Microsoft buys presentation startup LiveLoop, continuing acquisition spree Microsoft has quite the appetite for productivity startups as of late, and the company is continuing its acquisition spree with… Read More
Microsoft apps on Samsung’s Galaxy S6? Here’s why it makes sense A report this week by the SamMobile news site, saying that Samsung will pre-install Microsoft apps on the upcoming Galaxy S6… Read More
Bing meets Office with new Microsoft online feature Microsoft has upgraded its Office Online service by integrating a new Bing-powered service called Insights into the company’s online productivity suite.… Read More
Microsoft Office ditches clip art, offers Bing-powered image search instead Microsoft Office users looking for exactly the right piece of clip art to accent their presentation or document can now… Read More
In major strategy shift, Microsoft Office unlocks free editing on iOS and Android tablets and phones In a significant change for its flagship software applications, and a potentially risky move for its business, Microsoft will let users… Read More
Microsoft launches Sway, a new tool for composing and presenting ideas Have a killer idea? Microsoft wants to make it easy to turn it into a presentation. The company unveiled a… Read More
Microsoft wades into education again with ‘Office Mix’ tool for PowerPoint It’s not easy being the big kid at the popular children’s pool. Yet that’s exactly where Microsoft finds itself with… Read More
Microsoft adds printing to Office for iPad in first update to popular tablet apps Microsoft has added one of the key features that was missing from its initial release of Office for iPad. Now, users… Read More
Office for iPad gets 12M downloads in first week How ’bout them Apples? A week after launching Office for iPad, Microsoft says there have been 12 million downloads of the… Read More
Office for iPad tops App Store charts in less than a day Anyone wondering how popular Microsoft’s Office for iPad would be at its launch should wonder no more. Word, Excel, PowerPoint… Read More
Microsoft confirms it’s making Office for Android tablets, too After Microsoft unveiled Office for iPad during its news briefing today, CEO Satya Nadella said the company would be making… Read More
Office for iPad: Microsoft’s Nadella assures Windows 8 users that their day will come SAN FRANCISCO — After finishing his remarks at Microsoft’s press event in San Francisco today, with the live webcast over,… Read More
Microsoft OneNote becomes top free download for Mac, ousting Apple’s Mavericks Microsoft’s new OneNote note-taking software for Mac, released earlier today, has quickly risen up the charts of the Mac App… Read More
Office coming to iPad, finally: Microsoft to unveil apps next week, reports say Satya Nadella will take the stage at his first press event as CEO of Microsoft next week, and it sounds… Read More
Microsoft releases free OneNote for Mac, makes Windows version free, offers new cloud API Microsoft this morning released a long-awaited version of its OneNote software for Mac, made the existing Windows PC version free,… Read More
Microsoft Office exec hints at new generation of apps Much of the focus on Microsoft Office recently has centered on the company’s plans to bring the core Office suite… Read More
Microsoft rebrands Office Web Apps as ‘Office Online,’ launches new portal Microsoft is giving the free online versions of Word, Excel and other Office programs a new name and a dedicated… Read More
Microsoft: Apple’s free iWork on iPad is ‘an attempt to play catch up’ to Office on Surface Apple’s decision to offer its iWork suite for free on new iPads is drawing a spirited response from Microsoft’s communications… Read More
Crazy: Watch this guy recreate iOS 7 in Microsoft Word I’ve been known to impress my colleagues by whipping up a wicked graphic or logo in Microsoft Excel from time… Read More
Here’s what Steve Ballmer actually said about Microsoft Office on the iPad Over the years there has been a great deal of speculation and misinterpretation of Microsoft’s plans to bring its core… Read More
Microsoft Office debuts on iOS — for iPhone, not iPad After months and even years of speculation, Microsoft this morning finally released a version of its core Office productivity programs… Read More
Insights from Duane Campbell, a Microsoft coding legend who’s retiring after 28 years Duane Campbell is retiring from Microsoft today, after 28 years as a software developer with the company. Chances are you’ve… Read More
Office on iPad: Microsoft wrestling with $2.5B tradeoff Microsoft is forgoing as much as $2.5 billion a year in extra revenue by not yet putting a full-fledged version… Read More
New era for Office: Microsoft launches yearly subscription for home users Microsoft is launching a new version of Office for Windows PCs and Macs today, with a new twist: Families and… Read More
Looking for a job at Google? Better know Microsoft Office Google’s momentum vs. Microsoft Office is in the news today: The New York Times reports that Google has scored “an impressive string… Read More
Support documents show Microsoft Office coming to iPad It looks more and more like Microsoft Office is coming to Apple’s iPad. There have been rumors and screenshots of Office… Read More
The next version of Microsoft Office: A user’s perspective I was in attendance at yesterday’s Microsoft event in San Francisco where the company unveiled the new version of Office.… Read More
First look: Microsoft remakes Office for tablets and the cloud Microsoft is giving its first public glimpse of the next version of Office today, showing off an overhauled interface and… Read More
Another big week for Microsoft: Office news, earnings report It has been a big summer for Microsoft already, with a steady drumbeat of announcements — including the unveiling of… Read More
Microsoft Office on iPad: The Daily has a picture, says release possible in coming weeks We’ve been debating whether Microsoft is planning to come out with a version of Office for the iPad, and The… Read More
