Facebook and Microsoft have both revealed how many data requests that they have received from the U.S. government. Facebook received around 9,000-10,000 requests for data in the second half of last year. Microsoft disclosed between 6,000-7,000 requests that implicated around 31,000 to 32,000 accounts.
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Earlier this week Microsoft Corporation released Microsoft Office Mobile for Office 365 on the iTunes App Store. This is Microsoft’s first iOS Office app. It is currently available for the iPhone only and an Office 365 subscription is required. The app lets you quickly access your SkyDrive along with cloud-hosted versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
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Microsoft is going to place Windows Stores within Best Buy’s retail stores. Best Buy is already known for hosting mini Apple Stores. The Windows Stores will have large signs and tables that has several Microsoft products sitting on them. The section will range at between 1,500-2,200 square ft. Likely there will be a Windows Store employee at the location to help customers learn about the products and facilitate purchases. Microsoft is expecting to bring around Windows Stores locations to about 600 Best Buy retail stores.
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has joined LinkedIn. Now Bill Gates will contribute blog posts regularly on the professional social network. In Bill Gates’ first blog post, he wrote about three skills that he learned from Warren Buffet. Gates said that he learned about investing, using your platform, and knowing how valuable your time is from Buffet.
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Last month Microsoft announced the specs of the Xbox One console, but they did not release the pricing details. Today at the E3 press event , Microsoft announced that the Xbox One will sell for $499 in the U.S., 499 euros in Europe, and 429 pounds in the U.K. when it is launched in November. The Xbox One will start selling initially in 21 countries.
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Microsoft said that the upcoming Xbox One console will have the ability to play used games. Gamers and video game retailers like GameStop was worried about the Xbox One policy on used games. GameStop’s business thrives on the sale of used games. Video game disc users will not be limited to just one Xbox One device. Players can share or trade in the games they have bought for other used games as they have been able to do.
Microsoft Corporation and the FBI worked together to kill 1,000 botnets that were used to steal the banking information and identities of 5 million people. This botnet resulted in over $500 million in losses for people. The malware is known as “Citadel.”
Microsoft and 343 Industries have announced that they are releasing Halo: Spartan Assault for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Halo: Spartan Assault is expected to arrive this July and it will be the first Halo application that runs on the shared Windows core.
