Apple, Android app makers cool to Microsoft overtures

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SGA45rHVvKwUGsnaJzsBtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-05-20T050754Z_1006950001_LYNXMPEB4J04D_RTROPTP_2_CBUS INESS-US-MICROSOFT-DEVELOPERS-INSIGHT.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/apple-android-app-makers-cool-microsoft-overtures-050754924--finance.html)By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft's plan to make its new version of Windows a mobile hit by letting it accept tweaked Apple and Android apps has met an obstacle: some of the software developers the company needs to woo just aren't interested. Windows phones accounted for just 3 percent of global smartphone sales last year, compared with about 81 percent for devices with Google's Android system and 15 percent for Apple and its iOS system, according to research firm IDC. To boost sales of its phones and new operating system, Microsoft said last month that it would provide tools to software developers to make it easier to design apps for Windows based on apps that run on Android or Apple.



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