Microsoft Promises They’re Fixing Skype Messaging, Teases Windows Phone 8.1
Microsoft may have killed their popular Windows Live Messenger (previously MSN Messenger) service and application this Spring in favor of Skype, which they acquired for $8.5 billion (yes, billion) back in 2011, but not everybody has been happy. While Skype is an excellent VoIP service, it makes for a poor Luckily for…
Microsoft Adds Email Encryption In Office 365
Microsoft has introduced Office 365 Message Encryption, a new version of Exchange Hosted Encryption (EHE) to simplify encryption of email on multiple platforms. Office 365 Messaging Encryption allows users to send encrypted messages to recipients at other companies and supports email applications such as Outlook.com, Yahoo, Gmail, Exchange Server, Lotus Notes,…
Steam user count tops Xbox Live ahead of Valve’s console push
Anyone who thinks PC gaming is in trouble hasn’t heard of Steam. Valve’s popular PC game store and online service now has more than 65 million active accounts, the company announced, up 30 percent from a year ago. The number of PC gamers using Steam is now greater than the Unmentioned by…
Cirrus Insight to Unite Salesforce, Gmail on Mobile Devices
Before Salesforce launched Salesforce1 to help companies build mobile sales apps, there was a startup called Cirrus Insight. It began working on a mobile app to bring Salesforce features to the smartphones and tablets of Gmail users. The app is now being piloted, and Cirrus has also announced integration with…
Gmail for Android: 5 tips for Power Users
Even if the mobile version of Gmail may not be laden with all the features that the desktop version has, a whole lot of people rely on the mobile version for their daily e-mail needs. While I prefer being able to use the desktop version myself, I find myself using…
China’s Kingsoft gets $50 million funding to help push its Microsoft Office …
China’s Kingsoft (HKG:3888) has been around since 1989, making all kinds of PC apps like anti-virus and web browsers. These days it has modernized and is perhaps best known for its Microsoft Office-like suite of apps for PC, Android, and iOS. AllThingsD reports that Kingsoft has secured a fresh round Kingsoft’s…
Make free phone calls from Gmail
Let’s start with a little geek speak: VOIP or voice over Internet Protocol is essentially the ability to make phone calls over the Internet. With services like Skype, as long as both parties are on the Skype network, the call is free, but if you want to use Skype to…
Only 25% of Yahoo staff “eat their own dog food”
Only a quarter of Yahoo staff have obeyed the company’s request to "eat their own dog food" and switch to Yahoo Mail, a colourful internal memo has revealed. The leaked email, acquired by All Things Digital, implores staff to move over to the corporate version of Yahoo’s webmail system, gently…
Reinvent the Intranet with SharePoint Search and Social
When SharePoint 2013 arrived, we immediately noticed the huge investment Microsoft made into anything related to search. But we still see many intranets designed as traditional internal communications: a home page with a carousel, useful links that are often not so useful, sections you have never clicked on and of How…
Quad’s Mobile Messaging App For College Groups Supports 500-Person Chats
A new mobile chat application targeting college students, Quad, is working to move student organizations off of email and onto smartphones for managing their group communications. Despite the popularity of mobile messaging applications, like WhatsApp, Kik, GroupMe and dozens of others, few of these can support a large number of…
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