<p>Families are just getting used to the complicated data-sharing plans that wireless companies rolled out last year.</p><p>Now here comes Microsoft, with a new subscription model for Office, the most widely used app of all, a near essential software package for people around the world.</p><p>Microsoft is easing in this new approach, encouraging home users to start renting the software for $100 per year instead of buying a new version on disc every few years.</p><p>In an age of Netflix and 4G data plans when everything is just another $8 to $10 per month, just the cost of a few lattes, right? it may not seem like a big deal.</p><p><a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020275812_briercolumn04xml.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/software/enterprise-applications/microsoft-office-2013-gains-free-bing-ap/240147767">Microsoft Office 2013 Gains Free Bing Apps</a> (InformationWeek)</p><p><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/exec-tech/microsoft-office-reaches-for-the-cloud-in-online-version/story-e6frgazf-1226570268794">Microsoft Office has a new look and features. Source: AP</a> (The Australian)</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-office-review-2013-2">7 Reasons Why You Should Buy Microsoft's New Version Of Office</a> (Business Insider)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d8tgjakapaTf-rMdfNwyY1IKkaitM&ned=us">108 additional articles.</a></p>