Even with Windows 8.1, Windows 8 Is Still Searching for Its Killer App
Over the last few days, I’ve been spending plenty of quality time with Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 Preview. In multiple respects, it’s been a positive experience. As my colleague Jared Newman noted, the new features in this upcoming revisionwhich will be free to Windows 8 users when Microsoft rolls out the As the…
Yahoo start-up shopping spree continues
Yahoo has continued its takeover binge with word that it has bought Xobni, a start-up behind tools for better managing contact lists and email inboxes, for a reported $US30 million. Yahoo did not disclose how much it paid for Xobni, which is ‘inbox’ spelled backwards, but said it planned to…
Fasthosts Internet Launches Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2013
Fasthosts Internet has launched its latest Hosted Exchange 2013 platform aimed at small and medium sized businesses. UK web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet announced on Friday it has launched its latest Hosted Exchange 2013 platform aimed at small and medium sized businesses. The move comes a few weeks after Fasthosts Internet launched…
Office 365 customers can now replace SharePoint newsfeed with Yammer
Microsoft has taken the first step in its integration roadmap for SharePoint and Yammer, allowing Office 365 customers to replace SharePoint Online’s activity stream with Yammer’s. This first, modest integration point will let SharePoint Online users click on the Yammer link and launch a separate browser window where they’re asked to…
‘iSmack’ wins BUILD Hackathon for best Windows Phone app
Using multiple Microsoft services, the winning team of three developers created an innovative Windows Phone app during the 50-hour Hackathon at BUILD last week in San Francisco that clearly resonated with conference attendees. And, not satisfied with simply creating a Windows Phone app, this winning team used everything in their…
Wondershare anuncia el lanzamiento oficial de MobileGo iOS para Windows en …
Edita, transfiere, comparte y reparte archivos multimedia y contactos facilmente del PC a tus dispositivos Apple tales como iPhone, iPod, iPad o iTunes. Buscas un programa que administre tus dispositivos Apple desde el PC sin limitaciones? Descarga MobileGo para iOS y conecta tus dispositivos a traves de cable USB para…
Secure messaging project, Cryptocat, apologizes over bug
The founder of an eavesdropping-resistant instant messaging application called Cryptocat has apologized over a now-fixed bug that made some types of messages more vulnerable to snooping. Cryptocat, which runs inside a web browser, is an open-source application intended to provide users with a high degree of security by using encryption…
Jared Spataro outlines what’s ahead for Yammer-SharePoint partnership at one …
It’s been just over a year since Microsoft pulled the trigger and bought Yammer and last week, Senior Director of Microsoft’s Office Division Jared Spataro clarified the roadmap for the partnership moving forward in a Microsoft blog post. Let’s not forget that Microsoft paid a hefty $1.2 billion for Yammer I…
LibreOffice embraces GPU acceleration: A fresh competitive angle against …
If you grew up a PC gamer or enjoy the hobby as an adult, the chances are good that you’ve found yourself, hat in hand, attempting to negotiate the purchase of a more capable machine. For more than a decade, we gamers could fall back on the classic "Office Defence,"…
Push alternatives for your Gmail messages on iOS
You may have noticed towards the end of 2012, Google started cleaning house and turning off some services many of us have come to depend on. One such service was Google’s Sync Services for Gmail, which allowed iOS users to access their Gmail accounts via the Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol, The…