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Microsoft boosts Teams with new presenter tools and PowerPoint integration
At its Ignite conference today, the company announced a slew of updates for its video chat tool, as well as new made-for-Teams speakers.
Microsoft Office 2021 is coming to Windows PCs and Macs later this year
Microsoft will release two new versions of Office later this year.
Microsoft's unified Office experience comes to iPad
Microsoft's combined Office app offers quick editing features optimized for smaller screens.
Amazon's next offices in Virginia will include a spiraling rooftop forest
Amazon has unveiled the second phase of its HQ2 headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, and the buildings will revolve around nature and sustainability.
Microsoft's mobile 365 apps are getting conversational Cortana AI tech
Microsoft has unveiled a raft of new updates for its 365 mobile apps, with new AI and natural language features in Outlook, Teams, Office Lens (now Microsoft Lens) and Office mobile.
Microsoft Office apps now run natively on Macs with the M1 chip
It didn't take long for Microsoft to catch up with Apple's new hardware.
Microsoft adds mouse and trackpad support to Office apps on iPad
This spring, Apple added mouse and trackpad support to the iPad with a software update, and ever since then, users with business to take care of have been waiting for Microsoft’s Office suite to include the feature. Now, 9to5Mac points out that Microsoft says a “phased rollout” is bringing the feature to its Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps on the platform. Microsoft also said the update is bringing new start screens and feature menus that expand its Fluent design language across the apps.
Windows 10 is installing Office web apps without asking permission
Windows 10 users are complaining that Microsoft is restarting their PCs to install Office web apps without asking permission.
Microsoft is releasing a non-subscription Office suite in 2021
The company has been pushing Microsoft 365 for years now as the main way to get its Office apps.
Panasonic's $835 cubicle offers authentic office hell in your home
Panasonic's Komoru is a depressing, $835 cubicle for your living room.
Slack files EU antitrust complaint over Microsoft Teams
Slack is pushing back against Microsoft Teams by filing an antitrust complaint with the EU.
Microsoft details potential new designs for the Office UI
Some might think that Microsoft should pick a user interface for its Office products and stick with it, but its UX designers are having none of that. The company has unveiled yet more potential changes to its Microsoft 365 user interface in an ambitious Medium post.
Office for iPad will reportedly get trackpad support 'by the fall'
Microsoft is actively working to update its Office mobile apps to take advantage of the iPad's new and more robust trackpad support.
Microsoft Office for iPad tests multi-window support
Microsoft will soon make it easier to juggle multiple Word documents and PowerPoint presentations for iOS users. The tech giant has given Office Insiders the ability to open multiple Word and PowerPoint windows side-by-side on an iPad.
Office 365 is turning into Microsoft 365 as it moves into your life
Microsoft wants you to think about its Office 365 subscription service in a whole new light. So on April 21st, the company is renaming the service to "Microsoft 365," as it adds more AI and cloud-powered tools to make you more productive. The pricing stays the same -- $7 a month/$70 a year for personal use and $10 a month/$100 a year for the family plan -- but the scope of the service is much broader. For one, Microsoft is launching a new Family Safety app for tracking screentime and other aspects of your digital life.
Microsoft's all-in-one Office app is now available to all
Microsoft's all-in-one Office app is ready for primetime. The mobile-first application, which the company announced last November, has already been available as a public preview. That version was limited to Android users that signed up through a specific Google Group and 10,000 iOS testers that registered via Apple's TestFlight program, however. The consumer-ready Android app slipped into the Play Store earlier this week -- a littler earlier than planned, a Microsoft spokesperson told Engadget -- and now the iPhone version is officially out of beta. For now, the Android app has "limited" tablet support, and there's no iPad-specific version.
Microsoft releases its unified Office app for Android
Microsoft has followed through on its promise of a unified Office mobile app -- for some people, anyway. Following months of beta testing, the company has released the all-in-one productivity app for Android phone users. Like before, this lets you edit Excel, PowerPoint and Word documents without having to switch apps. You can also sift through your OneDrive files, scan real-world documents with Office Lens and read QR codes.
Microsoft's redesigned Office apps for iOS are faster and simpler
Microsoft is acting on its promise to give its mobile Office apps a makeover. It just released new iOS (and iPadOS) versions of Excel, PowerPoint and Word that all tout a "simpler, faster and more beautiful" redesign. Really, that's another way of saying they have a more consistent look with an interface that helps you quickly edit documents when you're away from your desk.
Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 Mobile Office apps in 2021
The end is nigh for Windows 10 Mobile. We already knew that technical support for the mobile operating system would end on December 10th, 2019 (yep, that's tomorrow). Now, we have an official end-of-life date for the Windows 10 Mobile Office apps, too: January 12th, 2021. From that point onwards, the much-loved software suite -- including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote -- won't receive any bug fixes, security updates and general technical support. The apps will still work, Microsoft confirmed, but you won't be able to install them on any new devices.
Microsoft gets US license to resume selling software to Huawei
The US government is still bent on blacklisting Huawei in most respects, but the Chinese tech giant just got an important reprieve. The Commerce Department has granted Microsoft a license to "export mass-market software" to Huawei, according to a Microsoft statement to Bloomberg. The American company declined to say just what "mass-market" meant, but Windows and Office theoretically count -- Huawei might not have trouble offering PCs like the MateBook X Pro.