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Microsoft Office 365 icons get a fresh new look

Meagan Simpson

Published: December 3rd, 2018

New Shutterstock plug-in helps your PowerPoint presentations reach the top

Designing a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation can be difficult enough without minimizing the program tray and conducting an exhaustive Google search to find the perfect picture. Enter stock photo giant Shutterstock, Inc., which released

Published on: May 18th, 2016 Eric Emin Wood
Myo armband presentations

Here’s how Thalmic Labs just made presentation clickers obsolete

Waterloo, Ont.-based Thalmic Labs is freeing PowerPoint ninjas and slideshow wizards from their reliance on handheld clickers with the launch of a new application for its Myo armband, the firm announced on Thursday.

Published on: May 14th, 2015 Brian Jackson
Prezi

You can now share your Prezi presentations live, anywhere, anytime

Prezi Inc. has already made its mark in boardrooms all over the world, supplying speakers with creative-looking presentation slides meant to keep their listeners awake. But now, Prezi is looking to bring its

Published on: December 11th, 2014 Candice So
Prezi

Prezi continuing to reach out to Canada, one presentation slide at a time

Back in April 2010, the New York Times ran a piece called “We Have Met the Enemy and He is PowerPoint” - a story with a catchy headline and a lot of anecdotes

Published on: August 5th, 2014 Candice So

Office 365 Personal Canadian pricing matches US pricing

From clothing to book prices to software licences, Canadians are used to shelling out more money than their neighbours south of the border for many products. That practice made sense when our dollar

Published on: March 14th, 2014 Brian Jackson

Apttus connects Microsoft Office with Salesforce data

As much as the new cloud computing era has brought us new services and tools to manage information, organize data, and get work done, there are still some people who will say you

Published on: November 29th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Why the Surface Pro converted me from being a dedicated Mac user

My family and I, from grandpa to grandson,  have been Apple fans – starting out with the Apple and onwards through the various Mac, iPhone, & iPad generations. But from a law practice

Published on: July 17th, 2013 Lou Milrad

Microsoft Office for iPhone may not supplant third-party vendors

Microsoft dipped its toe into the world of iOS last week with the launch of Office for iPhone, but it’s a tentative dip that doesn't seem to be scaring off the third-party vendors

Published on: June 21st, 2013 Jeff Jedras

Microsoft Office Mobile now available for iPhone

Apple iPhone users got their first taste of the first iOS native app for Microsoft Office over the weekend, with the release of Office Mobile on Friday. But only Office 365 subscribers can

Published on: June 17th, 2013 Brian Jackson

5 web tools to quickly create amazing presentations

Having a hard time trying to get people to focus on your presentations? Usually everyone uses Microsoft PowerPoint and it is still one of the most-used tools for slideshow presentations all over the

Published on: April 12th, 2013 Wolston Lobo

Microsoft launches Office 365 with rates tailored to small business

After stumbling twice with offering productivity applications as a service, Microsoft Corp. is finally giving what those who dream of in a cloud service have always wanted: a full-featured Office 365. The company

Published on: February 27th, 2013 Howard Solomon
Microsoft Office coming to iPad despite alternatives

Microsoft Office coming to iPad despite alternatives

When Microsoft Corp. brings Office to Apple’s mobile devices, will you switch to it from the productivity suite you’re already using? Blogger Eric Eckel is looking forward to Microsoft Office being released on

Published on: January 2nd, 2013 Brian Jackson
Microsoft’s Office 15 embraces software-as-a-service model

Microsoft’s Office 15 embraces software-as-a-service model

Small business trial customers of Microsoft Corp.'s new version of widely-used productivity suite are giving the new Web-based delivery approach a thumbs up. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in San Francisco on Monday that

Published on: July 18th, 2012 Paolo Del Nibletto
First look at Microsoft Office 2013 customer preview

First look at Microsoft Office 2013 customer preview

I spent most of my time with Word and Excel on a laptop and on a desktop all-in-one equipped with a touchscreen. As expected, Microsoft is tying Office 2013 and Office 365 tightly

Published on: July 16th, 2012 Michael Brown