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1 Way Microsoft Is Beating Google

And how the search king may respond.

By Tim Beyers – Mar 26, 2013 at 7:42PM EST

For as well as Google (GOOG +0.56%) has done in keeping Bing at bay, Microsoft (MSFT 0.25%) is still far and away the king of apps. An estimated 1 billion use Office worldwide, versus about 40 million for Google Apps.

Can anything be done to close the gap? In the following video, Tim Beyers of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and Motley Fool Supernova says the search king's efforts to fill holes in its Apps suite reveals a fervent desire to steal Mr. Softy's lunch money. Expect Microsoft to respond in kind.

Do you agree? Which apps suite do you use? Please watch the following video, and then leave a comment in the box below to let us know what you think.

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About the Author

Tim Beyers
Tim Beyers is a Senior Investment Analyst and Lead Advisor at The Motley Fool. Tim leads the signature Rule Breakers investing service and co-leads Motley Fool Supernova’s Odyssey mission, a real-money portfolio designed to help individual investors build and manage a portfolio of Rule Breaker stocks. He also serves as a portfolio lead for Cloud Disruptors and is a contributing stock analyst for the Trends team. Tim has over 20 years of professional investing experience, including 17 years as an analyst for the market-beating Rule Breakers service and three years as its lead advisor.
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Stocks Mentioned

Alphabet Stock Quote
Alphabet
NASDAQ: GOOGL
$308.77
(+0.56%)+$1.73
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Microsoft
NASDAQ: MSFT
$404.73
(-0.25%)-$1.03

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