AllThingsD is reporting that contrary to earlier reports that Apple and Microsoft were arguing over a 30% cut of storage upgrade sales through Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage utility, instead the companies are negotiating over revenue Microsoft would bring in as part of its Office 365 subscription service.

Office has long been a cash cow for Microsoft and extending the platform to iOS will undoubtedly fatten it further. It will also bring significant benefits to Apple’s mobile platform, ones for which Microsoft feels it is owed a discount on that 30 percent cut that Apple would otherwise command on Office 365 subscriptions sold to iOS users through it. The apps are just part of a subscription that includes desktop access.
So the company has been pushing Apple to adjust the 70/30 revenue split in its developer license agreement. Predictably, Apple has refused to comply. It’s not yet clear what sort of concession Microsoft is seeking, but whatever it is, Apple’s evidently not willing to consider it. Indeed, I’m told it’s taken a “the rules are the rules” stance, which would suggest it’s not at all willing to negotiate a different split. Apple’s position: If a customer comes through its gateway, it feels it is deserved the commission outlined in 11.12 of its developer license.

Apple, for its part, says that App Store rules are fair and are applied equally to all developers, big and small.

Office for iOS has been rumored several times over the past year, but now seems closer to fruition than ever -- if Apple and Microsoft can come to some agreement. Yesterday, Microsoft leaked references to 'Office Mobile for iPhone', 'Excel for iPad', and 'PowerPoint for iPad'.

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Apple vs Microsoft: iOS Subscription Revenues

AllThingsD is reporting that contrary to earlier reports that Apple and Microsoft were arguing over a 30% cut of storage upgrade sales through Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage utility, instead the companies are negotiating over revenue Microsoft would bring in as part of its Office 365 subscription service.

Office has long been a cash cow for Microsoft and extending the platform to iOS will undoubtedly fatten it further. It will also bring significant benefits to Apple’s mobile platform, ones for which Microsoft feels it is owed a discount on that 30 percent cut that Apple would otherwise command on Office 365 subscriptions sold to iOS users through it. The apps are just part of a subscription that includes desktop access.
So the company has been pushing Apple to adjust the 70/30 revenue split in its developer license agreement. Predictably, Apple has refused to comply. It’s not yet clear what sort of concession Microsoft is seeking, but whatever it is, Apple’s evidently not willing to consider it. Indeed, I’m told it’s taken a “the rules are the rules” stance, which would suggest it’s not at all willing to negotiate a different split. Apple’s position: If a customer comes through its gateway, it feels it is deserved the commission outlined in 11.12 of its developer license.

Apple, for its part, says that App Store rules are fair and are applied equally to all developers, big and small.

Office for iOS has been rumored several times over the past year, but now seems closer to fruition than ever -- if Apple and Microsoft can come to some agreement. Yesterday, Microsoft leaked references to 'Office Mobile for iPhone', 'Excel for iPad', and 'PowerPoint for iPad'.

Microsoft has confirmed an update that will be released to Office for Mac 2011. The update will support the company's cloud-based SkyDrive storage. Similar to Office 2013, Microsoft's update will let Mac users access SkyDrive or Office 365 to save and retrieve documents where ever you may be. 

The update will be available when Office 2013 is launched. This also means that Office for Mac can count towards an Office 365 Home Premium subscription. 

Microsoft has confirmed that there is no Office for Mac 2013 release planned. "We haven't announced the next release of Office for Mac," says a Microsoft spokesperson. 

Office 2013 will be available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs. It will also include support for a new streaming version of Office with a focus on cloud features. 

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Microsoft to deliver Office for Mac 2011 SkyDrive update

Microsoft has confirmed an update that will be released to Office for Mac 2011. The update will support the company's cloud-based SkyDrive storage. Similar to Office 2013, Microsoft's update will let Mac users access SkyDrive or Office 365 to save and retrieve documents where ever you may be. 

The update will be available when Office 2013 is launched. This also means that Office for Mac can count towards an Office 365 Home Premium subscription. 

Microsoft has confirmed that there is no Office for Mac 2013 release planned. "We haven't announced the next release of Office for Mac," says a Microsoft spokesperson. 

Office 2013 will be available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs. It will also include support for a new streaming version of Office with a focus on cloud features. 

There are several ways in which you are able to store data in a cloud, and there are services like Onlive that allow the streaming of games directly to your computer, without the need to download them; Box.com, ft.com, Dropbox, etc. For extensive amounts of storage space, you will have to pay your storage provider a certain amount of money, depending on what storage provider you are using. Although Google Drives main rival is SkyDrive, which is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft have recently improved SkyDrive, so from standard (which is the type of account that you don't have to pay for) you have 7GB storage space, compared to Google Drive which allows you 5GB from standard.

A representative of Google said the following:

"Today, we're introducing Google Drive - a central place where you can create, share, collaborate and keep all of your stuff. Whether you're working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive," 

Although if you are willing to spend some money, and you will be storing vast amounts of data on the Internet, then with SkyDrive, you will be able to add 100GB to the current storage that your account already has. And if you were prepared to pay more or less the same amount ($50) then you would be able to have 1TB of data with GoogleDrive. This is currently the highest amount of storage that one person can currently buy (without purchasing online storage for a company with servers etc.). This is as near as makes no difference 10x the amount of storage space that SkyDrive offers,  Both of the services are both extremely good, although if I had to choose between the two of them, it would have to be google. The reason for this is because of the amount of storage space that Google have to offer, and I have experienced both of these services, and I used Safari to upload a 50MB file to both of the services, GoogleDrive took 120 seconds, and SkyDrive took 160 seconds. As you can see just from this test, there is a significant difference in the speed of the uploads. I also conducted a download test, and found that it was the same story.

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Google Drive or SkyDrive?

There are several ways in which you are able to store data in a cloud, and there are services like Onlive that allow the streaming of games directly to your computer, without the need to download them; Box.com, ft.com, Dropbox, etc. For extensive amounts of storage space, you will have to pay your storage provider a certain amount of money, depending on what storage provider you are using. Although Google Drives main rival is SkyDrive, which is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft have recently improved SkyDrive, so from standard (which is the type of account that you don't have to pay for) you have 7GB storage space, compared to Google Drive which allows you 5GB from standard.

A representative of Google said the following:

"Today, we're introducing Google Drive - a central place where you can create, share, collaborate and keep all of your stuff. Whether you're working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive," 

Although if you are willing to spend some money, and you will be storing vast amounts of data on the Internet, then with SkyDrive, you will be able to add 100GB to the current storage that your account already has. And if you were prepared to pay more or less the same amount ($50) then you would be able to have 1TB of data with GoogleDrive. This is currently the highest amount of storage that one person can currently buy (without purchasing online storage for a company with servers etc.). This is as near as makes no difference 10x the amount of storage space that SkyDrive offers,  Both of the services are both extremely good, although if I had to choose between the two of them, it would have to be google. The reason for this is because of the amount of storage space that Google have to offer, and I have experienced both of these services, and I used Safari to upload a 50MB file to both of the services, GoogleDrive took 120 seconds, and SkyDrive took 160 seconds. As you can see just from this test, there is a significant difference in the speed of the uploads. I also conducted a download test, and found that it was the same story.