Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 11 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.
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.
Kara Swisher in Media on July 25, 2011 at 6:14 am PT
It’s the first board seat ever for Horowitz, who has been a bit busy of late launching the search giant’s first successful social networking product.
Kara Swisher in News on July 1, 2011 at 2:31 pm PT
Microsoft’s SVP of Strategy and Partnership Hank Vigil will be leaving the software giant to focus on investing in and advising for early-stage start-up companies.
But the 25-year company veteran will also become a “strategic adviser” to Microsoft. That’s probably a good idea, since Vigil is one of the company’s most visible and well-liked execs in the tech community, especially in Silicon Valley.
Kara Swisher in News on January 14, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT
Shan Sinha headed the start-up DocVerse, which was acquired by Google in March for a reported $25 million to $30 million.
Since then, he’s has been ferreting away on scaling up DocVerse’s product, which allows users of Microsoft Office documents to collaborate in real time on the Web, for the search giant.
Its new name: Google Cloud Connect.
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Beth Callaghan in News on December 21, 2010 at 12:23 pm PT
“WikiLeaks” has entered the canon of the English language, but not according to the OED. Research done by a group known as Global Language Monitor shows that “WikiLeaks” has appeared in global media more than 300 million times since 2006. The Texas-based group cites a minimum of 25,000 mentions in English-speaking media as a requirement for the name to become its own lowercase, generic word. Unfortunately, GLM doesn’t specify its definition or whether the word would be used as a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on November 16, 2010 at 2:44 pm PT
If you love reading and want smart ways to share your books with friends or reading updates with social networks, the Nook Color has you covered.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 15, 2010 at 10:04 am PT
Facebook has called the press to yet another launch event, this time in San Francisco for a new Facebook email system. Luckily, they brought their own cafeteria chairs so our butts will feel right at home after a long summer of launches at the company’s Palo Alto, Calif., office.
Walt Mossberg 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.
Walt Mossberg 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.
