Monday May 20, 2024

We Can No Longer Unbundle Microsoft Office

 This spring we witnessed the big three OS manufacturers — Microsoft, Apple and Google — continue to unbundle their versions of Microsoft Office apps for mobile, including versions of PowerPoint, Excel and Word for iPad. You’ve also seen Craig Federighi’s endurance test at Apple’s WWDC where he juggled all three Apple devices in order to […]

As Popular As It Is, We Can No Longer Unbundle Microsoft Office

 This spring we witnessed the big three OS manufacturers — Microsoft, Apple and Google — continue to unbundle their versions of Microsoft Office apps for mobile, including versions of PowerPoint, Excel and Word for iPad. You’ve also seen Craig Federighi’s endurance test at Apple’s WWDC where he juggled all three Apple devices in order to […]

Microsoft Presses Ahead With Its Cloud Strategy

 This morning at its Windows Partner Conference, Microsoft made a lengthy pitch to its assembled clients that the cloud isn’t the future, but rather the present. The company presented its cloud products and services as a way for partner companies to generate more revenue and land more customers. Microsoft, however, wasn’t overly boastful during its […]

Box Plans Deep Office 365 Integration As It Removes Storage Caps For Business Customers

 This morning Box announced that it will integrate its cloud storage solution into Microsoft’s popular Office 365 productivity suite. The company also indicated that its ‘Business’ SKU will no longer have a file storage cap, joining its ‘Enterprise’ SKU in having unlimited storage attached to each user’s account. The storage play is simple: As the […]

Dell Now Accepts Bitcoin For All Online U.S. Purchases

 Dell now accepts bitcoin in the United States for online purchases of its products. The move is a win for CoinBase, which today on its blog announced that it was the integration partner for the personal computing company. Overstock.com and online technology marketplace TigerDirect also accept the cryptocurrency. The price of bitcoin, long a driver […]

Ex-Ford CEO Alan Mulally Joins Google’s Board Of Directors

 That didn’t take long. Former Ford President CEO has found a new parking spot at Google after just retiring from Ford Motor Company earlier this month. Google has just announced the appointment of Alan Mulally to its Board of Directors and will serve on Google’s Audit Committee. His appointment was effective July 9, 2014. Read […]

Appcelerator Makes Its Platform More Flexible With Native SDK Support, API Builder And Updated Analytics

 The mobile technology company Appcelerator has been around since 2006, and chances are that if you know about it, you mostly think of it as the company behind Titanium, its open-source mobile development environment. In the enterprise world, however, the company has also made a name for itself with its Appcelerator Platform, which is meant […]

Microsoft May Axe One-Fifth Of Its Nokia-Sourced Finnish Workforce

 According to a local-language report in Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Microsoft is gearing up for around 1,000 layoffs in Finland. Microsoft acquired around 4,700 employees in the country when it purchased substantial assets from Nokia, a deal that closed in April. We reached out but Microsoft declined to comment. At work here is the fact that […]

Getting your hands on data with mobile analytics

Year after year, organizations cite business intelligence and analytics as top investment priorities, but they’re seldom satisfied with the results. In part that’s because traditional solutions require a handoff to experts who know how to query warehouses full of data — and dutifully return static reports that reveal somewhat less than anticipated. Tweet This Post

Google Starts Selling Its Aerial Imagery To Maps For Business Users

 Google Maps for Business is a service for enterprises and government organizations that need to visualize their assets on a map. Today, the company has announced that customers can now purchase Google’s aerial imagery directly from the company and use it to map public service projects, study the environmental impact of a project, or evaluate […]