The News Review:
- Microsoft in the mall? Retail store plans leak
- VCs project SlideRocket to rival PowerPoint
- Microsoft outlines three tenets for ffice Web Apps
- Microsoft ffice File Format ‘Vulnerable’
- What’s New in Microsoft ffice 2010 Software – nline Free Version
Microsoft in the mall? Retail store plans leak
Computerworld
ne expert called the plans “too techie” but applauded Microsoft for tackling retail. Lippicott’s consumer retail clients include Borders Dairy Queen Intuit and Keebler. The 54 posted images part of a 140-slide collection detailed everything from store layout ideas and a shopping bag design to Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s Genius Bar and a wrap-around digital display wall. Today Microsoft acknowledged it had hired Lippicott but downplayed the significance of the plans. “As a part of our process in briefing creative agencies we shared some early prototypes and concepts of our retail store plans” said Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw in a Monday e-mail.
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VCs project SlideRocket to rival PowerPoint
Reuters
Additionally large cap technology companies are investing in their own would-be PowerPoint killers with offerings such as Apple’s Keynote and the free office software application Google Presentations. Then of course there’s PowerPoint itself. “Microsoft is really kind of the gorilla in the room and we feel fortunate in the sense that they are really beholden to making that upfront long-term sale of Powerpoint” says Chuck Dietrich CE of SlideRocket. “It’s always been difficult for a company that sells and upfront one-time fee service to try to switch to a subscription based model. Dietrich says SlideRocket which launched its online application in November plans to use the latest funding to hire additional staff and to expand its marketing efforts. He did not say how many subscribers the company has signed up to date stating only that “we’ve been extremely happy not only with the site visitors we’re getting but the conversion of site visitors to trial users and the conversion of trial to paid users. The company charges about $12 per month for an individual license and $24 for a business user license with discounts for annual subscriptions.
Microsoft outlines three tenets for ffice Web Apps
Ars Technica
The look and feel of the application as well as the icons and layout of each application will be familiar the text of commands will match the desktop applications and the Ribbon interface will be present. Basics that ffice users expect like AutoCorrect and background spellchecking will also be available. In short Microsoft wants to protect the ffice brand and the expectations that come with it. High Fidelity: Microsoft says it wants ffice Web Apps to allow users to view and share content with the confidence that others will see their work as intended. In short Microsoft wants fidelity to span visual data and behavioral aspects. The ffice Web Applications (browser versions of Word PowerPoint Excel and neNote) were announced.
Microsoft ffice File Format ‘Vulnerable’
PC World
Albrecht said that ffice 2010 will let users fine-tune the feature to better manage which formats Word Excel and PowerPoint open. “File blocking was a real broad-brush thing in ffice 2007″ said Pescatore “and it would give users obscure error messages. ” He applauded the move toward flexibility in the file blocker. ffice File Validation meanwhile is a system that validates older pre-XML file formats for Word Excel and PowerPoint then blocks those that don’t conform to the documented format. Documents that contain malicious code would presumably trigger the block.
What’s New in Microsoft ffice 2010 Software – nline Free Version
Best Syndication
There is new data and analysis and visualization tools in this new version. There is an ffice Excel Mobile to take with you on your smartphone and there is and online web application for storing and editing through the Internet. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 has improvements on audio and visual capabilities which will give you a even more professional presentation. There are new tools that will help guide you to making a dynamic presentation. In addition to this you can load your presentation on your smartphones so you can instantly give your sales pitch without dragging out your notebook. You can also upload your PowerPoint presentation to the internet so that people can watch it online and you can work with other people on the same presentation at the same time. Microsoft utlook 2010 email software got a few upgrades as well.