Microsoft announced on Friday that it is giving PowerPoint some new “game changing” tools that make it easier to build “designer grade” layouts and transitions. The PowerPoint update is just the first in a series of planned upgrades for Office…
Slideshare Becomes ‘LinkedIn Slideshare,’ Adds Content Curation Tool
LinkedIn announced that it is changing Slideshare’s name to LinkedIn Slideshare, and introduced a new content curation tool for it called Clipping. Clipping lets users find and save slides from presentations to a clipboard while tapping into LinkedIn data to…
Microsoft Office Adds Sway Presentation Tool
Microsoft announced a new app called Sway, which is part of its Office portfolio. It’s basically a new presentation tool, which lets you add content from your OneDrive account, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other sources to keep track of your…
Google Refreshes Google Docs Presentations, Adds 50 New Features
Google announced a major refresh of Presentations in Google Docs, adding 50 new features, including transitions, animations, new themes, drawings, and rich tables. “A year and a half ago, we released completely new document, spreadsheet and drawing editors. Google Docs…
Use Your BlackBerry to Give Presentations
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas, Research in Motion (RIM) unveiled a new device called the BlackBerry Presenter, which is a way for users to wirelessly present Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF, and other image files right from their BlackBerry smartphone. Pretty cool.