Jun 3, 2015 | Microsoft, software, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Alas, poor MSN Travel! We knew it well. That’s not true. If we had paid any attention to it, it would probably still be alive. At some point in the last month, Microsoft gutted MSN Travel, one of the apps created as a showcase for the new program designs in Windows 8...
May 31, 2015 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
You may see a new Windows icon appear in your taskbar soon, alerting you to the upcoming release of Windows 10. Microsoft just began to activate the notices on Sunday, and all Windows 7 & 8 users will see them eventually. Here’s what you need to know about Windows...
May 26, 2015 | Microsoft, software, Vista, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
Windows 10 is being tested by millions of people as it enters its final development phase before being released later this summer. Its technical underpinnings are solid and mature. There are genuinely innovative new features. It will be given away for free to more...
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 14, 2015 | Adobe, Microsoft, Office, updates, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft released the usual rich crop of patches and updates for Windows and Office on Patch Tuesday this week. On my Windows 8.1 computers, two restarts were required – one for the first 39 updates, then a second restart for an additional 11 updates. It’s not...
May 11, 2015 | Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, web_services, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Someday the difference between OneDrive and OneDrive For Business will be easy to understand. Someday OneDrive For Business will work smoothly and the two services will be consistent. Someday the services will have a system for sharing files that makes sense for small...
