• Microsoft: Now you can create, edit on Office mobile apps for free

  Use of the Office suite on mobile devices had been restricted to customers with a subscription. So will the freebie route pay off for Microsoft?

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• 'Minecraft' now officially belongs to Microsoft — here's what you should know

  Minecraft now belongs to the House that Bill Gates built, punching trees into wood blocks into tools into processors into Windows. It's official, today we welcome Mojang to the Microsoft Studios family. We're excited for the possibilities ahead w/the Minecraft community. — Phil Spencer…

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• Office for iPhone debuts as Microsoft drops 365 sub need

  Microsoft refuses to slow down on its software push, with a new free Office suite for iPhone and by dropping its Office 365 subscription requirement for its iOS and upcoming Android apps, as it redoubles its efforts to grab mobile user share. The new Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for iPhone -…

• You can use Microsoft Office for free on your iPhone or iPad starting right now

  Microsoft under Satya Nadella truly is a new company. Microsoft on Thursday announced that you'll now be able to use its Microsoft Office mobile apps on your iPhone or iPad even if you don't have a subscription to Office 365 — in other words, Office for iOS just became a free mobile app. And…

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• Microsoft Doubles Down On Office For Tablets

   This morning, Microsoft announced a number of changes to its Office productivity tools that will expand their mobile availability, and allow more of the public to use the apps for free. Office for iPad, released earlier this year to quick adoption, has been updated to include a full set of…

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• Microsoft makes Office mobile editing free, launches separate iPhone apps and preview for Android tablets

  Microsoft today announced a significant change to its Office strategy for mobile devices: creating and editing is now free. The company also released standalone Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for the iPhone, as well a new preview of these apps for Android tablets. Starting today, whether you're…

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• Microsoft makes Office for iPad free to use, starts testing Android tablet version

  Considering how popular Office has been on the desktop, you'd assume it'd be the go-to productivity suite on mobile too. In fact, though, the company has made a few missteps: The iPhone app is watered down, and as nice as the iPad version is, you...

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• Microsoft Office Just Got Way Better on the iPhone

  Do you like using work and productivity apps on your mobile device? Yeah, me neither, but Microsoft wants to change our minds with its new—free—apps for iPhone and for Android tablets. Read more...