Bill Gates: Microsoft Office needs 'more than a tune-up'

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Microsoft founder opens up and claims firm had its eye on WhatsApp before Facebook swooped in with $19bn takeover

Bill Gates has claimed that Microsoft's Office products need "more than a tune-up" in an interview in which he admitted the software giant would have considered splashing out on social giant WhatsA...

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