9 posts and columns on SkyDrive

Microsoft Cranks Out Two More iPhone Apps: Kinectimals and SkyDrive

in Mobile on December 13, 2011 at 10:58 am PT

Redmond has released four iOS apps this week alone in a sign it is not placing all its mobile eggs in the Windows Phone basket.
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Apple’s Store, Microsoft’s Hotmail and SkyDrive All Taking Thursday Evening Off

in News on September 8, 2011 at 9:50 pm PT

Apple’s online store had the “be back soon” message that often presages new products being added, though it was unclear if this was the reason for Thursday’s outage.
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Microsoft Brings the First Piece of Office to the iPhone: OneNote

in Mobile on January 18, 2011 at 9:49 am PT

Bowing to market reality, Redmond is offering a version of its note-taking program that will run on Apple’s iPhone. The app will be free for a limited time, Microsoft said.

Microsoft’s New Windows Phone 7: Novel But Lacking

in Personal Technology on October 20, 2010 at 4:03 pm PT

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system has a novel and attractive interface, but it lacks key features now common in its rivals’ phones, writes Walt.
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Mac Users Are Getting New Outlook From Rival

in Personal Technology on October 13, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Microsoft significantly improved each of the key components for its new Macintosh version of Office coming out Oct. 26, which finally includes a robust Mac version of Outlook, writes Walt.
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Microsoft Office Simplified For the Web

in Personal Technology on June 9, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt reviews the simplified Microsoft Office that’s free and online.
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CES: Steve Ballmer Keynote

in News on January 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm PT

Steve Ballmer is delivering his annual state-of-Microsoft address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tonight–the second he’s given since taking over the duties of former CEO Bill Gates. If anything like last year’s, Ballmer’s address will offer a broad overview of Microsoft’s consumer strategy for the year, touching on everything from the company’s hardware-software ecosystem to its home entertainment offerings. Likely to figure prominently in tonight’s address: Windows 7 and the new touch-enabled PC form factors it has evidently inspired; Bing; and Natal, Microsoft’s controller-less game control system, which will launch in time for the 2010 holidays.
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Organizing Your Web Life in One Place

in The Mossberg Solution on December 16, 2008 at 6:06 pm PT

Katie reviews Windows Live, Microsoft’s Web-based attempt to consolidate many of the regular activities you perform on the Internet: sharing photos on Flickr, emailing via Hotmail, posting status updates on Facebook, following tweets on Twitter, sending instant messages on Google Chat and keeping a calendar on Apple’s MobileMe.
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Microsoft Officially Facebooks, Oops, Socializes, Windows Live Internet Services

in News on November 12, 2008 at 9:00 pm PT

Microsoft officially rolled out its next version of its Windows Live Services tonight, with a heavy emphasis on socializing its online offerings and giving users better tools to share all sorts of information from across the Web within them. Microsoft said the changes–similar to those made by Yahoo and AOL recently–would “begin rolling out to customers in the U.S. over the coming weeks and will be made available globally in 54 countries and in 48 languages by early 2009.” You might call this the “Facebooking” of Windows Live, which is the brand name for Microsoft’s communications and other related online services aimed at consumers, especially because the much anticipated changes also include a new profile and a “What’s New” feed.