"Desktop Apps" news, interviews, and features

News about Desktop Apps

• Intuit backpedals from TurboTax changes after upgrade uproar

  Intuit has again apologized for stiffing TurboTax customers by not telling them of changes in its business model.

• Microsoft unveils de-cluttering option for Office 365 mailboxes

  Microsoft today launched Clutter, an email filtering option for Office 365 business customers.

• Microsoft launches wait list for Skype Translator preview

  Microsoft is taking beta requests for its Skype Translator.

• Expect Microsoft to extend support for Office for Mac 2011

  Likely the result of Microsoft's decision to launch the next edition of Office for the Mac in the second half of 2015

• Microsoft teases Office for Mac with Outlook-only release

  Microsoft today took the unusual move of releasing a new version of Outlook for the Mac months before the rest of the suite.

• Microsoft slates Office 16 for second half of 2015

  Microsoft will launch its next version of Office for Windows in the second half of 2015, according to an online report.

Features about Desktop Apps

• Getting around Google+: 25 tips and tricks for power users

  The last of our three-part how-to series helps you take your Google+ experience to the next level.

• Why the enterprise can't shake its email addiction

  Forget new (and better) technologies - email is as entrenched in the business world as it's ever been. Here's why we can't break free.

• Microsoft's ambivalence about Office on the Web gives Apple shot with iWork on iCloud

  Apple tries another Internet angle - Web-based productivity apps - after iWork.com bust

• Microsoft Office 2013 vs. Office 365 price calculator

  Use this tool to determine the better deal -- Microsoft's new Office 365 subscription or traditional buy-now-use-forever licenses

• Office 365 Home Premium review: Is Office better by subscription?

  Microsoft's new subscription-based version of Office 2013 lets you use your applications anywhere. But does it really save you money?

• Windows 8 cheat sheet

  How to find your way around Microsoft's new OS and make the most of its features