Tag Archives: productivity

Apple unveils iWork for iCloud

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iWork has been a traditional software suite ever since it first launched (the brief availability of iWork.com notwithstanding), but Apple is bringing it to the web in earnest today by revealing iWork for iCloud. The suite includes Keynote, Numbers…


To-do list app Remember The Milk gets a healthy update on Android (video)

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We have a soft spot for Remember the Milk, not least because the cross-platform app is handy for divvying up to-do lists between different groups in remote locations. If you’re on Android and in the market for a new productivity tool, a significan…


To-do app Wunderlist Pro adds collaboration function, charges $45 annual subscription

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If you’ve been meaning to get your act together, you’ve likely waded through a sea of organizer apps, perhaps landing on the likes of Remember The Milk, Evernote and Wunderlist. The latter has focused on the ubiquitous to-do lists, and has just annou…


Microsoft’s making large displays more useful with Kinect and adaptive smartphone apps

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Microsoft’s latest vision of the future includes spaces where users interact with giant displays. Apart from looking great, Microsoft believes the cost of these devices will drop significantly enough to make them commonplace in office…


PC sales get hammered as consumers turn toward tablets during the holiday quarter

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Another week, another gloomy assessment of the PC market. Gartner on Monday released new research showing that “worldwide PC shipments totaled 90.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 4.9 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2011.” The reason that PC sales have fallen, says Gartner, is that consumers are using tablets as their primary content consumption devices and are only using PCs for productivity. In other words, consumers feel much less impetus to replace their PCs if they have tablets they can use for basic functions such as reading the news and watching videos. “We increasingly suspect that most individuals will shift consumption activity to a personal tablet, and perform creative and administrative tasks on a


New leaks suggest Microsoft Office for iOS could launch soon

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The rumors about Microsoft (MSFT) developing an Office Mobile application for the iPhone and the iPad are starting to bear fruit. Via MacRumors, French blog Mac4Ever has posted some leaked documents from Microsoft’s French support site that inclu…


Evernote web interface updated with better sharing, cleaner look

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We’re huge fans of Evernote here at the Engadget compound (it’s great for keeping track of our latest world domination schemes). But, we’ve got to admit, the web service is clearly the company’s red-headed step child. The desktop and mobile apps are …


Stop-motion music video relies on OpenOffice and Excel, finds formula for success (video)

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It’s already considered a grind to produce stop-motion video — imagine creating a clip using the spreadsheet app that many dread seeing at work every morning. Joe Penna, better known to the internet as Mystery Guitar Man, isn’t afraid. He and his te…


CloudOn’s productivity app heads to 60 additional countries, new features announced

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You know how they say that when it rains, it pours? Well, right now it’s really, really pouring at CloudOn’s HQ. Keeping up with last month’s global expansion, the outfit has announced it’s launching its bestseller Android and iPad application in 60 …


Microsoft brings Word, PowerPoint, Excel to Symbian Belle handsets

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As promised, Nokia and Microsoft have made the mobile versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel available to select Symbian Belle handsets. Earlier this year, the duo heralded the release of OneNote, Document Connection, Lync and PowerPoint Broadcast. W…