Microsoft says we should stop calling the browser-based version of their apps ‘Office Online’. It’s now just ‘Office’. ‘Word Online’ is now just ‘Word’. ‘Excel Online’ is ‘Excel’, ‘PowerPoint Online’ is merely ‘PowerPoint’. Make sense? No, we don’t understand either. Microsoft’s explanation of the name change doesn’t help. According to Microsoft they are doing this: […]
Slow, but surely, the online version of Microsoft Office gets better. Word online will never have everything that Word for Windows or Mac does, but it’s becoming more viable for occasional users and as a backup in case your usual software fails. It also adds some interesting features that’s aren’t available in the traditional software. […]
Microsoft has really made Office 365 more compelling by raising their online OneDrive storage from 1 Terabyte to Unlimited for Office 365 subscribers. If you have Office 365 Personal, Home, University or Business account, the OneDrive storage limit will be effectively removed entirely. For Home subscribers, shared among several people, each account attached to the […]
Microsoft has jumped on the iPhone 6 bandwagon with an offer of 30GB to iPhone 6 users who also use OneDrive. As usual for a Microsoft offer, the devil is in the detail. For once, it’s not all bad news for customers. Despite the hype, anyone with the OneDrive app (Apple, Android or Windows Phone) […]
Dropbox plays ‘catch up’ on OneDrive and Google but still lose the cloud storage lead. And there’s a competitor that might beat them all. Dropbox has announced price decreases / storage increases to match offerings from Microsoft and Google. The lowest level of paid Dropbox is ‘Pro’ for $9.99 a month or $99 per year. […]
