Nov 14, 2014 | Android, Apple, hardware, iPad, Microsoft, mobile, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, Skype, tablet, web_services, Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone is barely a blip in the market compared to the overwhelming market share for Android and the overwhelming mindshare of Apple iPhones. The Windows Phone operating system is unique and lovable; the live tiles on the home screen are more attractive and more...
Sep 29, 2014 | Microsoft, phone, Skype, video, web_services
Skype has become a story of duplicates – two programs, two ways to log in. Skype’s core function is video and voice calls over an Internet connection to anyone else using Skype, from a computer or other device running Skype software, signed into a free Skype account....
Apr 28, 2013 | Azure, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, web_services, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
[June 16, 2016: an updated version of this article can be found here: Understanding Microsoft Work And Personal Accounts.] Microsoft has taken great strides towards simplifying its products and services. It has discarded products that were overlapping (Live Mesh...
Feb 1, 2013 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, Skype, software, web_services
Microsoft Office 2013 is the new version of Microsoft’s flagship suite, with the core programs that most businesses use every day – Word, Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint. It is available now for consumers to install. Many of you should start using it. The new...
Jan 30, 2013 | Facebook, Microsoft, Outlook, Skype, software, Surface, web_services, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Skype is being transformed this year into an integrated platform available on phones, tablets and computers for a variety of communications tasks. There has been a flurry of updates and announcements in the last few months – these are the highlights. Log into Skype...
Jan 28, 2013 | phone, Skype, software, web_services
Most of you are familiar with Skype, the program that lets you make free calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world. Microsoft bought Skype at the end of 2011 and has been slowly (very, very slowly) rebuilding it and integrating Skype with its other services....