Microsoft takes Office Web App native on iPhone, iPad

Microsoft today launched Outlook Web App (OWA) for iOS, a "native" app that reprises — and amplifies — the in-browser OWA corporate workers have long used on devices that don’t support the full-fledged Outlook client. The new app, which comes in iPhone and iPad flavors, offers the same functionality as…

Posted on: July 17, 2013 2:00 pm

New Gmail Inbox Puts Your Marketing Emails in Their Place

When I logged on to Gmail this morning, I was greeted with an overlay saying that Google had updated the service to make it easier for me to use. Wasn’t that nice of them? What they did was organize all of my email into tabs so I can find what…

Posted on: July 17, 2013 2:00 pm

Is Chinese OEM OPPO considering a Windows Phone 8 device?

Microsoft currently has four OEMs making Windows Phone 8 handsets Nokia, HTC, Samsung, and Huawei. Other manufacturers had come and go since the early Windows Phone days, including LG, Acer, ZTE, Dell, Fujitsu, and Alcatel, and there had been rumors of others, like Lenovo, considering joining the Windows Phone bandwagon, Please…

Posted on: July 17, 2013 9:00 am

Gratis computergids: werken met Windows Live Mail

Op PlusOnline kunt u elke maand gratis een proefgids van de bekende computerboekenuitgeverij Visual Steps downloaden. Deze beschrijven interessante toepassingen, programma’s en handige XP-, Vista, 7 en 8-weetjes. Deze maand een gratis gids over Windows Live Mail. (PDF-bestand, 23 pagina’s). In dit cahier leert u e-mailen met dit gratis e-mailprogramma.Inloggen U…

Posted on: July 17, 2013 9:00 am

Skykick Tackles Microsoft Office 365 Migration Headaches

Office 2013: 10 Questions To Ask (click image for slideshow) Thomas Allen wasn’t easily sold on SkyKick, a new tool for migrating from on-premises email servers to Microsoft Office 365. "I was a cynic out of the gate," Allen, marketing manager at managed services provider CyberStreams, said in an interview. "The first time…

Posted on: July 17, 2013 9:00 am

The Granddaddy Of Messaging Apps, WhatsApp, Finally Goes For A …

While messaging has become a veritable war with apps like Line, KakaoTalk, WeChat, Path and Facebook Messenger across Asia and Western markets, there’s been one longstanding app that’s presided over the space with very few apparent changes. WhatsApp, the Sequoia-backed messaging app that dominates in Europe and that is often…

Posted on: July 17, 2013 9:00 am

Hackers use Microsoft Office vulnerability to sneak into government networks

Hackers are using patched vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Office services to infiltrate European government agencies’ networks and harvest data from Internet Explorer and Outlook, according to Trend Micro researchers. Trend Micro’s Jonathan Leopando reported a wave of new targeted attacks on Microsoft services, pertaining to be legitimate email messages from the…

Posted on: July 16, 2013 2:00 pm

IT Masters Degree Most Valuable, New Research Shows

A recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals that an information technology (IT) master’s degree is now more valuable than ever. Economist Richard Henderson, author of the Employment Outlook 20102020 for the BLS, writes that the computer systems design and related service industry expects to As…

Posted on: July 16, 2013 2:00 pm

Tech Roundup: Streaming Devices, So many options

We have seen them, the people proclaiming from the rooftops that they are giving up their cable services and instead streaming TV from the internet. People are deciding the monthly cost of paying for Comcast Xfinity or DIRECTV is simply too much. They instead are turning to services like Hulu…

Posted on: July 16, 2013 2:00 pm

Who is winning the war on cybercrime?

Shawn Ballesty of All Mounting and Diecutting Services in Sydney saw $18,000 vanish from his business’ bank account after malicious software infected the company’s computers. Photo: James Brickwood At first, Shawn Ballesty thought the delay in his rent payment arriving in the landlord’s account was normal. Then the landlord rang again:…

Posted on: July 16, 2013 2:00 pm