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Outlook for Android Gets a Bunch of Calendar Enhancements and Features

Kellen October 10, 2017 4

If you use Outlook for email and calendar purposes, you are going to love today's update on Android. I think. I mean, if adding meetups and managing delegates and shared calendars is something you've been dying to have, then yeah, this sh*t is going to make...

Alexa and Cortana Will Soon Talk to Each Other

Tim August 30, 2017 8

Announced today, but arriving later this year, Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana will be able to talk to each other, allowing for users to get more done. Once this functionality rolls out, you'll be able to say to Echo, "Alexa, open Cortana" to turn on...

Microsoft’s Cortana is Coming to Android Lock Screens

Kellen January 18, 2017 27

Users of Microsoft's Cortana on Android, get ready for even easier access to the personal assistant. According to MSPowerUser, Microsoft has begun beta testing a version of Cortana that allows for access directly from a phone's lock screen. In the beta...

Harman Kardon Teases Cortana-Powered Digital Assistant for the Home, Coming 2017

Tim December 14, 2016 11

Ever since Amazon launched Echo, every other company in the field of digital assistants has been playing catch up. With Google launching Google Home, it's just Microsoft and Apple we're waiting on, but with the Windows and Harman Kardon teams now teasing a...

Microsoft Outlook Gets a Calendar Update on the Eve of Sunrise’s Death That Benefits Few

Kellen September 13, 2016 16

The folks who once worked for Sunrise announced this morning that their popular calendar app is now dead. It's dead because Microsoft bought them and has decided to no longer support the app and instead infuse Sunrise's brilliance into Outlook, a subpar email...

Sunrise Calendar is Now Dead, Users Will be Logged Out Tomorrow for Good

Kellen September 13, 2016 12

Sunrise, my favorite calendar app of all time, is dead as of today. For those paying close attention, you'll notice that today is September 13 and not August 31 (the day the app was supposed to original die), and that's because Microsoft gave Sunrise another...

Microsoft to Acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion in Cash

Tim June 13, 2016 33

As details are made public this morning, it's official - Microsoft is acquiring LinkedIn. With Microsoft paying $196 per share, all cash, the deal is priced at a whopping $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash. According to Microsoft and LinkedIn's...

Microsoft Outlook Comes to Android Wear Via New Watch Face

Kellen June 3, 2016 8

After launching last August for the Apple Watch, Microsoft has now introduced Outlook to Android Wear and your current smartwatch. With this introduction, Microsoft is really giving you a whole new watch face that has Outlook embedded within, hoping that you...