In June, it was first reported that Microsoft would replace the Messenger app in Windows 8.1 with the Skype app. While Microsoft did not confirm that news at the time, today it has officially revealed that Skype will be included in all Windows 8.1 PCs out of the box. In a blog post, Microsoft said: …
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Even though it appears that Microsoft is very close to completing its work on the RTM build of Windows 8.1, the company is still finding time to release some bug fixes for the public preview of its next OS. Microsoft has been releasing new patches for the preview version on a regular basis eversince it …
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Business Intelligence is a growing trend in the IT industry, and Microsoft is trying to become a leader in this pioneering industry. In July, the company announced the launch of Power BI for Office 365 subscribers. The service was made to provide businesses with a cloud-based solution to view Office 365 reports, particularly from Excel …
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Microsoft Office is king of the productivity software market with nearly every competitor so far back in the rear view mirror that they are only a small blip on the consumer radar. Knowing this, one might think that Microsoft has nothing to worry about and should continue down its current path. Of course, that was …
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Microsoft will soon make a name change for its SkyDrive cloud data storage service. After losing a trademark battle in a UK court in June from the pay TV provider BSkyB, the two companies have now agreed that Microsoft will not appeal the ruling and will make moves to change the name of the SkyDrive …
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Microsoft launched a beta version of Office 2010’s second service pack in April, and today the company decided to release the final version of its last planned service pack for its older productivity software suite. The Microsoft Downloads page also has a number of other new Office related SP2 files available. Both the 32-bit and …
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Microsoft’s launch of Windows 8 in 2012 introduced the PC world to its Modern user interface, made mostly for touchscreen display interactions. Many PC users, however, still interact with Windows 8 primarily with the traditional desktop UI. You might think that Microsoft would like to do away with the desktop at some point, but a …
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A new report claims that Microsoft is planning to add quite a few new features to its SkyDrive cloud data storage service in the near future. That’s according to Liveside.net, which has broken a number of stories concerning SkyDrive over the past several months, including the recent addition of uploading panorama photos for Windows 8.1 …
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Another piece of news from the first day of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference that is worth keeping in mind is that Microsoft has made it possible to move from one Office 365 customer plan, or SKU, to another without the migration problems that have plagued these moves until now. Office 365 SKUs This may …
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Microsoft continues to make its free Office Web Apps more useable for folks who don’t want to pony up the money to spend on a full Office 2013 install. This week, the company revealed that the Word Web App has now added the ability for its users to view PDF documents. In a post on …
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