AllThingsD » mobile software http://allthingsd.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:23:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 IBM Acquires Israeli Mobile Software Player Worklight http://allthingsd.com/20120131/ibm-acquires-israeli-mobile-software-player-worklight/ http://allthingsd.com/20120131/ibm-acquires-israeli-mobile-software-player-worklight/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:35:46 +0000 Arik Hesseldahl http://allthingsd.com/?p=169715 IBM said today it had reached a deal to acquire Worklight, a privately held Israeli mobile software company. Terms weren’t disclosed, but at least one report put the deal at $70 million. IBM said 75 percent of CIOs it had recently surveyed considered spending on mobile devices and software a priority.

]]> http://allthingsd.com/20120131/ibm-acquires-israeli-mobile-software-player-worklight/feed/ 0 Ballmer's Guide to iPhone Usage at Microsoft http://allthingsd.com/20090911/ballmers-guide-to-iphone-usage-at-microsoft/ http://allthingsd.com/20090911/ballmers-guide-to-iphone-usage-at-microsoft/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:38:44 +0000 Nick Wingfield http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=15302 It’s no secret to anyone at Microsoft (MSFT) that more than a few employees tote around iPhones in their pockets. Some staffers make little effort to hide the Apple (AAPL) device, while others seem to treat the iPhone a bit like a flask of whisky–a secret, irresistible source of shame.

Of the unspoken rules among Microsoft employees about using iPhones, it’s fair to say this could be second from the top: don’t show it to company CEO Steve Ballmer, who has made turning around Microsoft’s own flagging mobile-software efforts an important priority at the company. And whatever you do, don’t attempt to take a photo of Mr. Ballmer with your iPhone in front of a stadium full of Microsoft employees at the all-company meeting.

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