Microsoft is offering companies a new antidote to one of the most troublesome viral reactions in the workplace. The new “Reply All Storm Protection” for Exchange Online on Office 365… Read More
Grab your headphones, press play, and groove to the sound of your email inbox. It might sound a little weird, but based on my experience so far, Microsoft’s new “Play… Read More
Microsoft started off the year with two wins in the federal government sector, winning a $1.76 billion contract with the Department of Defense for software development services and a new… Read More
Whew! Stocks were all over the place in 2018. Things were going well in late summer, but by fall the wheels were coming off. In December, the market saw more… Read More
Many Microsoft products have long supported a “dark mode” to make late night work easier on the eyes, though that hasn’t been the case for the web version of the… Read More
Microsoft today announced Outlook.com Beta, a new opt-in program that lets users try new features powered by artificial intelligence and design changes. Some of the new updates users can test… Read More
Microsoft’s Garage incubator is testing six new apps with a variety of consumer-centric functions, including organizing projects and photos, sharing OneDrive files and managing writing assignments. The apps were first… Read More
Microsoft announced new updates for Office 365 and Outlook this morning, designed to help users focus in an era when people have more and more work spread across different devices and programs. The new features leverage intelligence… Read More
Asking a colleague to grab a coffee will now require just a couple clicks, thanks to a new add-in for Outlook from Starbucks. The feature launched today, and it lets Outlook… Read More
Every time an indie app is bought, there’s always a concern that the new owner may lose interest in supporting it, instead moving developers onto other projects and shutting down… Read More
Despite the rise of digital calendars, keeping track of what’s happening in a day can be tough. There’s your to-do list, your Facebook events and meetings scheduled by email, let alone… Read More
Microsoft is asking select users to pay $3.99 per month for premium email features like custom email domains and an ad-free inbox, according to a landing page uncovered by Thurrott. Outlook.com Premium,… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about our favorite apps for book lovers, gamers, photographers, home cooks, people who like to send holiday cards, and… Read More
Microsoft’s Outlook team has had a busy year. After the acquisition of Acompli and its transformation into the official Outlook app for iOS and Android, the email and calendar app has been… Read More
The like and @mention have quickly become integrated into the internet and culture at large, and now Microsoft is adding those social features to email. Outlook users will soon be… Read More
Despite the growth of messaging platforms, email just won’t go away. But Microsoft is working on a new app, called “Flow,” designed to make it easier to communicate over the decades-old… 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 Outlook is the standard desktop email client for many computer users, but until recently, the Redmond company didn’t have a top-notch, cross-platform Outlook app for accessing email on the… Read More
Microsoft has purchased Sunrise, the makers of the cross platform Sunrise Calendar app, according to a report from TechCrunch. The deal, worth “at least $100 million,” gives Microsoft another tool… Read More
iOS and Android users who really love Outlook are in luck today: Microsoft launched a new app bearing the name of its popular professional-grade email client on the iOS App Store and… Read More
Microsoft announced today that it has purchased Acompli, a company that makes professional-grade email apps for iOS and Android. The Acompli team will be working with Microsoft’s Outlook team on email… Read More
It seems like everyone’s getting on the inbox filtering bandwagon. Today, Microsoft announced a new feature for Outlook called Clutter that’s designed to help users get a handle on all the emails they… 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
While revelations from Edward Snowden and others have led to people worrying about the security of their digital correspondence, actually securing email is a harder task. Many of the tools… Read More
Outlook.com users who want to make Skype phone calls without opening up another app can now do so from their email hub. Starting today, Outlook.com officially rolled out Skype integration… Read More
Throughout the year, Microsoft has lambasted Google and accused them of shady privacy policies via its “Scroogled” campaign. But now, new top-secret documents given to The Guardian by Edward Snowden shows… Read More
Microsoft today announced that the migration from Hotmail to the new Outlook.com is officially complete and that there are now more than 400 million active Outlook accounts. The Redmond software giant also… Read More
It looks like Microsoft is done bashing Google — for now. Late last week, Microsoft’s Director of Search Stefan Weitz told California’s KQED that the company’s “Scroogled” campaign is “about… Read More
Microsoft has been gradually releasing information regarding Windows 8, and all of the applications therein, since the start of 2012. One of the details we’ve been missing is the pricing for… Read More