{"id":744893,"date":"2013-04-03T15:01:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T19:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=141091"},"modified":"2013-04-03T15:01:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T19:01:27","slug":"skydrive-app-is-microsofts-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/744893","title":{"rendered":"SkyDrive app is Microsoft’s ‘new normal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft continues to match development pace with Google, releasing today yet another app update<\/a>. SkyDrive 3.0 for iOS<\/a> follows many other recent releases, including Outlook.com Calendar<\/a> (this week), Windows 8\/RT Mail, Calendar and People apps<\/a> (last week) and SkyDrive<\/a> (mid-March), among others. <\/p>\n

In my news analysis about the new Windows 8\/RT core apps, I asserted: \"It's a new Microsoft\", explaining how the company has greatly picked up the pace of new product development -- something also seen in Windows Blue<\/a>, which I expect to ship less than a year after the great 8<\/a>. A day following my analysis, Frank Shaw, Microsoft corporate communications chief, said<\/a> that \"continuous development cycle is the new normal across Microsoft\", which is consistent with reinvention as the \"devices and services<\/a>\" company that CEO Steve Ballmer described<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

The new SkyDrive for iOS version is one more part of a process every Microsoft customer should get used to. Expect more-frequent updates and stronger support for more platforms -- yes, Android and iOS. Mike Torres, Microsoft group product manager ticks through<\/a> the improvements:<\/p>\n