What The Deal Between Dropbox And Microsoft Really Means

Nov 6, 2014 | Android, Apple, Box, Dropbox, Google, Google Drive, iPad, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, software, tablet, web_services

Dropbox and Microsoft unexpectedly announced a partnership to allow Office users to access and edit files stored in Dropbox directly from Office apps on phones, tablets and the web. The announcement comes just a week after Microsoft eviscerated Dropbox’s business...

Microsoft Changes The Game With Unlimited OneDrive Storage

Oct 29, 2014 | Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google, Google Drive, Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services

On Monday Microsoft left Dropbox and Google Drive in the dust when it announced that all Office 365 customers will get unlimited OneDrive storage at no additional cost. The upgrade will be delivered soon to everyone with a consumer (Microsoft account) subscription to...

Price Reduced For New Office 365 Business Plans

Oct 27, 2014 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, software, web_services

Small businesses can now choose new, cheaper plans for Office 365. Making a choice is not a well-organized experience at the moment, though, because a long list of plans includes all the previous overlapping and confusing versions. There are three new plans. All of...

Moving Company Files To The Cloud: The Problem With OneDrive For Business

Oct 13, 2014 | Dropbox, file_sharing, Google Drive, Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services

Small businesses and law firms are ready to move their documents to the cloud. Until recently, I haven’t had an answer about how to accomplish that because none of the familiar solutions were quite right. Let’s get some background, using OneDrive for Business as an...

Windows 8 Tip: Three Cool Wallpaper Tricks For Dual Monitors

Oct 9, 2014 | Microsoft, photos, Windows tips, Windows8

Here are three cool wallpaper tricks for Windows 8 users with dual monitors. Set different pictures as wallpaper for each monitor You can use two different pictures as wallpaper on your dual monitors. Like the best tips, this one is easy and not a soul knows about it....

The Blind Men, The Elephant, And Windows 10

Oct 2, 2014 | Microsoft, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8

You remember the story – a group of blind men touch different parts of an elephant and compare notes. They discover that each of their perspectives is true but not the totality of truth. On Tuesday Microsoft announced that the next version of Windows will be named...