Pulling the wraps off from the company's latest thrust into Cloud and Mobility, Microsoft's(NASDAQ:MSFT) newly- appointed CEO Satya Nadella has made a significant announcement at his public debut. As per the latest update, Nadella has announced that Microsoft Office suite (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint) will soon go live on Apple devices.
Now, Apple users would be able to view Word documents and give presentations with Office for free. However, they would be requiring a subscription to Office 365 for accomplishing any editing.Nadella said, "The vision for Office 365 is for the '1 billion Office users and growing' to be able to access applications everywhere”.
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Here it is important to note that Microsoft is reportedly offering a one-year Office 365 subscription to the first 50 customers who bring an iPad into a Microsoft store.
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Market reviewers believe that the latest move by Microsoft is likely to weaken the sales of Microsoft’s Surface tablet to some extent, while some others find it an interesting move towards the merger of two tech giants. However, it would be too early to say anything for now. Let the time decide it. For any update on this, check out varindia.com.
