In one of our previous news articles we looked at software for making presentations for those of you who are not keen on using PowerPoint. Well now there is a new kid on the block – Microsoft Sway. So what is Sway and why is it different? Well Microsoft describes it as ‘a dynamic, interactive [...]
Yes it is true – it is now possible to buy a tablet PC running a full version of Windows 8.1 for less than £100! So how is this possible? They run a version of Windows called “Windows 8.1 with Bing”. The ‘Bing’ part is important – by bundling Microsoft Bing as the default search [...]
If you are lucky enough to be using Office 365 for your email you will be able to benefit from a nifty new feature from Microsoft designed to improve your productivity called ‘Clutter’ that will be included in your subscription free of charge. Clutter is currently being deployed to business customers and uses artificial intelligence [...]
Following hot on the heels of office for iPad is the new iPhone optimised version of the popular Microsoft Office applications. Word, Excel and PowerPoint are all now available for download to the iPhone from the App Store now. And the best part of it is that they will be available free of charge. If [...]
With cloud storage rapidly becoming a commodity, Microsoft has taken the next logical step in the file-syncing bunfight, doing away with storage quotas altogether for paying customers of its subscription Office 365 offerings. Microsoft began opening up the data-hosting sluices in June, when it gave every Office 365 subscribers' 1TB of OneDrive storage each. Now [...]
Windows, an operating system which is used by over 1.5 billion people in every country of the world. From kids playing with computers for the first time, to writers and journalists, to engineers, to gamers, to CEOs, at some point Windows has empowered all of us. The Windows team, are proud of this – though [...]
When Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference kicked off on the 14th July, the first to take to the stage was Phil Sorgen. While on stage, Phil stated that "Office 365 is fastest-growing corporate product ever," which was big news for several reasons. It shows that the software as a service (SAAS) business model is viable for [...]
Microsoft have announced changes to their Office 365 plans for small and midsize businesses which are expected to become effective in October 2014. As well as simplifying choices for customers, functionality is improved and for customer who would have previously used the midsize business plan, there is a cost saving as well. So it all [...]
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