even more restrictive than Apple's App Store, charging ...
Microsoft poaching Apple store managers and sales staff
loopinsight.com - 9/21/2009
Microsoft poaching Apple store managers and sales staff
— loopinsight.com — Microsoft is beginning looking to Apple for more than just inspiration for its retail stores, the company... is now also starting to hire away its retail employees. People that have spoken to The Loop on condition of anonymity confirm that Microsoft has ... (more) Microsoft poaching Apple store managers and sales staff

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Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet - Microsoft courier tablet
gizmodo.com - 9/22/2009
Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet - Microsoft courier tablet
— gizmodo.com — It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we've... all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier, Microsoft's astonishing take on the tablet. Courier is a real device, and we've heard that it's in ... (more) Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet - ...

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The Pink Phone Pictures Microsoft Doesn't Want You To See Yet
gizmodo.com - 9/23/2009
The Pink Phone Pictures Microsoft Doesn't Want You To See Yet
— gizmodo.com — Project Pink is Microsoft's secret new phone, their first major phone play since the iPhone. Here are... the first pictures of Pink phones, Turtle and Pure. These phones are going to be made by Sharp, who'll get to share branding with Microsoft. ... (more) The Pink Phone Pictures Microsoft Doesn't Want You To ...

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Desperate Microsoft peddles Windows Marketplace for Mobile via iPhone ads
MacDailyNews — ... of the market. With its window of opportunity squeezing shut, new store rules that pinch off existing developers and crush competing stores are not likely to help Microsoft turn its game around." Apple currently has an "installed base of 50,000,000 devices for iPhone developers to reach," McLean reports. "That has created a library of 75,000 apps, including over 21,000 games. It's no wonder why Microsoft is working to get [developers'] attention." Much more in the full article here . ...

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