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The new Quicken for Mac is as Essential as it gets
This is not intended to be a review of Quicken Essentials for Mac, but instead, my take on this new version, with all its pros and cons, applied to a not very common use case. Since I’m Venezuelan, my native language is not English, my local currency is not the dollar, and my local banks don’t support online updates through Quicken. This makes my relationship with Intuit’s software a very interesting one, and it’s a…
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Microsoft offering Black Friday discounts on Office for Mac
Microsoft has announced they will be offering Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Editions for just $99, $50 off the standard retail price for Black Friday.
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MS Office 2008 SP2: The Upgrade Tango
Unless you absolutely have to upgrade, it is definitely a good idea to wait. There are some serious issues here, which Microsoft will hopefully address soon.
Microsoft using Office’s AutoUpdate feature to check licensing
Turns out surreptitious Microsoft updates are no longer a PC-only problem. Microsoft’s Genuine Advantage program is designed to check that copies of Windows as well as Windows-based software (mainly Office) are properly licensed. The stated goal of this program is to “... giv[e] you full capabilities, access to all the… Continue Reading »
Get Mac Office for 50% off from Microsoft
As if all of the holiday season goodness hasn’t already been enough for you, Microsoft wants to make it better by offering a kind 50% off on the Special Media Edition of Mac Office 2008. Although this isn’t across the entire line of software that Microsoft offers for the Mac,… Continue Reading »
Balmer: Macs “... don’t really get full Microsoft Office.”
Steve Ballmer runs the world’s largest software company. They make the world’s most-used operating system, and the most-used office productivity software. His job is to sell more of this software. And he would like you to know that the Mac version of the software his company sells, well, it more… Continue Reading »
OpenOffice 3 brings native version to Mac OS X
OpenOffice has released version 3 of its open-source alternative to the Microsoft Office suite of applications, which now includes a native version for Mac OS X. The new OpenOffice 3 includes the following new features: ODF 1.2 Support Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters Solver component which allows solving optimization problems… Continue Reading »
Documents To Go added to a new platform: the iPhone
DataViz a few years ago released a very promising product called Documents To Go. The main idea behind this application was to give mobile users the chance to manipulate Microsoft Office documents on a portable device. It was the days when the Palm m100 just got out—when mobile devices without… Continue Reading »
Solver for Excel 2008 available
After leaving it out of Office 2008 along with Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft has returned Solver to Excel 2008. Prior to this addition, Office users would have to use Office 2004 for Excel if they needed solver, defeating the purpose of having Office 2008 on the system. It is… Continue Reading »
Office 2004 and 2008 Updated
On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled new updates to its Office 2004 and 2008 programs. Office 2004 version 11.5.0 adds an update to the Open XML File Converter, allowing for compatibility with the randomly changed file formats of Office 2007 for Windows and Office 2008 for Mac. Office 2008 12.1.1 offers improvements… Continue Reading »
Microsoft’s Mac business unit starts expansion
In what general manager of the Mac business unit Craig Eisler says is the “...biggest hiring initiative since the inception of MacBU eleven years ago,” Microsoft’s Mac BU is expanding. In a blog post on the “Mac Mojo” blog, Eisler wrote that the Mac BU is “...hard at work planning… Continue Reading »
Jonathan Blum somehow assumes Automator is part of Office
I was all set to be made happy by Jonathan Blum’s latest article, “Mac Automator a no-brainer for Small Biz.” The first paragraph indulged me. In it, Blum talks about the ridiculousness of the Mac vs. PC debate, and leads into his biggest draw to the Mac: Automator. Then, the… Continue Reading »
Two quick reasons to get iWork over MS Office
iWork and MS Office are both great apps depending on your needs and wants. MS Office is great for people who need to have compatibility with Windows users and iWork is a great addition to the rest of the Mac apps. So the question is, which one should you get? … Continue Reading »
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iPhone App Reviews
iPhone Apps. They were great when the App Store was first announced and we could all pick and chose what we wanted, but the number is now overwhelming. Here at Appletell, we'll detail the great iPhone apps we find, and steer you clear from those that aren't worth it even if they're free.
iPhone Game Reviews
As Apple turns the iPhone into one of the most popular gaming devices, the staff of Appletell--gamers and Apple fans alike--are here to help you get the most entertainment value out of your app store purchases.
