Feb 21, 2012 | computers, Microsoft, mobile, phone, tablet, Windows8
The Start screen on your Windows 8 computer will look something like the screen above. If Microsoft is successful is finding a place in the market for mobile devices, this is what the Start screen will look like on your next tablet: And the Start screen on your...
Feb 19, 2012 | Apple, laptops, Microsoft, phone, tablet, Windows8
The logo for Windows 8 that was unveiled over the weekend symbolizes a lot of things that will have a deep effect on you sooner than you think. In a couple of weeks Microsoft will unveil a “consumer preview” of Windows 8 and begin a drumbeat of publicity that will...
Feb 6, 2012 | Apple, business, Google, Microsoft
Google is a fantastically rich company. It reported revenue of more than ten billion dollars in the fourth quarter of 2011. Google also offers a vast array of services. In addition to the search engine that we interact with dozens of times a day, Google runs all of...
Feb 3, 2012 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Google, iPad, Microsoft, phone, tablet
It’s supposed to be getting easier! After all, smartphones and tablets should be simple to use, right? iPhones and iPads are exposing hundreds of millions of people to Apple’s fabled ecosystem, and for years we’ve been told that everything is easy and intuitive in the...
Jan 26, 2012 | mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Outlook, web_services
Microsoft Office 365 has been tremendously successful so far, certainly from a sales perspective (millions of subscriptions, although the exact number is kept under wraps), but more importantly it’s also been successful from a technical perspective. There has been no...
Jan 17, 2012 | Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Office, OneNote, software, Windows Live
A few weeks ago Microsoft released a OneNote app optimized for iPads. Long-time readers know about my fondness for OneNote, the program you’ve never heard of that’s included with every copy of Microsoft Office 2010, right alongside Word and Excel and Powerpoint....
