When Microsoft introduced Office Live on the web as a beta product in 2006, one of the things they did to entice users into trying it was to let you register a domain name for free …. with free renewals . Considering the cost these days of securing a domain, it really wasn’t that big a deal, but it did make it easier and more inviting to test out the product. In many cases, as the web designer portion improved, many landed their primary websites there. In the event you didn’t get the memo, the renewals aren’t free anymore. Beginning October 1, those who ‘accepted’ a free domain for Microsoft’s Office Live (most were registered through Melbourne IT with a One Microsoft Way admin address) will be charged a $14.95 (US) renewal fee as they begin to expire. I’m sure there are many who don’t check their associated e-mails anymore (or often) so this is simply a heads up that if you did register a domain name through Microsoft that you absolutely LOVE, you may want to head on over to this page to check out the upcoming changes.
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Microsoft Office Domains – Not Free Anymore
Ağu 5
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Can Google challenge Microsoft Office?
Ağu 4
Posted by InsispCep in IT, PNG, Seo, analytics, applications, apps, book, coding, content, css, design, free, future, google, html5, icons, image, javascript, logo, mac, module, navigation, php, social, templates, twitter, ui, web, widgets, windows 7, youtube | No Comments
Google is on the offensive. Target: Microsoft. Less than a week after Microsoft’s deal to become Yahoo’s organic search provider, not long after introducing their much-improved search product Bing , and creating a seemingly viable competitor in search, Google is firing back at one of Microsoft’s most profitable businesses …. Microsoft Office . This is not the first time. Ads for Google Apps (obviously targeting Microsoft) have been proliferating the Internet for several weeks. Google is doing the billboard thing (Yes, billboards!), examples of which an be found on a new ‘Google Apps, Share the Word’ page here . The new ad campaign is also encouraging commercial customers of Google Apps to share their stories . The question remains … will more users embrace ‘cloud computing’? Google’s offerings are almost entirely online. The advantage being that you don’t have to download patches and updates to your PC or Mac. On the flip side, there’s still a long way to go before many users will trust putting a majority of their documents and/or sensitive documents online. Microsoft currently offers both options, although they haven’t been as aggressive in pushing their online product recently. Microsoft Office Live has been improving over time and many applications directly ‘talk’ to Microsoft Office client products, making syncing easier. Both companies offer a free version of their online products as well. Early conclusions? Just as Google managed to force to US Telcos to ‘open’ some of the brand new US mobile spectrum by bidding actively in the FCC auctions (and lobbying heavily for open space), Google could push Microsoft’s margins down on Office without even making a substantial dent in the user base . Windows 7 is already seeing price pressure and adjusting accordingly. Is this a violation of the Google ‘do no evil’ mantra? It’s not. It’s called business. It’s good for the consumer .. and both companies need to stay keenly aware of the future, while continuing to innovate and diversify in order to maintain their leadership positions.
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Can Google challenge Microsoft Office?
Ağu 4
Posted by Leanceideable in IT, PNG, Seo, analytics, applications, apps, book, coding, content, css, design, free, future, google, html5, icons, image, javascript, logo, mac, module, navigation, php, social, templates, twitter, ui, web, widgets, windows 7, youtube | No Comments
Google is on the offensive. Target: Microsoft. Less than a week after Microsoft’s deal to become Yahoo’s organic search provider, not long after introducing their much-improved search product Bing , and creating a seemingly viable competitor in search, Google is firing back at one of Microsoft’s most profitable businesses …. Microsoft Office . This is not the first time. Ads for Google Apps (obviously targeting Microsoft) have been proliferating the Internet for several weeks. Google is doing the billboard thing (Yes, billboards!), examples of which an be found on a new ‘Google Apps, Share the Word’ page here . The new ad campaign is also encouraging commercial customers of Google Apps to share their stories . The question remains … will more users embrace ‘cloud computing’? Google’s offerings are almost entirely online. The advantage being that you don’t have to download patches and updates to your PC or Mac. On the flip side, there’s still a long way to go before many users will trust putting a majority of their documents and/or sensitive documents online. Microsoft currently offers both options, although they haven’t been as aggressive in pushing their online product recently. Microsoft Office Live has been improving over time and many applications directly ‘talk’ to Microsoft Office client products, making syncing easier. Both companies offer a free version of their online products as well. Early conclusions? Just as Google managed to force to US Telcos to ‘open’ some of the brand new US mobile spectrum by bidding actively in the FCC auctions (and lobbying heavily for open space), Google could push Microsoft’s margins down on Office without even making a substantial dent in the user base . Windows 7 is already seeing price pressure and adjusting accordingly. Is this a violation of the Google ‘do no evil’ mantra? It’s not. It’s called business. It’s good for the consumer .. and both companies need to stay keenly aware of the future, while continuing to innovate and diversify in order to maintain their leadership positions. The Going Google post to the Official Google Blog can now be found here .
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Google : We’re looking at you Microsoft (Update 2)
Tem 9
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There was a lot of speculation last year when Google announced their own Internet browser Chrome . The search giant was developing a competing product to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Firefox (heavily funded by Google), Apple’s Safari (and numerous other products). This morning, Google reintroduced Chrome as an Operating System . Cloud computing has been in heavy development by both Google, Microsoft and others. Essentially, using the web for your applications rather than having them loaded on your hard drive. In a prelude to today’s announcement, Google dropped the Beta tag (finally) from a host of online products including GMail, Google Docs, Google Sites, and more yesterday. The Google online ‘office like’ suite was, in fact, one of the first, and now competes directly with Microsoft’s Office Online (now known as Microsoft Office Live ) which has been growing a rich feature set as well. Enter Google’s browser Chrome. Available in three ‘flavors’. Developer, Beta tester, and a stable release. Initially targeting Netbooks (mini-Notebook PCs), Google has used the phrase Google Chrome OS for the first time today and announced that Netbooks running the Google Chrome OS will be available in the second half of 2010 confirming that Google is also working with hardware manufacturers. While some will speculate that Google is taking a shot at Microsoft with this announcement, it’s more likely that Google is looking at the bottom line and other products and services that make money. Google needs to go beyond search and this is one direction they are taking seriously. With there’s little doubt that the tech community will be all over this rollout, it still remains to be seen whether or not large enterprise users will embrace (or trust) cloud computing. Our take for now is that this very possibly could effect the price of Microsoft’s (and other) client products as well as their online offerings, depending on how aggressive Google gets. Everyone is looking at the huge potential of an economic turnaround (worldwide) and the outright fact that almost every company in some way (including most in the Fortune 500) have a lot of delayed technology upgrading to do. Competition is healthy for the consumer. Google just kicked it up a notch for next year. Update 1: An informative Q and A has been posted regarding the Google Chrome OS to the Chrome Blog here . Update 2: Google has confirmed (on the Chrome Blog ) that they are working directly with hardware manufacturers including Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba.
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