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Seven weeks into his tenure as Microsoft ‘s (MSFT) new CEO, Satya Nadella on Thursday showed there’s a new sheriff in town by introducing a version of Microsoft’s Office productivity software for Apple’s (AAPL) iPad tablets. He also pledged to make Office available to consumers and professionals on a host of mobile devices. Microsoft is “absolutely committed” to making its applications run great cross-platform, Nadella said. “There’s no holding back of anything. It’s about being able to excel everywhere our customers are,” he said. It’s a strategic change for Microsoft, which previously reserved its Office software for its own mobile devices as a way to differentiate them from rival products. But with its Surface tablets badly trailing Apple and competitors using Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system in the tablet market, Microsoft changed course. Nadella outlined the company’s “mobile first, cloud first” strategy during his first public appearance as CEO… Scalper1 News
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