Rumors have already hit the web that Office 2013 owners will get a major upgrade for the software suite later this fall, with Microsoft’s team working under the code name “Gemini.” Now a new report claims that Microsoft will offer feature updates for its Office 365 subscription customers much sooner than “Gemini’s” release. ZDNet.com’s Mary …
Continue reading “Rumor: Next update to Office 365 coming in June-July”
Aside from Microsoft potentially enabling users to skip straight to the desktop upon booting Windows 8.1, another rumor on the street is that Microsoft is also looking at bringing back the Start Button in the update following user feedback. Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet reports that one of her sources not only confirmed the boot …
Continue reading “Rumor: The Start Button to return in Windows 8.1”
Earlier today, The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft is working on a 7-inch tablet that will debut later this year. This is not the first time we’ve heard about a device in this size, but the previous report said it was an Xbox theme device. Not wanting to miss out on a good rumor, …
Continue reading “The 'Surface Mini': Is it a 7- or 8-inch device?”
we are just one year away from Microsoft ending its official support for Windows XP. While the OS launched over 11 years ago, a large number of businesses still use Windows XP and have not upgraded their systems to Windows 7 or 8. Today, as expected, Microsoft sent out a press release that basically says …
Continue reading “Windows XP deadline leads to new Windows 8 price cut for businesses”
The V8 Supercars competition is entirely built around the concept of speed. However, without proper communication tools in place, the whole event can get congested, resulting in one hell of a pileup. Peter Trimble, V8 Supercars’ director of finance, learned this to his chagrin while working with the company’s hopelessly outmoded on-premises system — a …
Continue reading “V8 Supercars’ Winding Road Into The Cloud”
Microsoft recently announced its phased approach for integrating Yammer with SharePoint 2013, so it will be much later this year before we see any meaningful work completed to bring the two platforms together. But in the meantime, users can look forward to easier access to Yammer from within Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Let’s take …
Continue reading “Five Yammer Features that SharePoint Users are Going to Love”
A few weeks ago, Microsoft launched the standard version of its Windows Embedded 8 operating system, along with Windows Embedded 8 Pro. Today, the company expanded its new versions of its embedded OS by launching two SKUs for Windows Embedded 8 Industry. The official announcement from Microsoft states: Windows Embedded 8 Industry provides a fixed-image …
Continue reading “Microsoft launches Windows Embedded 8 Industry OS”
