Outlook

Go Get Your @Outlook Email Address Quick Before Someone Else Does

The new Hotmail is here, and with it comes a whole new @outlook.com domain to colonize. That means it’s time to act quickly to get [email protected]. Certain members of our staff with very very common names—not saying who—have scored in the Outlook landgrab. GOGOGOGOGO before it’s too late! Protip: We’ve had better luck going for…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 31

Microsoft Did the Impossible: The New Hotmail Is Fantastic

No need to be kind here: telling people you use Hotmail has been the Internet equivalent of admitting to necrophilia. But after a decade as a punchline, Hotmail just pulled off the biggest victory in the inbox game since Gmail. And it might just get you to switch. This is starting to look familiar to…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 31

How to Hook Up With Your Outlook, LinkedIn or Mac Contacts on Google+

Finding friends on Google+ is easy if all your contacts are on Gmail. But what about if they’re stored on your Mac, or in Outlook? Or, for some crazy-in-the-coconut reason, you want to rub shoulders with your LinkedIn contacts? A member of the technical staff at Google, Paul Linder, spells it out: Have an Address…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 20

This Is What Office in the Cloud Looks Like

Microsoft just showed off their vision of what Office 365 in the cloud will look like. As you can see, it looks a lot like Google Apps! That’s not a bad thing. After a brief set up by CEO Steve Ballmer, Corporate VP Kirk Koenigsbauer gave this in-depth Office 365 preview. It looks good; as…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 28

Your Mac Outlook Calendar Will Sync With iOS Soon

For those of you with enough of a schedule and social life to necessitate a calendar—you lucky jerks—good news ahead: Outlook for Mac will be able to sync calendars, notes, and tasks with iOS with the release of Office for Mac 2011 SP1 next week. Calendars and tasks won’t, though, sync with MobileMe because of…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 6

Office For Mac 2011 Now Available

From what we’ve heard Office for Mac 2011 is actually pretty good! If you want to decide for yourself, today’s your chance to pick up a copy of the software suite that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and, for the first time, Outlook. It’ll run you up to $150 for a single Home and Student license,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 26

Is Bill Gates’ Mug Shot The Generic User Icon In Outlook 2010?

The generic user icon in Outlook 2010, the stand in picture users see when a contact doesn’t have a photo, seems to bear a striking resemblance to Bill Gates’ infamous 1977 mug shot. Oh you slick Microsoft developer, you. Whoever dun’it, thank you and I love you. [Ars Technica]

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 30

Office for Mac 2011 Makes Video Teaser Appearance

Some of those Office for Mac 2011 features first shown off in February have appeared in a teaser video on YouTube. Word, PowerPoint, Excel and even Outlook (yes! Real Outlook!) all make appearances, as does the redesigned MSN Messenger. https://gizmodo.com/office-for-mac-2011-first-look-ribbons-sharing-and-5469570 All of the programs will now include the Ribbon interface, and by the looks of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 29

Your Day Should Be Spent Reading Gizmodo, Not Wrestling with Email

How many messages are in your inbox right now? 100? 1,000? More? Let Outlook 2010 help you with that. Click through to see exactly how it can help you save time and communicate better (two words: “Ignore” button). Outlook 2010 has several tricks for dealing with ornery inboxes, like the Ignore button. When you’re CC-ed…

Tech News Gawkercreative Apr 23

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Gets Undressed

We’ve just scored some of the first shots of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, and while they are said to be very early, you can clearly see the progress that has been made in the transition to native Cocoa applications. Outlook for Mac looks absolutely delicious, and we can’t wait to actually get our hands…

Tech News Boy Genius Report Mar 29

Office For Mac 2011 First Look: Ribbons, Sharing, and… Outlook?

Preemptive apologies to those of you who read Gizmodo to get away from work: Sorry! Now pay attention: The next version of Office for Mac is on its way, and we’ve got a sneak peak. There’s been a funny disconnect over the years between Office for Mac and Office for PC, which staggered release dates…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 11

Question of the Day: What Gadgets Do You Use to Keep Your Life Organized?

I have to admit, I am nothing without my cellphone—my whole life is crammed into that thing. Back in the day I wandered around aimlessly—my appointments scribbled down here and there on random scraps of paper. Fortunately, I manage to keep up these days because the software makes it easy and my phone is always…

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 4

Walt Mossberg Pans Buggy MobileMe in Review

Mossberg has rolled out an in-depth review of MobileMe backed by a week of testing in today’s WSJ, and if you’ve been following our coverage it won’t come as too big of a surprise that he’s not a fan. But his problems with the service go well beyond the launch hiccups you’ve read about. So…

Reviews John Mahoney Jul 24

Go Get Your @Outlook Email Address Quick Before Someone Else Does

Microsoft Did the Impossible: The New Hotmail Is Fantastic

How to Hook Up With Your Outlook, LinkedIn or Mac Contacts on Google+

This Is What Office in the Cloud Looks Like

Your Mac Outlook Calendar Will Sync With iOS Soon

Office For Mac 2011 Now Available

Is Bill Gates’ Mug Shot The Generic User Icon In Outlook 2010?

Office for Mac 2011 Makes Video Teaser Appearance

Your Day Should Be Spent Reading Gizmodo, Not Wrestling with Email

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Gets Undressed

Office For Mac 2011 First Look: Ribbons, Sharing, and… Outlook?

Question of the Day: What Gadgets Do You Use to Keep Your Life Organized?

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