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Microsoft Office on iPad

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 28, 2011 at 3:37 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions about technology, including opening Office files on the iPad.

For Yahoo (And Me, Too), Time Is Brain

Kara Swisher in News on November 23, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT

Yahoo has about 30 working days to make what has to be a complex and multiparty deal, in an effort that is akin to herding cats.

Apple Brings iWork Apps to iPhone and iPod Touch

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 31, 2011 at 9:41 am PT

Already available for the iPad, Apple is bringing Pages, Keynote and Numbers to the iPhone and iPod Touch. The apps sell for $9.99 apiece and are free for those who have already purchased the iPad versions.

Posterous Goes Bare: Shows Us All Its Stats

Liz Gannes in Social on February 16, 2011 at 11:15 pm PT

The lightweight blogging company Posterous volunteered to open its books recently, coughing up every product stat NetworkEffect asked for during a recent visit.

AOL's Ad Turnaround Still Isn't Here Yet

Peter Kafka in Media on February 2, 2011 at 4:42 am PT

But Wall Street wasn’t expecting Tim Armstrong to say otherwise.

Buyer's Remorse: 16 Percent of Galaxy Tabs Are Returned

John Paczkowski in News on February 1, 2011 at 4:15 am PT

No wonder sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab to date haven’t been what the company expected. Not only are consumers buying fewer of them than previously thought–they’re also returning them more frequently.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Sells Well to Retailers–Consumers, Not So Much

John Paczkowski in News on January 31, 2011 at 12:01 pm PT

Samsung may have shipped two million Galaxy Tabs in its fourth quarter, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it sold them all. Because evidently, it didn’t. In truth, sales to date haven’t been as fast as the company expected.”

Yahoo Q4 Slide Deck: Find the Momentum

Kara Swisher in News on January 25, 2011 at 3:55 pm PT

For those who love to wallow in financial details, here is the slide deck of a lot of them, courtesy of Yahoo, which reported its fourth-quarter earnings today. Its execs declared that signs were “encouraging” and that there was “continued momentum.” See if you agree by going all junior accountant on the numbers.

Google’s Latest Assault on Carriers: Number Porting Comes to Google Voice

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 25, 2011 at 11:52 am PT

The search giant confirms that Google Voice users in the U.S. can start porting over existing phone numbers to the service for a $20 fee. New Google Voice users should be able to sign up and bring over an existing number in the next couple of weeks.