Mar 19, 2017 | Chrome, Microsoft, OneDrive, Windows10
Desperation is not pretty. Microsoft has successful cloud and enterprise divisions, but it is obviously true that some divisions of Microsoft are in a long-term decline. • Windows is still the dominant computer operating system, but desktop PC sales are...
Mar 16, 2017 | Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google, Google Drive, Microsoft, OneDrive, web_services
Microsoft is losing another race. This one should have been Microsoft’s race to win but it is falling behind for familiar reasons: an inability to keep up with the competition, and its self-inflicted injuries from making overly complex, confusing services with poorly...
Mar 6, 2017 | Apple, business, Chromebook, computers, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, Windows10
These two things are true. Apple’s revenues in fiscal 2016 from selling computers were more than twenty billion dollars. That makes Apple’s computer division almost as big as HP or Lenovo, and far more profitable than either of them. Apple’s revenues in fiscal 2016...
Feb 16, 2017 | Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, Microsoft, Office, OneDrive, web_services, Windows10
Dropbox has begun to roll out important improvements in its services for business. In particular, Dropbox team folders finally make Dropbox a viable competitor for Box for shared online company folders. Some background before we get to the new features. Although...
Feb 1, 2017 | IE, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, Skype, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft has a problem with names. It needs to seek help. I would suggest sympathy but I’m not feeling very sympathetic. If you’re an old timer, you may remember when Outlook was a mail program that ran on Windows computers. Those were simpler times. It’s still that,...
Jan 29, 2017 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Outlook, updates
Let me tell you about an infuriating bug. It is pointless and stupid and represents Microsoft carelessness at its worst. It has existed for at least six months. It only affects a few people, but those people have no good way to discover how to fix it. I can find no...
