If you were CEO of Microsoft, what would you change?

Microsoft is actively looking for a new CEO to replace Steve Ballmer, and one of the potential candidates is Stephen Elop. In an interesting story published earlier today, Bloomberg, citing several unnamed sources, claims that the former boss of Nokia would introduce sweeping changes to Microsoft should he get picked for the top job. Just what sort of changes? Bloomberg says Elop would release Microsoft Office on the iPad and Android tablets, consider killing off Bing and even potentially offload the Xbox division, in an effort to give the software giant more focus. Making Office available on competing devices and… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'

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Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing review – did tech change literary style?

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B&N Revises Microsoft Deal; Microsoft Consumer Reader Coming?

Barnes & Noble as disclosed some modifications to its agreement with Microsoft that will give B&N the option to not develop additional Nook Window apps. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Microsoft buying Barnes & Noble's Nook Media? Microsoft insider says no

An anonymous Microsoft source calls talk about Microsoft planning to buy the Nook Media branch of Barnes & Noble 'nothing more than a rumor.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Amazon Changed Reading. Now It Could Change Writing

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The Next Generation of Booksellers Is Changing the (Bookselling) World

The bookstore proprietors of today are putting inclusivity first, building communities, and opening up shop in unexpected places. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Ex-Sports Illustrated CEO sues 5-hour Energy founder

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Disney Veteran Michael Paull Named RBmedia CEO

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Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84

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Microsoft is killing Android apps on Windows 11

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New Lee & Low Diversity Baseline Survey Finds Minor Changes

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With the Change of a Letter, Cupid Gets a Makeover

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Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor on AI-assisted news stories

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