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Ballmer hammers home Microsoft’s ‘high-value’ strategy in final letter to shareholders

Unlike last year, when Ballmer first publicly floated the idea of devices and services, there were no surprises in CEO's last letter to investors

Google relaxes access controls to Apps documents

People without a Google Account will be able to view documents stored in the Apps suite

Microsoft offers Equinix customers private Azure access

Equinix users can bridge their applications directly into Azure using a fiber LAN cross connect

Microsoft pays out $28K to IE bug hunters in its first-ever bounty program

Security expert calls it a success -- enough bugs to fill one or two IE updates -- even though the dollar amount was about the same as Google's for the last version of Chrome

Microsoft’s new wave of server products all the more Azure-centric

Enterprise Agreement customers get discounts on Azure; SQL Server 2013 and Windows Server 2012 R2 to have Azure extensions

Google backs project to cut Internet costs to 5 percent of users’ income

In many developing countries, a broadband connection can cost a third of what people earn

Heed these 10 expert tips for mobile app design

Too many iOS and Android apps are hard to use due to poor design -- follow this advice to make sure your app isn't one of them

The Steve Ballmer farewell tour is officially under way

Microsoft's soon-to-be-ex CEO couldn't leave without sending a final shareholders' letter, full of platitudes and empty phrases

Gartner warns of vendor upheaval in technology shift

'Internet of everything' will change everything and help drive IT spending to $4 trillion next year