Jul 15, 2015 | downtime, mail, Microsoft, Office 365, Outlook, web_services
Microsoft’s Exchange-based Office 365 mail system went down for four hours on Wednesday afternoon. Service has been fully restored. If you’re an Office 365 user, then incoming mail was slow to arrive, in some cases delayed by hours, and outgoing messages were stuck in...
May 21, 2015 | mail, Microsoft, Office 365, Outlook
Next month Microsoft will turn on Clutter for everyone with an Office 365 business mailbox. Clutter is a new feature that automatically moves less important messages to a new Clutter folder in Outlook, allowing you to focus on the much smaller number of messages in...
May 3, 2015 | mail, Office, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook, software
If you have a large Office 365 mailbox, Outlook 2010 may be slowing down even if your computer is otherwise running at full speed. A new feature in Outlook 2013 – the “sync slider” – might improve performance significantly, and as a nice bonus you would also get...
Jan 18, 2015 | Android, Google, mail, Microsoft, mobile, Office 365, Outlook, phone
For the last few weeks, I’ve been using Android for the first time on my new OnePlus One phone, after two years with a Windows phone. Many of you have far more experience than I do with customizing Android and choosing apps, but I’m going to share some of what I’ve...
Jul 9, 2014 | mail, Microsoft, Office, Office tips, OneNote, phone, software, tablet, web_services
Microsoft has added yet another nifty feature to make OneNote easier to use. If you send an email to me@onenote.com with a link to a webpage, a screenshot of the webpage will automatically be added to your Quick Notes in OneNote. A few months ago, Microsoft added the...
Mar 10, 2014 | mail, Microsoft, software, Windows tips, Windows8
Here’s a trick that makes it easier to keep track of the different accounts set up on your Windows 8 tablet or computer. Try this: — Open up the full-screen Mail app. — Bring out the Charms bar and click on Settings. (Charms bar: swipe in from the right,...
