Latest articles tagged “microsoft”

Today Microsoft added support for the iCloud storage service to the mobile version of Office for the iPad and iPhone. Users of the iPhone/iPad Office app can now open files from their iCloud storage account directly within Office. ... Read more

Last week Microsoft started running an interesting promotion, offering 100 GB of OneDrive cloud storage free for two years when you sign up for the new Bing Rewards program. ... Read more

It was traditional that Microsoft would trot out a new version of their Microsoft Office, Windows, Exchange mail server and SQL Server every 3-4 years. It sort of came to be expected. Then the company started to move to agile computing. Learn why. ... Read more

Microsoft have launched a consolidated Microsoft Cloud Platform roadmap web site which brings together all the different technologies and products that they have either brought to the cloud already or are actively working on doing so. ... Read more

Microsoft has completed one big data company acquisition for data analysis in the legal and compliance space, whilst another is pending on the popular R language for data analytics. Learn more about the companies Microsoft is paying attention to. ... Read more

Smart marketers at Microsoft decided that a new Lumia 1520 smartphone might the ideal answer to solve actress Chloë Grace Moretz's problem when her iPhone broke. They sent over a care package including a kindly note, a Nokia 1520 and some band aids. ... Read more

Contrary to what many businesses may have believed, Windows 10 for Enterprise will not be free in the first year for companies who wish to upgrade swiftly from Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. There will also be two possible update paths to follow. ... Read more

Microsoft is considering investing in the Cyanogen Android startup which provides a way to access the ROM in an Android phone and root controlled access. An alternative version of Cyanogen could offer more Microsoft apps and services to users. ... Read more

The Office Sway presentation app continues to improve as Microsoft engineers build it out from its earlier first public iteration in November. Better and more flexible organization has been added, greater document import support and more refinements. ... Read more

The release of Microsoft Outlook for the iOS and Android mobile operating systems is another step in the right direction for the software company which decided a few months ago to make a determined push to be more open and much more cross-platform. ... Read more

The same technology used to create IllumiRoom has become a more advanced proof-of-concept project called RoomAlive, which extends beyond the surrounding areas of the TV to transform an entire room into an augmented gaming environment. ... Read more

Just when you thought that the Nokia brand was dead, news comes out of Microsoft's that they sold 10.5 million units in the third quarter. Surprise! As Alcatel felt with the Palm drand, there is still value in 2nd tier brands. ... Read more

Continuing our tips series on cloud storage services which has included 7 Dropbox Tricks To Help You Get More Out Of Their Cloud Service and 7 Tips To Get The Most Out Of Google Drive, here are our best ideas on getting the most out of the OneDrive. ... Read more

According to Sony, PlayStation 4 was the game console with the most sales universally for 2014, as well as the game console with the fastest sales compared to any other console to date. ... Read more

The battle between the app stores of the two tech titans Google and Apple is raging more than ever, since both companies are trying to attract as many developers as they possibly can. ... Read more