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…

Posted on: June 12, 2013 2:00 pm

Mac Gems: Mailplane 3 melds Gmail and your Mac

Four years ago, we reviewed Mailplane 2, the first dedicated Gmail client that avoided traditional IMAP and POP approaches to Gmail, opting instead for standard browser technology under the hood. The result was an app that gave you the benefits of "real" Gmail with the advantages of a native Mac Like…

Posted on: June 12, 2013 2:00 pm

Can The NSA Give Me Access To My Old Hotmail Emails Please?

I signed up to a Hotmail account in the mid nineties. Years later I signed up to a Gmail account, because it I stopped using my Hotmail account in favour of Google’s service, but I made sure to login every month to keep it going, and to preserve all those…

Posted on: June 12, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft to include Outlook app with update to Windows 8 RT

Microsoft is bringing its Outlook email program to Windows 8 RT in a bid to expand the availability of Windows tablets based on low-power ARM processors. Outlook will be included with version 8.1 of Windows RT, known previously as Windows Blue, Microsoft announced at the Computex trade show in Taipei on "We’ve…

Posted on: June 11, 2013 7:00 pm

.NET Windows Forms Applications Can Now Send Notifications to Windows 8 …

GLENDALE, Calif., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — With the release of the DevExpress WinRT Live Tile Manager for .NET, WinForms developers can finally provide distinctive updates to Windows Live Tiles from any desktop application and deliver on the promise of Windows 8 and its interactive Live Tile experience without re-writing (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130611/LA29592LOGO)…

Posted on: June 11, 2013 7:00 pm

RES Software Expands RES Wisdom to Support Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Service Release 5 Enhances RES Software’s Automation and User Workspace Management Solution PHILADELPHIA–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–RES Software, the proven leader in user workspace management, expanded its run book automation offering today with the launch of RES Wisdom Service Release 5. RES Wisdom Service Release 5 offers users support for migrating to…

Posted on: June 11, 2013 7:00 pm

Customize the Alerts for Gmail Labels to Tame Information Overload

Android: If you don’t want to turn off all email alerts on your phone but also don’t want to get pinged for every insignificant message, customize the notifications for individual labels in Gmail. CNET points out this handy feature for setting and disabling individual alerts. To set it up, tap…

Posted on: June 11, 2013 2:00 pm

Driving User Behavior within Your SharePoint Solutions

As I help people build out their SharePoint solutions many groups use the phrases "one single location to access content" or a "single source of truth" to describe their end goals. These are great goals and can play a huge part in successful SharePoint implementations, but in many cases it…

Posted on: June 11, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft: Xbox One Priced At $499, Switches To Real Money Instead Of Points

Last month Microsoft announced the specs of the Xbox One console, but they did not release the pricing details. Today at the E3 press event , Microsoft announced that the Xbox One will sell for $499 in the U.S., 499 euros in Europe, and 429 pounds in the U.K. when Microsoft also…

Posted on: June 11, 2013 9:00 am

Microsoft goes public with Windows 8.1 upgrade policies

With the public preview builds of Windows 8.1 due out later this month, a number of users are wondering how Microsoft plans to handle the upgrade. At TechEd North America, officials shared some details on that topic in a session entitled "Windows RT in the Enterprise." Microsoft officials have said previously…

Posted on: June 11, 2013 9:00 am