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Microsoft announces Enterprise Mobility Suite for mobile device and cloud management

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft announced Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS), a new service that brings together its existing enterprise management solutions, such as Intune and Azure Active Directory, into a “holistic offering.” Speaking at the event, new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reiterated his emphasis on a mobile-first/cloud-first approach for the company with the tagline “a cloud for everyone on every device.” He highlighted the Enterprise Mobility Suite as a crucial component of Microsoft’s enterprise efforts. “[The Enterprise Mobility Suite], perhaps to me, is the most strategic piece of what infrastructure development we are doing in support of enterprises,” Nadella said. Enterprise Mobility…

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5 content distribution channels you might be overlooking

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Social Media

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Marketers are making significant investments in content marketing, and rightfully so. According to Rishi Dave, chief marketing officer at Dun & Bradstreet, today’s consumers are entirely self-directed in their buying journeys. Content helps empower these audiences to make educated and informed decisions. The challenge with content marketing, however, is exactly what makes it awesome. The competition for eyeballs is fierce. Not to mention, human attention spans are getting shorter. According to one Web use study, the average attention span in 2012 was eight seconds. Even goldfish are easier to engage. Their attention spans? Nine seconds. Content marketing programs need more…

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Microsoft launches Office for iPad: Includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint but requires subscription for editing

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets, Mobile

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At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft Office General Manager Julia White unveiled Office for iPad, featuring Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new apps, which supports viewing but not editing for free, will go live in Apple’s App Store at 11:00AM PDT (2:00PM EST). Update: You can download them now right here: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Also, today wasn’t just about the iPad: Office for iPhone and Android phones is now completely free, Android tablet version coming ‘in the future’. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint all have a ribbon interface just like the one in Office for Windows and OS…

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Microsoft launches Office for iPad: Includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint but requires subscription for editing

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets, Mobile

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At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft Office General Manager Julia White unveiled Office for iPad, featuring Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new suite, which supports viewing but not editing for free, will go live in Apple’s App Store at 11:00AM PDT (2:00PM EST). Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iPad feature a ribbon interface just like the one featured in Office for Windows and OS X. The trio of apps are much more powerful on the tablet than the smartphone, but naturally aren’t comparable to the desktop versions. You can store documents on the iPad itself, but you can…

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Amazon to host an event for its ‘video business’ on April 2, could feature its TV streaming box

Mar27
by on March 27, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

It seems Amazon is ready to break into the living room in a big way. The technology giant sent out invites today for an event in New York on April 2, which will cover “an update to our video business”. The invite shows a coach with a bucket of popcorn on the floor, but otherwise that’s it. Rumors have been rife about an Amazon set-top box for some time and the latest reports point to a small streaming dongle similar to Google’s Chromecast. A video game console is also reportedly in the works – an earlier leak revealed what appears to…

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