Microsoft Releases PST Import Tool Update for Microsoft Exchange Online

Forever, it seems, Microsoft has extolled the virtues of Exchange stores (.ost’s) versus local stores (.pst’s). Many companies have fallen in line, also seeing the value of storing email and information online, particularly for backup and disaster recovery purposes. Still, there are those users and companies that have held out,…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 7:00 pm

Messaging Apps Are Now More Popular Than Texting

Smartphone instant messaging applications like iMessage and WhatsApp are more growing in popularity and even far outpacing traditional SMS, according to a new study from Informa. In 2012, on average 19.1 billion messages were sent and received each day over the six most popular mobile chat applications, including Blackberry Messenger, Texting has…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 7:00 pm

¿Quieres seguir utilizando Windows Live Messenger? Ahora puedes

El cierre de Windows Live Messenger por parte de Microsoft sento como un autentico jarro de agua fria a muchos usuarios que mantenian, por una u otra razon, dicho servicio de mensajeria entre sus favoritos. Como sabemos las alternativas de los de Redmond a Messenger han sido Outlook y Skype,…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 7:00 pm

Gmail Don’t Lie: Android 4.3 JellyBean Is Next, Not 5.0 Key Lime Pie …

With Google I/O now just around the corner, rumors are flying high and low about what we can expect. On the table is a Google Nexus 5, Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie and a next-gen Google Nexus 7 tablet. Last week we tried to clear things up about the Google Nexus 5 So…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 7:00 pm

Dextr Is A Gmail Client That Brings You Closer To The People You Love And …

Dextr is a new mail experience that hopes to bring you closer to the people you love, and it may help you do precisely that. The app allows you to communicate with your friends – and only your friends – in a simple and minimalistic interface. If you want a…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 7:00 pm

MRMAPI, the little brother of MFCMAPI

MFCMAPI, the well-respected reveal-behind-the-scenes utility for Exchange, has a little brother called MRMAPI, which is now capable of reporting the bloat that exists within OST and PST files. MRMAPI has an interesting history. MAPI is full of tags that are used to describe the properties of items stored in Exchange…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 2:00 pm

Google Apps Making Inroads Against Microsoft Office, Gartner Says

Microsoft Office’s reign as the dominant productivity suite is under threat from Google Apps, according to analyst and consulting firm Gartner. Gartner’s conclusion in its webinar Tuesday, titled "Choosing a Cloud-Based Office System: Google vs. Microsoft," was somewhat different than in the past. The firm used narrower criteria in its…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 2:00 pm

App messaging damages mobile networks’ text revenues

Apps such as iMessage and WhatsApp were used to send around 19bn messages a day in 2012. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Text messaging has been eclipsed by messages sent using data services such as Apple’s iMessage, BlackBerry Messenger and WhatsApp, according to data from the consultancy Informa. The shift could…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 2:00 pm

Can I install Microsoft Office on a Mac computer?

Yes, you can install Microsoft Office on a Mac, but the latest version, Office 2013, is available only for Windows PCs. Instead, Microsoft is offering Office for Mac 2011. The company plans to eventually release the Mac version of Office 2013, but there isn’t a confirmed launch date yet. If you subscribe…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 2:00 pm

Free Mobile Messaging Apps Are Very, Very Slowly Killing SMS The Next Web

Free mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Kik, Viber, WeChat and MessageMe are getting so popular in the developed world that they’re eating away at the telecom operators’ SMS revenues, traditionally a cash cow (and actually a bit of a scam) for carriers worldwide. Unless you’ve been living under a…

Posted on: April 29, 2013 9:01 am