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Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder

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Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder

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Post by schuke »

kinkora wrote: post #100
mcescalante wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm really interested to see what their plan is after also acquiring Sunrise recently. It seems like they're not actually changing these services much, and I'm fascinated to see how they actually integrate them with their businesses.

While not always the case, microsoft seems to be going down a rare acquisition path: actually integrating the acquired company into their offerings. A case in point is Acompli. It was an android app that I absolutely love and after Microsoft acquired them, I was scared that they will discontinue the app but they simply rebranded the Acompli app as the Microsoft Outlook for Android app and only did minor tweaks to the…

This. The mobile equivalent of Office is not Office Mobile, but a combination of killer email, to-do and calendar apps. I really like Microsoft's direction under Nadella.

Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder

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Post by castell »

dmix wrote: post #25

Microsoft backing Cyanogenmod, bringing Cortana to Android, and now acquiring productivity apps... Looks like they are making a strong play to compete with Siri/Google Now which will be critical to the future of these big tech corps. Once AI gets better, everyone will want a 'smart assistant' helping them organize their day. That will likely heavily influence which OS customers choose in the future as the data sensor…

I wonder if Microsoft allows third party Cortana-like personal assistants in Windows 10? Android is quite open in every aspect, something what Windows was always well known for.

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Post by Otik »

knodi123 wrote: post #19
frik wrote: post #13

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Offtopic: Speaking about Microsoft, I just noticed a "Windows 10" advertisement in my Windows 7 taskbar next to the clock. Windows update silently installs and launches new applications (two executable) and one of them comes with enabled Telemetry. 23MB big ad-program is located in C:\Windows\System32\GWX\. Check your Windows 7/8 taskbar. Source: http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/31/microsoft-starts-prompting... https:/…

Also offtopic, but everybody really should be brushing twice a day, for a full 2 minutes each time. And flossing.

Flossing is actually less important than most people think. It's far more important to thoroughly brush your teeth, to the extent that most of the time that people spend flossing would be better off used for brushing.

Flossing doesn't protect against caries, but can provide some benefits for gum health.

Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder

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Post by DonHopkins »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #20

Congrats to the Wunderlist team. And oh crap, one of my favorite startup quotes was "Nobody got rich making a Todo list App." That is in danger of being falsified :-) It is interesting to consider Microsoft's putative strategy here which is that the mobile "OS" is still searching for the right mix of capabilities to completely replace laptops.

TODO:

1) Make Todo list App.

2) ???

3) Sell to Micro$oft!

Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder

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Post by TomAnthony »

ing33k wrote: post #122

I use Wunderlist on daily basis, hope they will maintain its simplicity.

Likewise. I tried a lot of different todo list and organiser apps out over the years and finally Wunderlist was the one that really stuck.

I love it and recommend it frequently. Losing it would be a bummer.

On the flip-side: maybe they'll make a tile for my Microsoft Band now! :)

Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder

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Post by TomAnthony »

ing33k wrote: post #122

I use Wunderlist on daily basis, hope they will maintain its simplicity.

Likewise. I tried a lot of different todo list and organiser apps out over the years and finally Wunderlist was the one that really stuck.

I love it and recommend it frequently. Losing it would be a bummer.

On the flip-side: maybe they'll make a tile for my Microsoft Band now! :)

Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder

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Post by bad_user »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #55
bad_user wrote: post #29

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Given the shitty experience I've been having with OneCloud on OS X, or with Office on Android, I kind of doubt that the experience will be any good.

Do you actually use OneCloud on OSX and the mini office on Android? I find OneCloud to be very smooth: I only have a 128GB SSD drive on my old MacBook Air and the selective sync lets me keep most of my videos, pictures, backups, etc. offline. I don't use Office on the Android too much, but it seems OK enough. BTW, I went with Office 365 as a price/cost decision. For $99/year my wife and I both get 1 TB of cloud stora…

Yes, I went through a one mongth trial of Office 365 because the price seemed good and I really wanted to like it.

On OS X the OneDrive client had problems synchronizing my 80 GB archive - refused to synchronize files containing characters not accepted on Windows (like ":"), crashed several times and it was also saturating my network bandwidth. To make matters worse, OneDrive doesn't have basic functionality, like a log of what happened (files added, removed), let alone a 30 days version history. So I have to trust that their shitty client is doing the right thing.

The way I see it - yes, the Family pack is cost effective, but I'll never store 1 TB of my data on OneDrive without having logs, versioning and a client that does not suck for both OS X and Linux. I also think people get to be irrational about pricing - the price of 1 TB on Dropbox or Google Drive is as much as 2 Starbucks coffees.

On Android, Office wasn't available for my Nexus 6 (Android L) until 2 or 3 weeks ago when it was finally released. Gave it a try and it's too bare-bones, plus it had problems displaying documents from work. I expected it to work well as a viewer, but it doesn't.

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