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In Pictures: Microsoft Office Web Apps v. Google Docs

5 reasons why Google Docs is better/5 reasons why Web Apps is better

In Pictures: Microsoft Office Web Apps v. Google Docs

Google Photos offers unlimited free cloud storage for photos and video

At today's Google I/O developer conference, Google announced Google Photos, which is designed to help users organize, store, edit and share their photos and videos.
Outlook.com partial outage stretches to 20 hours

Microsoft's Outlook.com email service has been inaccessible since early Wednesday for customers who use several Redmond-made email clients, including those bundled with Office 2003, 2007 ...
Santa (well, Santa Tracker) helps Google test its dev tools

As the time for St. Nick's big ride quickly approaches, kids of all ages can track his progress delivering presents around the world with Google's ...
Google updates Calendar with closer tie-in with Gmail

Google has rolled out a new version of its Calendar app, connecting it more closely with Gmail and designing it to work more like a ...
Office 365 consumer revenue lags behind subscription growth

Microsoft's Office 365 "rent-not-buy" consumer software service gained 1.5 million subscribers in the September quarter, but revenues failed to follow suit.
Why Google wants to replace Gmail

Gmail represents a dying class of products that, like Google Reader, puts control in the hands of users, not signal-harvesting algorithms.

Google targets business users with cloud, Docs advances

At Google I/O, the company makes it clear the enterprise is key
Twitter's slipping user growth spooks investors

Despite strong Q4 sales increase, stock plunges after Twitter acknowledges sliding user growth and engagement numbers
Ad blockers: A solution or a problem?

It's a cause. It's a curse. It's just business. Ad blockers take a bite out of the $20 billion digital advertising pie.
Perspective: What's Microsoft's Office Web apps strategy?

Last week's addition of real-time collaborative editing counters Google, but positioning of the browser-based Office remains unclear
With Chromecast, Google reveals Chrome as its strategic big gun

The browser is behind Google's play for user data from as many screens as possible
Microsoft's ambivalence about Office on the Web gives Apple shot with iWork on iCloud

Apple tries another Internet angle - Web-based productivity apps - after iWork.com bust