Microsoft fixes Skype for Outlook.com, makes integration available to users …

Microsoft announced today that Skype for Outlook.com is finally available to users around the world and made a couple improvements to the functionality of the service. Nearly one year ago, Microsoft unveiled the Skype plugin in an effort to make its webmail service more of a universal communications hub….

Posted on: March 8, 2014 2:00 pm

Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Windows 8.1 Update

Want to get an advance look at what Microsoft has cooking in the first big update to Windows 8.1? You’re in luck: The update is now available online, but not from Microsoft. Several file locker sites now host the Windows 8.1 Update 1, thanks to an apparently accidental leak from Microsoft’s Although Microsoft…

Posted on: March 8, 2014 2:00 pm

Google Adds Background Refresh to Gmail for iOS

Google rolled out an update to Gmail’s iOS app Wednesday that added background refresh and a simpler sign-in process. With the update, Gmail now loads messages in the background so users can view new emails the second they get a push notification. Previously, users would have to wait for new…

Posted on: March 8, 2014 2:00 pm

Skype Hits Browsers as Part of Microsoft’s Outlook.com Webmail

Microsoft’s bid to build Outlook.com into a Gmail killer took a step forward on Tuesday with the rollout of new Skype integration. Every Outlook.com user can now use Skype to instant message with friends or launch a video call without leaving their inbox. No native app is required, though you’ll…

Posted on: March 7, 2014 7:00 pm

A shift in Microsoft’s culture: Inside Bing’s new incubation project (exclusive)

Within Microsoft, a global corporation with tens of thousands of employees, one team is working to foster a startup-like culture. That group is building Bing, a search engine to compete with Google. Bing is one of Microsoft’s youngest departments, as it was the end result of a startup acquisition in…

Posted on: March 7, 2014 7:00 pm

Metalogix Announces Best of Breed Showcase Awards Winners at Star-Studded …

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — This evening, Metalogix, along with its Best of Breed SharePoint Showcase Partners, revealed the winners of the prestigious Best of Breed SharePoint Showcase Awards at Microsoft’s global SharePoint Conference 2014. Winners were heralded at the star-studded and high-energy Metalogix Best of Breed Showcase Awards Winners in six…

Posted on: March 7, 2014 2:00 pm

Hotmail.com: Solución a problemas para abrir el correo de Hotmail, iniciar …

Hotmail, el antiguo servicio de correo electronico de Microsoft, sigue causando problemas y errores en el correo electronico de sus usuarios. Miles de personas, se quejan a diario, de que Hotmail no da solucion a sus problemas, y no le es posible acceder a su correo electronico ni iniciar sesion….

Posted on: March 7, 2014 2:00 pm

Keynote: Connect. Reimagine. Transform. Microsoft

What happend? First the Sharepoint keynote where not there but where broadcasted on the SharePoint 2014 site it was available. Now when I have linked to it MS has replaced it with some crap? Also the Safari detection to switch to HTML5 does not work and video never show, you need…

Posted on: March 7, 2014 2:00 pm

Review: Bonobo Live @ Albert Hall, Manchester

We dispatched Andrew Williams off to the Albert Hall in Manchester to watch Bonobo, read his thoughts. Image: Jody Hartley Lay dormant for 40 years, the team behind Trof, Gorilla and The Deaf Institute in Manchester have reawakened the city to the wonderful Albert Hall, a sort of lost building This…

Posted on: March 7, 2014 2:00 pm

Microsoft Broadening Office App Authentication Options via SAML 2.0

Microsoft is paving the way for the use of alternative identity federation approaches with Office 365 apps and Microsoft Office apps. Those alternative approaches are being facilitated by the addition of Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 support in Micrsoft’s cloud-based Windows Azure Active Directory, according to Microsoft’s announcement today. SAML Microsoft’s…

Posted on: March 7, 2014 9:00 am