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Microsoft unveils ‘multiplayer AI collaboration’ tool for work, trying to overcome Copilot qualms

Microsoft is aiming to address skepticism about the value of AI in its flagship productivity applications — and justify the… Read More

Microsoft productivity apps and Copilot AI coming to Apple Vision Pro at launch

Despite their longstanding rivalry, Microsoft has made a tradition of developing software for Apple computers, stretching back to the early… Read More

Microsoft looks to tighten ties with OpenAI through potential $10B investment and new integrations

A potential $10 billion investment by Microsoft in OpenAI would strengthen the tech giant’s partnership with the ChatGPT maker as… Read More

Can PowerPoint save public speaking? New feature uses AI to tell presenters what they’re doing wrong

Microsoft PowerPoint is often criticized for ruining public speaking, given the temptation for presenters to simply read the slides they’ve… Read More

‘We don’t even use computers!’: Watch a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation get mocked on ‘SNL’

It’s the first Monday back at work after daylight saving time and hopefully you don’t have to make a PowerPoint… Read More

Microsoft makes real-time captions and translation standard in Office 365 PowerPoint

The next PowerPoint presentation you see may have live captions or subtitles, as Microsoft rolls out a real-time voice translation… Read More

Secrets of a PowerPoint champ: What it takes to win a national title in a Microsoft Office program

Used by many, banned by some and parodied by others, Microsoft PowerPoint is a staple of modern corporate life. But who… Read More

Microsoft PowerPoint’s new trick: Real-time language translation

Microsoft PowerPoint might not have a reputation for cutting-edge innovation, but a new capability shown today at the company’s Build… Read More

Microsoft updates Office apps with Excel maps, PowerPoint QuickStarter and Tap for Word and Outlook

ATLANTA, GA. — Microsoft is releasing a number of significant updates to its Office applications at the Microsoft Ignite conference today. Included… Read More

Microsoft updates Office 365 and Outlook with new features to help people focus

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… Read More

PowerPoint “Morph” brings animation to Microsoft’s widely used presentation software

Over the years, various tools have debuted in an attempt to usurp PowerPoint’s role as the de facto presentation software for… Read More

How Microsoft is updating Office for the iPad Pro and Apple Watch

Microsoft was the first guest Apple brought on stage to demo features for its new iPad Pro today. Microsoft Office executive Kirk… Read More

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 launches preview of Office 2016 for Mac, full release coming later this year

Microsoft launched a public preview version of Office 2016 for Mac that allows users of Apple’s platform to get a… Read More

Microsoft officially launches Office for Android

It’s official: Microsoft Office is ready for prime time on Android Tablets. Microsoft just removed the “Preview” label from its… Read More

Office for Android tablet beta opens up on Google Play

It’s open season for most Android tablet users who want to try out Microsoft’s Office for Android beta. Starting today,… Read More

Moving beyond PowerPoint: Slide Bureau is a slick tool for sharing visual content, automatically adapting across multiple devices

Hillel Cooperman loves PowerPoint, but he’s ready to move beyond Microsoft’s powerful software with the latest version of a new presentation… Read More

Evernote targets Microsoft PowerPoint with ‘Presentation Mode’ for Windows

Evernote announced today that users of its popular notetaking software on Windows now have access to Presentation Mode, a feature… Read More

Jackson Fish Market debuts app to help teachers, realtors, restaurant owners make presentations

The six-person team at Seattle-based software design firm Jackson Fish Market knew that there were people making presentations on a regular basis —… Read More

Office Remote: Control Word, Excel, and PowerPoint docs with a Windows Phone

Microsoft Research today debuted a new tool called Office Remote that lets you control Office apps like Word, Excel and Powerpoint… 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

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

3 ways digital media is turning us into 2nd graders

We are all regressing. And I have proof from an authoritative source: the state of children’s books. The underlying reasons… Read More

Haiku Deck partners with popular publishing platform Slideshare

Above is a presentation made on Haiku Deck and shared on Slideshare — it also shows you how to upload your… 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

$100 a year for Office: Microsoft unveils subscription rates

Microsoft has been gradually releasing information regarding Windows 8, and all of the applications therein, since the start of 2012. One… Read More

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