Microsoft's new billboard shows us why Numbers is a better choice than Excel

Sam Francisco, among other places, is home to a new billboard from Microsoft, advertising, of all things, Excel. Actually, they are advertising the Surface and Surface 2. The selling point is that these devices come with Office, which comes with Excel. Trust me; it gets better.

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Apple acknowledges iWord fiasco, promises improvements

Several days ago, I wrote a scathing piece on the new, iWork update that nuked a perfectly good productivity suite, and replaced it with a steaming pile of disappointment. I wasn't alone in voicing my disgust over the situation. What Apple did was wrong and inexcusable. They have come as close as they get to an apology, and have promised the return of missing features. 

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