The Threat That Nearly Destroyed Microsoft Office

Jun 11, 2015 | Android, Apple, Box, Dropbox, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, phone, software, tablet

Microsoft is continuing an aggressive push to ensure that Word, Excel and Powerpoint continue to be the standard business file formats as we move into a new world of mobile devices and files stored online in a variety of services. Recent examples: Dropbox has added...

Upload Your Photos To Google: Trade Privacy For Big Rewards

Jun 7, 2015 | Android, Apple, Google, photos, search, video, web_services

Google Photos is the free service introduced last week that gives you unlimited online storage space for your photos and makes them as easy to search as email or files. It has taken the world by storm, and for good reason: the data analysis transforms it into far more...

Google Takes The Lead In The Battle For Your Photos

May 29, 2015 | Android, Google, photos, web_services

Google introduced a new standalone service today for organizing your photos on your phone and storing them online. Google is now offering arguably the best mobile app for photos on Android and iOS, along with unlimited storage of your photos online, all for free...

It’s Magic! Turn Your Phone Into A Scanner With Office Lens

Apr 16, 2015 | Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, mobile, Office, Office tips, OneDrive, OneNote, phone, Windows Phone 8

Last week Microsoft made Office Lens available for iPhones and Android phones. It’s a free app that turns your phone into a fast and efficient scanner, able to easily capture documents, business cards, receipts, whiteboards, and more. It’s practical and useful and...

OneNote Clipper Is The Best Way To Save Web Pages (And OneNote Keeps Getting Better)

Mar 25, 2015 | Android, Apple, IE, iPad, mobile, Office, OneNote, phone, software, tablet, web_services, Windows7, Windows8

An update to OneNote Clipper has made it the easiest and best way to save content from the web, from entire web pages to just the content you want – articles, recipes, pictures, or anything else. It’s only the latest in a series of updates for OneNote; Microsoft has...

Windows Phone Fades Into Insignificance

Mar 18, 2015 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, mobile, phone, Windows Phone 8, Windows10

In 2012, Microsoft embarked on a grand experiment to create a worthy competitor to the iPhone and Android out of thin air. It devoted huge resources to develop Windows Phone 8, a phone operating system with unique and endearing features, then implored developers large...