Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 11/4/2011
Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections.
Office 365 Updates Begin to Percolate Through Microsoft's Line-Up
Pieces of Microsoft’s promised fourth-quarter Office 365 update are beginning to manifest themselves via various Microsoft products.
Exchange Online Updated to Offer High-Fidelity Previews of Office Documents
Microsoft has updated the Cloud version of Exchange Server enabling users to view Office documents right on the web. This means that customers using Exchange Online can now take advantage of the same range of capabilities when previewing Office docs as if they would be using the desktop Outlook client.
Great Place to Work Unveils World's Best Multinational Workplaces
Great Place to Work, a global research, consulting and training firm, today announced its first-ever Top 25 World's Best Multinational Workplaces List at a gala awards ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange. Microsoft topped the list at no. 1, followed by SAS, NetApp, Google and FedEx Express, rounding out the top five.
Microsoft Honored at FCC for Accessibility Tools and Training Resources
Today, in a ceremony hosted by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Microsoft received a Chairman’s Awards for Advancement in Accessibility in recognition of the company’s work in creating a set of Accessibility Tools and Training Resources.
Feast Your Eyes on a Glimpse into the Future from Microsoft
Essentially, what the software giant is saying is that technology will play an increasingly critical role in our lives, from the very basic and mundane everyday tasks to complex actions performed at work.
Nokia Goes Official with Its First Windows Phones
Today, Nokia made an important step in its evolution as a mobile phone maker by making official its first two handsets that will arrive on shelves with Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system on board, namely the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710.
Mobile OS: The Ripening 'Mango'
The stage is getting set. Microsoft-creator of Windows-through a series of partner programs is strengthening its attempt to be the king of communications, just as it is the king of computing.
