Microsoft announces plans to bring Outlook Web App to Android

It looks like Microsoft wants to make it easier for Android users to push for BYOD programs with its latest announcement. The U.S. tech company plans to bring Outlook Web App to Android later this year. The app will bring with it Office 365 features that may not be available in third-party email solutions. Outlook Web App has been available for iOS since last year. Android users just now have to wait a bit more to gain access and support for your Exchange-based email.

Source: Engadget

Microsoft offers Office for free on iPhone and Android phones, Android tablet version to come

Aside from introducing Office for iPad, Microsoft has also introduced a free home version for the iPhone and Android smartphones. This means smartphone users on both platforms can view and edit content without the need of an Office 365 subscription.

As The Next Web pointed out, it looks like Microsoft wants to treat tablets as premium devices that would require its users to pay to edit their documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. And yes, and Android tablet version of Office Mobile is reportedly in the works. “In the future we will bring Office apps to the Windows Store and other popular platforms, including Android tablets,” a Microsoft spokesperson told TNW.

Microsoft Canada offering free Office 365 subscriptions to first 50 iPad toting customers in store

Got an iPad and want to get Office 365 on it for free (and your other devices too?). Simply be one of the first 50 people to show up at the Microsoft Store at the Yorkdale Mall  tomorrow morning March 28th in order to avail of this generous offer. 

Microsoft releases Office for iPad, editing documents requires Office 365 subscription

Hell hath frozen over, or welcome to the Satya Nadella Era at Microsoft. The much anticipated and long rumoured Microsoft Office for iPad will be coming to the Apple App Store at around 2 PM Eastern time today. Office for iPad is a trio of apps that bring Word, PowerPoint and Excel to tablets. You'll be able to open documents for free but should be an Office 365 subscriber to edit and save documents, good deal for exising Office 365 subscribers.

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