Saturday, May 30, 2015

Microsoft's "Wow" Factor

It's been a long time coming, but Microsoft is "getting groovy." I read nearly daily news about new software, improved software, new hardware, new partnering, new acquisitions, and more key apps for more operating systems.
  • Office 365
    • Office Now
    • Office Monitor
    • Delve
    • Mix for PowerPoint
    • Editing via multiple OS
    • Office Now
    • OneClip
  • Cortana
  • Flow
  • Revolve
  • Hello
  • Sway
  • Hyperlapse
  • Continuum
  • Hololens
  • Music app improvements on the way
  • Acquisitions (September 2014 - May 2015)
    • Wunderlist. German To Do list app.
    • Datazen. Mobile business intelligence leader
    • Sunrise. Creator of an innovative calendar app for mobile devices
    • Revolution Analytics. Helps customers find big data value with advanced statistical analysis (R programming language)
    • Equivio. Israeli text analysis company
    • HockeyApp. Leading mobile crash analytics and beta distribution service for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone
    • Acompli. Provider of innovative mobile email apps
    • Aorato. Israeli Cybersecurity Firm
    • Mojang. Minecraft developer