Apps, The Cloud, and Windows/Devices. Microsoft uses fancier terms, but that’s the simple way of looking at the company’s new financial reporting segments, which make their debut on Thursday along with the company’s… Read More
Microsoft has recently been making lots of apps for iOS and Android, despite the fact that those platforms are rivals to its own Windows operating system. But this is actually not… Read More
Microsoft officially released Office 2016 for Windows this morning — attempting to retool its productivity suite for the modern era of online collaboration, and aiming to shift more users from traditional software licenses… Read More
Microsoft’s Office 2016 is almost here. According to a post on the Office 365 blog, the productivity suite will be “broadly available” on Sept. 22. Just like Windows 10 and other recent… Read More
Microsoft was the first guest Apple brought on stage to demo features for its new iPad Pro today. Microsoft Office executive Kirk Koenigsbauer showcased new features in the Office apps that work… Read More
Apple just unveiled a new model of the iPad, the iPad Pro, with a whopping 12.9-inch screen, and a pair of new accessories: a “smart keyboard” designed for the super-sized tablet,… Read More
Outlook for iOS just keeps getting better. An update Microsoft posted today now lets you open Word, PowerPoint and Excel files directly in their respective apps instead of sending you to a simplified… Read More
Ten months after unveiling Sway as a new member of its Office family, Microsoft is officially releasing the digital storytelling app today — bringing the software out of preview and making it… Read More
Microsoft is rolling out the official Office app to Android users after a test phase that started last month. Android users can now download updated apps for Word, Excel and PowerPoint that… Read More
Box users can now edit and create Microsoft Office documents via Office Online, without leaving the cloud storage service. The new integration was announced this morning as part of the expanding… Read More
Dropbox and Microsoft Office announced a series of new integrations this morning — including the ability to edit Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents inside Dropbox in a web browser, and… Read More
Forty years ago today, on April 4, 1975, two friends from Seattle formed a partnership called “Micro-soft.” In an email to Microsoft employees this week, marking the milestone, Bill Gates recalled the company’s… Read More
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
Samsung and Microsoft, which until recently were fighting it out in court, today deepened their business relationship — saying they will work together to bring Microsoft Office to Android in a much bigger… Read More
If you use an iPhone, you’re more likely to use Safari than someone who doesn’t use an iPhone. Google Chrome users are more likely to use Gmail than people who… Read More
Microsoft launched a public preview version of Office 2016 for Mac that allows users of Apple’s platform to get a feel for the future of the Redmond-based company’s productivity suite… Read More
Microsoft opened up its Office productivity suite for integration with outside cloud storage providers today, giving users the ability to easily access files stored outside of OneDrive. Thanks to an update rolled out today,… Read More
Microsoft has launched a new preview of its Office apps for Windows 10 today, giving users early access to the first touch-first universal version of its productivity suite that will run… Read More
Fans of Microsoft Office have some new tools to look forward to in the coming year. Microsoft gave the public a glimpse at its version of Office for Windows 10… Read More
It’s open season for most Android tablet users who want to try out Microsoft’s Office for Android beta. Starting today, anyone with an Android tablet running KitKat or Lollipop with… Read More
Microsoft Windows has made headway in the market for low-end laptops and tablets this year by reducing the price it charges device manufacturers, charging no royalty on devices with screens of 9 inches or… Read More
Microsoft has enhanced its new Sway web-based presentation tool with the ability to directly add content from a Bing image search into a Sway document. Users search for whatever they want… Read More
Google updated its Drive cloud storage and productivity service to let Gmail users edit Microsoft Office documents they receive without leaving the company’s email service. Users who get an attachment… Read More
Microsoft investors will gather Wednesday morning for a yearly tradition, the company’s annual shareholders meeting at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash. It’s Satya Nadella’s first shareholders meeting since becoming CEO nine months ago,… Read More
Microsoft fans, this bundle is for you. The Redmond company today launched a new $199 annual plan that combines four of the company’s subscriptions into one giant bundle — Office 365 Home, Xbox Live Gold,… Read More
In addition to unlocking free document editing for Office users on iOS and Android tablets and smartphones, Microsoft this morning released a preview version of its Office apps for Android… Read More
Microsoft and Dropbox announced a key partnership today that will allow Dropbox users to access their cloud-based files while using the web, smartphone, and tablet versions of Microsoft Office. Those… Read More
Microsoft this morning released a new version of its Outlook for Mac email client with improvements in the user interface and under-the-hood performance. Here are the new features, as outlined… Read More
Box announced today a redesigned Android app with a handful of new features designed to give people on Google’s platform a new way to access the files they have stored on… Read More
The team behind the hit Microsoft Office for iPad apps is conducting an Ask Me Anything Q&A on Reddit right now, and some of the most interesting questions involve the… Read More