Microsoft
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The $99 tablet could catapult Microsoft to the top of the tablet heap
I don’t generally make my tech choices based solely on price, and I don’t recommend others use price as a primary factor in tech purchasing decisions, but at some point price is certainly a consideration. With a handful of $99 Windows 8.1 tablets coming soon, that magic, sub-$100 price point could make Microsoft a very…
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A closer look at Windows 8’s decline in market share
There is a lot of good news for Microsoft in the most recent Net Market Share data. The silver lining is overshadowed, however, by the fact that the current flagship operating system–Windows 8–actually declined in market share over the last month. I think it goes without saying that is never a good thing. First…
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Recognized with 2014 Microsoft MVP award
It’s official! I received notification yesterday that Microsoft has awarded me the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) designation for the ninth consecutive year. The email proclaims: “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2014 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world…
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Comparing OneDrive for Business with Google Drive for Work
Microsoft announced in April that it is raising the OneDrive for Business storage for Office 365 business accounts to 1TB, and earlier this week that it will also bump the OneDrive storage to 1TB for Office 365 consumer accounts. At Google I/O this week, Google countered by announcing a new Drive for Work plan with…
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1TB of OneDrive data is basically the same as ‘unlimited’
` It’s like having a limit that you’re only allowed to eat 10 gallons of ice cream per day, or you can only watch 24 hours per day of television. No matter what the subject is, there is a point where a “limit” is so high that for all practical purposes it ceases to function…
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Updates coming to iOS and Android OneDrive apps
Earlier this week Microsoft announced that it is raising the limits on OneDrive storage capacity–from 7GB to 15GB for the free OneDrive accounts, and up to a whopping 1TB for all Office 365 users. Today, Microsoft revealed that there are also changes coming in the next few days for the OneDrive apps on both Android…