Microsoft confirms Office for iPad touch-based app in development

Microsoft’s outgoing chief executive Steve Ballmer has confirmed that the company is working on a touch-first edition of Office for the iPad. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium conference on Tuesday Ballmer said that, although an iPhone-optimised version of Office is already available, the full iPad version will only be released once it is touch optimised. […]

Microsoft confirms server and cloud updates to coincide with Windows 8.1 launch

Microsoft has confirmed that its latest wave of cloud and server releases is set for release on 18 October to coincide with the availability of Windows 8.1. This will include Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2, Visual Studio 2013 and .Net 4.5.1, plus a new release of the Windows Intune management platform. […]