How Microsoft’s brute financial force will bring apps to Windows Phone

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jQKfo8qqSr2GnaMeq_OzOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/ballmercrazed.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-brute-financial-force-bring-apps-windows-phone-201052128.html)Microsoft has always had one big advantage over BlackBerry in its quest to establish Windows Phone as the world’s No. 3 mobile operating system: Giant piles of cash.-Bloomberg Businessweek-has an interesting new article out on Microsoft and Nokia’s efforts to use raw financial clout to bring more apps to Windows Phone 8.-Bryan Biniak, Nokia’s global vice president and general manager, tells the publication that the two companies have started playing hardball with developers and have even told them that they risk losing out on future Microsoft and Nokia business if they don’t bring their mobile apps to Windows Phone. “If our employees bank with you, if the company banks with you, if we travel with you, if we stay in



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