Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s Windows sales
slumped last quarter as the iPad crimped demand for consumer
laptops, marking the first time in 20 years that the software
maker reported a smaller quarterly profit than Apple Inc. (AAPL)

Revenue in Microsoft’s Windows division fell 4.4 percent to
$4.45 billion, the Redmond, Washington-based company said
yesterday in a statement. That missed the $4.6 billion average
prediction of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Net income was
$5.23 billion, eclipsed by the $5.99 billion reported by Apple
last quarter.

With Apple's (AAPL)
App Store bulging at the seams with over 350,000 offerings for the
iDevice nearest you, including 65,000 designed specifically for the
iPad, it's hard to go anywhere these days without tripping over yet
another mind-blowing, lifestyle-improving app of one ki nd or another.Apple
says the new tools get embraced as quickly as they're created, with 200
per second currently being downloaded. Yet somehow, developers keep
pushing the app envelope, coming up with new and remarkable things to do
on your smartphone and tablet. The other day at the Apple Store in San
Francisco, team members offered this newspaper a sneak peek at some of
the latest and coolest apps to come down the pike, including a few not
yet released to the general public.

Google (NSDQ: GOOG)
product after Google product either starts life or is perpetually
available only in North America. And the music plank of Apple’s new
iCloud service is no different - Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) doesn’t have the licenses to introduce it to the UK.

“The licensing team at the PRS have started talks with Apple, but are a long way off from any deals being signed,” the PRS For Music royalties agency tells Telegraph.co.uk.
“It is very much the early stages of the negotiations and is similar to
the launch of iTunes – which began in read more »

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