May 31, 2017 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Outlook, updates
The programs in Microsoft’s Office suite should be as solid as a rock. Lately that phrase doesn’t seem to mean what it used to mean. The core Office programs are mature. They’re downright elderly. Microsoft Word and Excel are more than thirty years old. The Outlook...
May 4, 2017 | Chrome, Chromebook, Google, Google Drive, laptops, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Surface, Windows 10 S, Windows10
Microsoft made two big announcements this week at an education-themed press event. They’re related in a couple of ways. One common element is that Microsoft will fail at both of the new ventures it announced. I think each one is deeply flawed. The two announcements:...
Apr 23, 2017 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Chromebook, Google, Google Drive, IE, laptops, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Surface, web_services, Windows 10 S, Windows10
On May 2 Microsoft will announce a new generation of Windows for low-cost computers targeted at education. Information has leaked about some parts of that announcement and tech journalists are speculating about what it might mean. There is one thing that has not been...
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...
Dec 21, 2016 | Apple, augmented reality, Chromebook, Google, hardware, LinkedIn, Microsoft, news, Office, Office 365, Outlook, security, Windows10, wireless
Did you miss any Bruceb News articles in 2016? Maybe they slipped out of sight in your Inbox. Fun fact: when I look over my clients’ shoulders, I see that many of them file my articles in folders that have whimsical names like “Deleted Items” and “Junk Mail.”...
