Outlook.com Takes Over Hotmail (But Has Some Growing Pains)

Feb 27, 2013 | mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Outlook, web_services, Windows Live

Last summer Microsoft introduced Outlook.com, a redesigned webmail service with a modern design and new features that were ahead of Hotmail, Gmail, and the other competitors. Here’s my enthusiastic description of Outlook.com. (To be clear: Outlook.com is a webmail...

New Features In Office 2013 – Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint

Feb 6, 2013 | mail, Office, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook, software

Previously: Office 365 Home Premium: The View From 36,000 Feet New Features In Office 2013 – UI, Skydrive, Word Continuing our look at a handful of new features in the updated Office suite, in case any of them get you all excited. (Hey, don’t laugh – I have to sit...

Clash Of The Titans: The War Of The Ecosystems

Dec 17, 2012 | Android, Apple, Google, Google Drive, iPad, mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, Surface, tablet, web_services, Windows Phone 8, Windows8

Previously: Clash Of The Titans – The Battle Over Skydrive On iOS War has broken out. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have been building walled gardens, ecosystems of services that work best if you have multiple devices on the same platform. Example: once you buy...

Gmail Goes Down! And Other Tales Of Outages

Dec 10, 2012 | Apple, Facebook, Google, mail, Office 365, web_services

Gmail was down today for most users for at least an hour, with Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Play and some other Google services remaining down for another hour or more. A side effect: attempts to access Google services during the outage was causing Google Chrome...

Windows 8 Tip: Make Outlook The Default Program For Mail

Nov 14, 2012 | mail, Microsoft, Outlook, Windows tips, Windows8

This tip is for Outlook users who want to use Outlook exclusively and bypass the Windows 8 Mail app on a desktop computer or notebook. TIP Open Default Programs and select Microsoft Outlook. Click on: “Set this program as default – Use the selected program to open all...

Outlook Archives: Litigation Hold And Third-Party Archiving

Aug 26, 2012 | law, mail, Office 365, Outlook, web_services

Previously: Outlook Archives: AutoArchiving And Archive.PST Files Outlook Archives: Office 365 Personal Archives (And The Devil In The Details) There are two other things to mention briefly about different ways to archive your Outlook mailbox. Litigation Hold I have...