Tag: word processing

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s words freed from old floppy disks

Monday, January 4, 2016 3:15 pmMonday, January 4, 201622 Comments

Call the engine room and get Scotty to the bridge: When the long-lost words…

Quip takes on Microsoft Office with desktop apps for Windows, Mac

Thursday, July 9, 2015 11:36 am12 Comments

Quip released a desktop version of its word processing and spreadsheet software…

Macworld reviews Pages 5.0 for Mac: Apple writes a new chapter for its word processing application

Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:00 pmThursday, October 31, 201336 Comments

Pages 5.0 is not an upgrade, it is a brand new application…

Apple’s iWork for iCloud beta gives a tantalizing hint of what’s to come

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:01 amTuesday, July 30, 201319 Comments

Apple has begun sending invitations to iCloud users to try out the new versions…

Apple’s iWork for iCloud beta seeded to consumers; brings iWork to Windows PCs; may be free, hurting Microsoft’s Office 365

Friday, July 19, 2013 1:29 pmFriday, July 19, 201338 Comments

After introducing iWork for iCloud during its Worldwide Developers Conference…

No electricity? No problem: The surprising, ingenious Amish gadget culture

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 10:00 am15 Comments

Amish tradition disallows electricity, cars, and television…

Microsoft Word is cumbersome, inefficient, and obsolete; it’s time for it to die

Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:32 pmThursday, April 12, 201289 Comments

Nearly two decades and several text-handling paradigms ago…