Microsoft made its popular Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications available for free on Android tablets on Thursday, January 29, 2015.
This makes it the latest step in the company's drive to get as many mobile customers as possible using its software.
Microsoft also released an app for its popular Outlook email program to run on Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad, hoping to attract the millions of users familiar with Outlook from their work desktops.
It is believed that the new releases are the latest schemes in Chief Executive Officer, Satya Nadella's attempt to wrest back the initiative in the battle for mobile users, where Microsoft has fallen behind Apple and Google Inc. see full story here http://yakububinu..com/2015/01/microsoftcompany-launches-office-for.html