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Big Data’s Usability Problem

Bill Wise, CEO, Mediaocean in Voices on April 23 at 12:44 pm PT

In a wide sea of data, a few lines of code can be very easy to overlook.

A Fresh New Office Finds a Place in the Cloud

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 29 at 6:02 am PT

Microsoft’s newest version of Office is a radical change from previous versions. It’s more closely tied to the cloud and has a surprising new price model.

Interview: C.W. Anderson and Emily Bell Discuss the Future of “Post-Industrial Journalism”

Eric Johnson in Media on December 4, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

Step one: Open Microsoft Excel. Step two: Do everything else.

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The Storage Games

Mark Davis, CEO, Virsto Software in Voices on November 21, 2012 at 12:03 pm PT

Even in an anemic economy, demand for data storage grows more than 50 percent per year.

A PC Virus on a Mac

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on September 11, 2012 at 6:23 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether a MacBook running Parallels could get infected by a PC virus.

Google Acquires Quickoffice for Mobile Productivity Apps

Mike Isaac in Mobile on June 5, 2012 at 9:36 am PT

Another acquisition for Google, this time with a mobile focus.

The Writing on the Tablet

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 29, 2012 at 2:03 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on taking notes on tablets.

eBay Is the Most Recent Bay Area Transplant to Seek Access to Seattle’s Talent Pool

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.

Working in Word, Excel, PowerPoint on an iPad

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 11, 2012 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt reviews an app that brings the full, genuine Windows versions of the key Office productivity apps — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — to the iPad.

Microsoft Office on iPad

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 28, 2011 at 3:37 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions about technology, including opening Office files on the iPad.