The ASUS Zenbook Pro series comes with a snazzy touchpad which doubles as an extension toolbar for Microsoft Office. Source: ASUS Instead of a blank touchpad, it’s a small high-res touchscreen that can display icons or even full videos (play Lawrence of Arabia on a tiny, tiny screen!). For Microsoft Office it means that mini-toolbars […]
Two Indian banks clamped down use of unlicensed Microsoft Office, leaving staff to use calculators or open-source alternative spreadsheets. Mid-Day.com reported that Bank of India and Saraswat Bank had some licenses for Microsoft Office but not enough for all the computers the bank had allocated to staff. Branches were instructed to uninstall Office from many […]
Later this year, you’ll be able to buy an Office 365 annual ‘subscription direct from the App Store on a Mac. Buying through the App Store will be a bad move for any Mac users. That was one of the lesser noticed announcements at Apple’s WWDC 2018 conference. The whole App Store is being redesigned and […]
Microsoft is now previewing the next version of Office for perpetual licence/one-time payment customers. The changes in how Office is sold and updated mean this isn’t the big news it once was. We have info on what’s in Office 2019, release date and reduced support. Most people now buy Office as a ‘subscription’ or annual […]
Apple’s announcement of special ‘education’ prices for iPad and Macbook Air opens an opportunity for almost anyone to get the cheaper prices. Not that we’d suggest lying to Apple. No, never. Telling fibs to a gigantic company is wrong. It’s not as if big companies like Apple have ever lied to their customers <sigh>. The […]
