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Quote: Originally Posted by Phone-UI-Guy Lots of people will grab them as free viewers. If the excel can view pivot tables I may need that one. Excel on Mac cannot. From what I've read, it doesn't currently support pivot tables.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Shouldn't there be a different judge presiding over the case? Cote already made up her mind. Now it's just a farce. Agreed. It is insane that someone that already has made a judgement that is up for appea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I'm the furthest thing from a Ballmer fan ... But, you have to give credit where credit is due -- these apps started on the Ballmer's watch! I don't know though, whether Ballmer would have release…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil I’d go with ‘not at all’. Is there a particular reason why? I'm genuinely curious. I don't see this release as a negative at all.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil No, not in the slightest. Apple acknowledged IBM entering the PC market and the App Store gets placement based on downloads. As far as I know being placed in the main carousel in the App Store isn't…
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I'd also add...these apps are ahead of even what Microsoft has on Windows with regards to touch UI. Microsoft put out a release that is better on iOS than Windows RT. That says something.
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmz You know people who are super excited about paying $100 a year to use Apps no more or less useful/capable than Free alternatives? You might not be interested but I know folks in large enterprises that are sto…
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Tim Cook tweeting about this and Office getting prominent placement on the App Store shows how big a deal this is. iWork is a consumer focused product. Sure a large number of small businesses will use it iWork, not a single enterprise will base thei…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RedHotFuzz Whoa, hold on, be careful about the term "openly committed to supporting" when it comes to Microsoft on Apple platforms. We've all seen this movie before. Not under the current CEO. Based on what…
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A lot of folks are focusing purely on the consumer side of this. The thing is, this is a big deal for enterprise. There are a lot of large customers that are going to be super stoked on this. As for the subscription, Microsoft now has a home persona…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WS11 While on the topic of buyouts, Lenovo was planning to make a bid on BlackBerry last year, but the Canadian government would not allow it. There's a lot of nationalism that comes with large corporations and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SudoNym Apple can innovate on a dime, turning out the blueprint for the modern smartphone operating system in only two weeks! It took Google longer than that to make Android, which is a stolen OS. Can't innovate m…
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Other than the lawsuit, I think it is an interesting hire. QNX has crazy efficient embedded tech that is used in a lot of industries. Heck, even CarPlay interacts with QNX. It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table...at least once he…
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julianvelasquez wrote: » yes, eyemed gives them another power player in eyecare that adds to their staggering empire. luckily, google doesn't like to be pigeonholed and likely won't be easy for Luxottica to work with. the eyecare industry is going…
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julianvelasquez wrote: » Google also has a partnership with the largest eyecare insurance provider, VSP, which also has its hand in eyewear manufacturing. Luxottica isn't the only route they can take or are exploring. And Luxottica owns the sec…
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SpamSandwich wrote: » Google partners with Luxottica, Facebook buys Oculus VR... What's next? Microsoft buys Lens Crafters? Too late. Luxottica owns LensCrafters.
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The fashion industry, which is where Luxottica operates in, as a whole is run by by only a handful of companies and there is more and more consolidation. It is hard to avoid it. I think this was probably the only route Google could take seeing as …
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chipsy wrote: » I use both and see no reason why 'droid dorks' would be jealous of the iPhone. I rather think it's the superiority complex of some fanboys from both sides that tick each other off. In my eyes both are great products in their own …
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Quote: Originally Posted by pedromartins Honest questions: are there any phones being sold since 2012 that look even remotely similar with the iPhone or iPad? Does someone even think that the 100 million people that bought a galaxy S or note la…
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danox wrote: » Google Doc's is a joke, unless you like using Office 1998. I personally don't use it unless I'm previewing files in Google Apps. I actually really like iWork. It works really well for my needs.