As the competitive pressure from the Apple's unified ecosystem grows, Microsoft and Samsung need each other now more than ever (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge:
As the competitive pressure from the Apple's unified ecosystem grows, Microsoft and Samsung need each other now more than ever  —  Apple's unified ecosystem is piling on the pressure  —  Outside of its hardware announcements, one of the bigger takeaways from yesterday's Samsung event was its ever-closer relationship with Microsoft.

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