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Ballmer not worried about competition from Google, downplays Dropbox

, Jan 30th 2013 Discuss [4]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn't afraid to speak his mind when it comes to competition, and that's exactly what he did just recently speaking about Google and Dropbox. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Ballmer discussed the company's new Office 2013 suite, as well as its SkyDrive cloud storage service, and said that he's confident that Microsoft's new Office products will gain a lot of users, despite competition from Google's own set of office suite products. Read The Full Story

Office 365 Home Premium Review

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [2]

This week the folks at Microsoft have introduced Office 2013 to the universe, complete with a cloud-connected user experience that takes the central word processing and document experience into the future. You’ll be asked to work with SkyDrive as well as the full Office 365 package to store your files online at all times right out of the box – you don’t have to, but the process you’re working with here essentially says, “why not?”

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Office 365 goes live

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [3]

Microsoft's Office 365 Home Premium has gone up for sale, with the cloud-centric productivity suite launching in 162 markets ahead of its business counter part's arrival next month. The new subscription-based Office Home Premium version is priced at $99.99 per year for use on five computers - including PCs, Macs, and Windows tablets - and includes access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access, together with an extra chunk of SkyDrive storage. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Office 2013 general availability arriving tomorrow

, Jan 28th 2013 Discuss [5]

We've heard recently that Microsoft was rumored to release its latest Office suite on January 29, and it looks like that's actually the case, thanks to a tweet by the Microsoft Office Twitter account, as well as a new landing page on Microsoft's website for Office 365, both of which mention a January 29 release date. Read The Full Story

Office 365 retail packaging makes an appearance in Future Shop listing

, Jan 18th 2013 Discuss [1]

Many consumers have been waiting patiently to hear more about Office 365's release date, but so far Microsoft has remained quiet on the matter. Who needs Microsoft, though, when retailers seem to be able to let slip release details with stunning frequency? As spotted by Neowin.net, listings for Office 365 have appeared on Canadian retailer Future Shop's website, and they not only give us a look at the software's retail packaging, but they also gives us an idea of when copies will begin shipping. Read The Full Story

City of Chicago signs deal with Microsoft for city-wide cloud services

, Jan 3rd 2013 Discuss [5]

In an effort to move into the 21st century, the city of Chicago has signed a deal with Microsoft to bring the company's Office 365 cloud services to city employees. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the news today, and the city will move 30,000 employees to Microsoft's Office 365 for cloud-based email and other productivity apps. Read The Full Story

Microsoft isn’t worried about Google stealing its Office customers

, Dec 27th 2012 Discuss [19]

Yesterday, we heard that Google is planning to steal away a significant amount of Microsoft Office's consumer base. Those aspirations likely won't come as much of a surprise, as we've seen Google attempting to grow its influence in the business space for a while, but apparently the big G isn't yet at a point where Microsoft is worried. Despite the fact that Google said it's going to try to take 90% of the Office customers who "don’t need to have the most advanced features of Office," Microsoft's general manager of business Julia White doesn't view Google as much of a threat. Read The Full Story

Microsoft unveils Office 365 University pricing

, Oct 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has revealed the pricing for its Office 365 version for college students, Office 365 University. Cloud-based and very similar to the desktop variety of Office, Office 365 University has low pricing and a subscription term that compliments the user's student career. The product can be snagged for $79.99. Read The Full Story

Office 2013 receives RTM status

, Oct 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

The engineering team over at Microsoft just signed Office 2013 into its Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build. As of now, the coding and testing phases for the application are complete, and it is being moved into distribution. According to Microsoft, it is the most ambitious version of the Office suite to date, and is the first to be optimized for touch devices. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Office 2013 for iOS and Android confirmed by product manager [UPDATE]

, Oct 10th 2012 Discuss [3]

Earlier today at a press event in the Czech Republic, Microsoft product manager Petr Bobek confirmed that the company's next Office suite version, Office 2013, is coming to iOS and Android in March of next year. A press release from Microsoft's Czech Republic team also mentioned that Office 2013 is coming to Windows Phone, Windows RT, and Symbian. Read The Full Story

Yammer to remain free after Microsoft purchase

, Jul 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Last month we learned that Microsoft was paying a whopping $1.2 billion to acquire Yammer, a company which provides social networking tools to be used inside the business world. Being a part of Microsoft opens up a lot of opportunities for the folks at Yammer, but the acquisition has some worried that it won't be long before Yammer's services - which are initially provided for free - will require an upfront purchase. That won't be the case, Yammer CEO David Sacks tells Wired, as the company will be sticking with its "freemium" model as it becomes part of Microsoft. Read The Full Story

Microsoft confirms Mac Office 365 subscription details

, Jul 20th 2012 Discuss [3]

This week Microsoft is making sure all is clear on what's happening with the new version and subscription fees, not to mention the contents, of the Mac version of Office 365 Home Premium. This software will indeed be in a pack with the ability to acquire Office for Mac 2011 in the upcoming wave of availability for Apple lovers. This announcement comes after a mistaken quote reported across the web that Mac users would have to purchase Office for Mac 2011 separately from Office 365 Home Premium altogether. Read The Full Story
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