Microsoft starts bringing Bing search into Office

Microsoft's 'Bingification' of applications official begins with its integration of Bing into Word Online.

 

Microsoft is beginning to integrate its Bing search technology into Office, starting with Word Online, company officials announced on December 10.

Storage Wars: Can Dropbox, Box Survive A Price War With Microsoft, Yahoo And Google?

Drew Houston, CEO and co-founder of Dropbox, speaks on stage during a fireside chat session at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 in San Francisco. Reuters

Microsoft last month announced it would give Office 365 paid subscribers unlimited storage in the cloud -- a bargain at just $6.99 per month for a service that also includes the Office productivity suite. It was the latest example of a tech giant using free storage to lure customers into paying for other products.