Microsoft's updated apps boast some helpful improvements, though people who also use Google Calendar have lost the ability to sync their appointments. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

Outlook.com’s Calendar is the latest Microsoft service to get modern-style makeover designed to match the visual style of Windows 8. It’s a much-needed makeover, and it even includes some features you ...

Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system disposes with a lot of the pre-loaded applications Windows desktops and tablets have come with in the past. In their place is a new kind of application. Dubbed ...

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Hands-on look at Microsoft’s Windows Communications apps for Windows 8. Hands-on look at Microsoft’s Windows Communications apps for Windows 8. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

In Windows 8 and Windows RT, Microsoft is aiming for a pleasant out-of-the-box experience. There's an app store for filling in gaps and adding functionality that isn't provided up front, but the core ...

In Windows 10, Microsoft is including two new apps, Mail and Calendar, and while the company is bundling them as separate apps, they work very close to each other. The two apps will replace the same ...

We know that Windows 8 is getting a facelift with Windows Blue sometime soon, but in the meantime, Microsoft is busily updating its apps with tweaks to make them work better and give users enhanced ...

Microsoft is nothing if not tenacious, and that’s a good thing when it comes to Windows 8’s baked-in apps. Those modern-style apps might be eye-catching, but they’ve been disappointments in terms of ...

A workaround from Microsoft reconnects Google Calendar and Windows 8 Google has disabled Exchange ActiveSync support in Windows 8, which means the Windows 8 Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging apps ...

The new app commands bar in the Windows 8 Mail app shows several new features. (Microsoft image.) Microsoft will release an update to its native Mail, Calendar and People apps for Windows 8 and ...