Microsoft has quite the appetite for productivity startups as of late, and the company is continuing its acquisition spree with LiveLoop, a company that takes PowerPoint presentations and allows people… Read More
A report this week by the SamMobile news site, saying that Samsung will pre-install Microsoft apps on the upcoming Galaxy S6 smartphone, would be easy to dismiss as a crazy rumor.… Read More
Microsoft has upgraded its Office Online service by integrating a new Bing-powered service called Insights into the company’s online productivity suite. The tool, which pops out as a sidebar in any… Read More
Microsoft Office users looking for exactly the right piece of clip art to accent their presentation or document can now turn straight to the internet from their work, thanks to… Read More
In a significant change for its flagship software applications, and a potentially risky move for its business, Microsoft will let users create and edit documents without a paid subscription in its Word, Excel and… Read More
Have a killer idea? Microsoft wants to make it easy to turn it into a presentation. The company unveiled a new product called Office Sway today that provides users with… Read More
It’s not easy being the big kid at the popular children’s pool. Yet that’s exactly where Microsoft finds itself with today’s launch of Office Mix into the now-hot education technology… Read More
Microsoft has added one of the key features that was missing from its initial release of Office for iPad. Now, users can print their Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents straight from… Read More
How ’bout them Apples? A week after launching Office for iPad, Microsoft says there have been 12 million downloads of the apps. It’s actually not a huge surprise, given the size… Read More
Anyone wondering how popular Microsoft’s Office for iPad would be at its launch should wonder no more. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote currently occupy the top four places on the… Read More
After Microsoft unveiled Office for iPad during its news briefing today, CEO Satya Nadella said the company would be making Office available everywhere — on all phones, tablets and PCs.… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — After finishing his remarks at Microsoft’s press event in San Francisco today, with the live webcast over, new CEO Satya Nadella spoke with reporters for about five… Read More
Microsoft’s new OneNote note-taking software for Mac, released earlier today, has quickly risen up the charts of the Mac App Store, pushing aside many of Apple’s own apps to become… Read More
Satya Nadella will take the stage at his first press event as CEO of Microsoft next week, and it sounds like he’s going to make a big announcement. Nadella will… Read More
Microsoft this morning released a long-awaited version of its OneNote software for Mac, made the existing Windows PC version free, and announced a new cloud-based API that will allow any… Read More
Much of the focus on Microsoft Office recently has centered on the company’s plans to bring the core Office suite to the iPad — and yes, that app will see… Read More
Microsoft is giving the free online versions of Word, Excel and other Office programs a new name and a dedicated online home, aiming to raise their profile in the competitive… Read More
Apple’s decision to offer its iWork suite for free on new iPads is drawing a spirited response from Microsoft’s communications chief. In a new blog post, Frank Shaw disputes the notion… Read More
I’ve been known to impress my colleagues by whipping up a wicked graphic or logo in Microsoft Excel from time to time, but holy crap, check out this video of… Read More
Over the years there has been a great deal of speculation and misinterpretation of Microsoft’s plans to bring its core Office programs to Apple’s iPad. So much that it’s not… Read More
After months and even years of speculation, Microsoft this morning finally released a version of its core Office productivity programs — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — for Apple’s iOS mobile… Read More
Duane Campbell is retiring from Microsoft today, after 28 years as a software developer with the company. Chances are you’ve never heard of him, even if you follow the company… Read More
Microsoft is forgoing as much as $2.5 billion a year in extra revenue by not yet putting a full-fledged version of its Office suite on Apple’s iPad. That’s the estimate… Read More
Microsoft is launching a new version of Office for Windows PCs and Macs today, with a new twist: Families and home users will have the option to subscribe to the… Read More
Google’s momentum vs. Microsoft Office is in the news today: The New York Times reports that Google has scored “an impressive string of wins” during the past year with big companies opting… Read More
It looks more and more like Microsoft Office is coming to Apple’s iPad. There have been rumors and screenshots of Office potentially coming to iOS devices, but now new documents at… Read More
I was in attendance at yesterday’s Microsoft event in San Francisco where the company unveiled the new version of Office. We are part of a small group of customers who… Read More
Microsoft is giving its first public glimpse of the next version of Office today, showing off an overhauled interface and new features intended to make Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and… Read More
It has been a big summer for Microsoft already, with a steady drumbeat of announcements — including the unveiling of its Surface tablet computer, the acquisitions of Yammer and Perceptive… Read More
We’ve been debating whether Microsoft is planning to come out with a version of Office for the iPad, and The Daily is back today with some good news for anyone… Read More