Posts Tagged ‘Office’
Office Newswire: Office is now the Netflix of productivity suites
Ty Anderson | September 19th, 2012
Office as a Service (OaaS) has officially arrived. It was inevitable really. In fact, just last year I updated the “List of Things that 100% Certain in Life” to include item #3: monthly software fees. I was just trying to be silly but it looks like I was more right than I was wrong. The […]... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Will the new Office developer model be successful?
Ty Anderson | September 12th, 2012
I’ve been thinking about The Tablet Wars and how the market is changing. Yes, there have been lots of changes already. But these changes are overwhelming due to a single product… the iPad. Apple has enjoyed a big lead because they took the risk to create a tablet device based on the iPhone. The press […]... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Next Office – click-to-run and Office on demand
Ty Anderson | September 7th, 2012
I am very interested in Windows RT because it offers the most battery life. I don't want to re-charge this tablet device during the day. I want to put in a full days's work and charge it at night. I've been curious to know what, if any, differences there will be for Office 2013 for WinRT. ... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: All about Outlook.com – Microsoft’s new Metro style email service
Ty Anderson | August 1st, 2012
I know I have said it a few times here in the Office Newswire but I'll say it again. I believe Microsoft's MOJO has returned and that it is big. In fact, it is growing as we see from yesterday's news about Outlook.com and the over 1,000,000 signups on its first day... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Can Microsoft Office 2013 become a cash cow for developers?
Ty Anderson | July 25th, 2012
I think the news coverage surrounding Office 2013 is setting a record. I don’t remember this much news for previous releases. No, it has nothing to do with my age thank you very much. I think it has something to do with the overall level of expectation and enthusiasm regarding the upcoming release... Read the rest of this entry →
Support for Office 2013 and Visual Studio 2012 coming soon
Dmitry Kostochko | July 23rd, 2012
For the last few days we have received quite a lot of questions with one prevailing theme - When are you going to add support for Office 2013? The first one arrived a few hours after Microsoft had published Office 2013 CP and put a smile on our faces: Office 2013 has been out for a few hours and there is no update yet?... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference news – 7.11.2012
Ty Anderson | July 11th, 2012
It's Worldwide Partner Conference (WWPC) Week. Next to Tech Ed, this is probably Microsoft's largest conference of the year. WWPC is for the marketing & sales peeps. I've never attended it and I don't really ever want to. I prefer Tech Ed and PDC... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Will Yammer become part of Office 365 SharePoint Online? – 6.27.2012
Ty Anderson | June 27th, 2012
Microsoft swallows Yammer for $1.2 billion. Better business social networking is on its way. Eventually, it will "surface" in Office 365’s SharePoint Online. Yammer has over 200,000 corporate accounts (with 5 million users) ... Read the rest of this entry →
Programming for Office 2010 on Windows 8 with Visual Studio 2012
Pieter van der Westhuizen | June 25th, 2012
If you've been following any IT related news lately you would've noticed that Microsoft has a number of new products and ideas up their sleeves. Last week we've seen their tablet offering, Microsoft Surface, announced. Windows 8 is close to release as well as Visual Studio 2012 and Office 2013 will be released in 2013... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Microsoft Surface – reviews, observations and predictions – 6.20.2012
Ty Anderson | June 20th, 2012
After reading almost everything there is to read on the subject of Microsoft Surface, I have a few observations and predictions. If Microsoft delivers, Surface changes the tablet game. Windows 8 suddenly makes sense to me
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How To: Set a custom icon for an Outlook folder in the Navigation Pane
Eugene Astafiev | June 14th, 2012
Today I want to show you one of the new features Outlook 2010 brought to programmers. Now Outlook allows setting custom icons the Navigation pane folders. The Outlook Object Model provides a special method for this task – SetCustomIcon. So, let's start our journey into the Outlook programming world ... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: a glimpse of Office 2013 on Windows RT tablet – 6.13.2012
Ty Anderson | June 13th, 2012
A good number of my news sources seem to think Microsoft will provide us with betas of Office and SharePoint as early as this month. Many thought the beta release would coincide with Tech Ed. So far, that is not the case but the week is not over... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: The mile-high view of Office 15 – 5.30.2011
Ty Anderson | May 30th, 2012
I keep hearing how the Facebook IPO was a failure. Depending on your viewpoint that might be true. For example if you purchased a significant number of shares at $38… I wager you are feeling a bit “zucked”. I love it when new expressions are coined like this. “Zucked” is brilliant. Despite all the hub […]... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Visual Studio 11 lineup announced – 5.23.2012
Ty Anderson | May 23rd, 2012
In the future there will be robots... but for now, let us ponder and discuss the future role of developers. The author of this article states that developers need to find an area of expertise but leave room for working knowledge of a broad set of adjacent technologies, languages and frameworks... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Is it fair to call Steve Ballmer the worst American CEO? – 5.16.2012
Ty Anderson | May 16th, 2012
The fact is, this week there just isn’t much news regarding Microsoft Office. I blame Facebook and their impending IPO. I also blame the ex-CEO of Yahoo. I also blame Josh Hamilton is his insane hitting during last week!... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: New screenshots of Office 15 on a Windows 8 Tablet – 5.8.2012
Ty Anderson | May 8th, 2012
I can't help but think about what's next for Office, SharePoint, and Microsoft. I am hoping for some big things. I can't wait to learn what Microsoft will offer developers in this next version... Read the rest of this entry →