Unda Plans to Challenge Skype in Video Messaging
Earlier this month, Facebook added video to Instagram, instantly turning the photo-sharing app into a competitor to Twitter-owned Vine. The battle between these two Internet giants is not new, but it is interesting to see that its latest chapter revolves around micro-video sharing. Instagram and Vine are not the only…
So what are they app to?
Microsoft and Apple are both pushing into enemy territory as they unveil office suites to run on each other’s devices. After years of speculation, Microsoft has released a Microsoft Office app for the iPhone. The catch is that ”Office Mobile for Office 365 subscribers” is, as the name suggests, only An…
Xbox One Kinect for Windows SDK applications live now, cost $400
Windows Developers anxious to get their code onto Microsoft’s next-gen Kinect can apply for a software development kit before its official public release in 2014. Microsoft is accepting applications now through July 31 at 9AM PT, and early kits cost $400. The program begins in November. Early kits include an alpha sensor and…
Boomerang Gmail Extension Releases Android Email Client [Updates]
Email management tool Boomerang is back in the headlines, thanks to a new Android app. A complimentary tool for users of the popular browser extension, Boomerang for Android is a full-fledged email client offering the features that made the browser extension famous including the ability to hit the snooze button…
SharePoint and ECM Working Together
The rapid adoption of Microsoft SharePoint has created confusion in many organizations as regards to their future strategy for information management, particularly those with existing and established ECM, BPM and Records Management (RM) systems. There are a number of alternative strategies that acknowledge the strengths of SharePoint for collaboration and…
Review: iPhone Microsoft Office isn’t worth the wait
Microsoft’s Office software package iPhone application, which offers people the ability to read and edit their text documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations on a phone. Associated Press Microsoft’s long-anticipated Office Mobile app for Apple’s iOS operating system turns out to be a total nonevent. Ever since the iPhone ushered in…
Review : LibreOffice 4 liberates you from Microsoft Office
If you’re feeling like an overtaxed and unappreciated serf in Microsoft’s kingdom, LibreOffice 4 might just offer the freedom you seek. An extremely capable office suite, LibreOffice 4 is also highly configurable, extensible, and cross-platform. It supports OS X and Linux in addition to all flavors of Windows. It’s also I’m writing…
Microsoft confirms Windows Live Messenger retirement in favor of Skype
Microsoft has confirmed it will retire its Windows Live Messenger service in favor of Skype. The Verge exclusively revealed Microsoft’s plans earlier this week, but the company has since revealed it will start to discontinue Windows Live Messenger in early 2013. Microsoft will integrate over 100 million Messenger users to Microsoft is…
Google Expands Search Field Trial To Include Data From Your Gmail Contacts
Google announced that users who participate in its Gmail and Google.com search field trial are now able to also see results from their Gmail contacts from Search. This, the company explains, means you’ll be able to ask Search things like "what’s Brittney’s address?" or you can simply say "Joanna’s phone…
FNB advertising deal brings a Smile to new radio station’s lips
SMILE 90.4FM, Cape Town’s newest radio station, this week signed its first big advertising deal, with First National Bank (FNB), as it tries to break into the city’s crowded commercial radio space. The station did not give the exact figure of the deal due to "client confidentiality", but said it…
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