Skydrive News & Articles

  The animosity between companies seems to be affecting the flow and interoperabilty between apps. So, its been some time coming for Microsoft's new SkyDrive app, while Twitter tries to replace some of the features it lost when the social apps started falling out with each other.

In recent months Amazon has done a lot of tweaking to its services as Google and Microsoft attempt to push it off the top spot as storage provider. This week, it has tweaked a little bit more, this time by adding file sync to its Cloud Drive.

File sharing service YouSendIt has expanded its roster of duties by purchasing Found, a system for enabling file search across devices and clouds.

In November, Microsoft improved the syncing functionality in SkyDrive and said it would continue building and improving to compete with Google Drive. This month, it has added a number of new features that will improve its file sharing abilities as well as some new HTML 5 features to make the whole experience better.

It’s still a long way from Google Drive, but even still this is well worth a look. Microsoft has just announced that it has improved SkyDrive with selected file syncing, easier desktop sharing and mobile updates.

There have been a few notable announcements this week in the document management space. Office Web Apps 2013 is now available in SkyDrive, Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for ECM for 2012 has been released, and Nuxeo is holding its annual conference. In addition, Concept Searching has announced that its conceptClassifier for SharePoint is available for Office 365.

Gmail users can now interact directly with Microsoft’s SkyDrive, thanks to a collaboration between Microsoft and Attachments.me.

 Oh dear, Nokia couldn't keep a lid on this one, possibly because it is just too bright. Anyway, here's the Lumia 920, the new range-leading device that features a PureView camera, wireless charging and beefed-up specs to bring Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 to the masses. 

Microsoft has revamped SkyDrive with a new UI and updated the website's design in preparation for the Windows 8 launch, with a SkyDrive Android App launch imminent. 

Microsoft officially unveiled Office 2013 earlier this month. Office 2013 isn’t just a good tool for spinning up spreadsheets and slide decks; it’s also a great platform for Microsoft to promote its cloud storage service SkyDrive.

 Microsoft has claimed over a million sign-ups on the first day of its new Outlook.com email service, with the promise of a far great experience through improved interaction with attachments and wider links to social media. With plans to migrate the millions of Microsoft Hotmail users, will it attract users from Yahoo, Gmail and other services?

Last week I was invited to a press event in San Francisco, where Steve Ballmer was going to share some exciting news. I of course thought for sure it would be the release of the next wave of Office products and as I arrived at the event, my suspicions were confirmed as I was greeted with a sign that proclaimed “Welcome to your Modern Office.”

The new Office suite has been formally unveiled by Microsoft with Yammer and SharePoint taking center stage among the new features. See what else was shown off at the launch event today, and where you can download the new customer preview version. 

With a lot of competition on its hands, Dropbox wants to remain relevant in both the consumer and enterprise markets. With Google Drive dominance looming around the corner, Dropbox is offering more space than ever to its Pro users.

Ask any executive and they’ll tell you that effective “collaboration” is more important than ever. The reason is simple: as teams communicate across disciplines and time zones, having the ability to share complex information quickly and accurately means the difference between project success and failure.