Reduce development times and increase ROI with Microsoft Power Platform - Microsoft Power Platform Blog
Companies are making massive savings in time and money by building low code solutions and here’s the evidence
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66% of leaders wouldn't hire someone without AI skills, report finds
It’s time to upskill in AI
Unleash the power and fun of learning with colorful Microsoft Education Quick Guides - Summer 2024
Some amazing PDF fact sheets for Microsoft 365 Products
What's New for Planner in Teams in July 2024
Here are all the new features that came to Microsoft Planner last month
SearchGPT is a prototype of new AI search features | OpenAI
This new search tool is set to rival Google and Perplexity, offering precise web searches without the hassle of ads or pay-per-click distractions.
Apple Maps launches on the web to take on Google
More than a decade after its debut, Apple Maps is getting its largest expansion ever — and making a big move to take on its main competitor.
GPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence | OpenAI
GPT-4o mini is now here to replace GPT-3.5 Turbo for developers. It’s cheaper, faster, and multi-modal giving people that use OpenAI’s APIs much better and most cost effective options.
Affinity Free Trial | Now Six Months, No Obligation
Adobe Photoshop and Indesign rival is now offering a no obligation 6 month free trial covering Windows, Mac and iPads
Microsoft Teams Now Supports Custom Sound Notifications
You can now customise the notification tones in Microsoft Teams
Download ChatGPT | OpenAI
The official ChatGPT app is now available for Mac for Plus Subscribers. Windows’s users and non-subscribers will have access soon.
Microsoft scraps Copilot Pro GPT Builder after just 3 months - how to save your work
In a blow to consumers, Microsoft is removing Custom GPTs from Copilot Plus saying it will be focusing more on commercial and enterprise in the future. Consumers now have until July to back up the prompts within their custom GPTs until they are lost
Apple Intelligence Preview
Find out everything you need to know about Apples flavour of AI called “Apple Intelligence” and what’s features it will bring to the Apple ecosystem
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Microsoft’s all-knowing Recall AI feature is being delayed
Industry critiqued “Recall” feature will no be shipping with new Copilot Plus machines while Microsoft iron out a few issues
Introducing OpenAI for Nonprofits | OpenAI
OpenAI has announced a Non-Profit incentive for ChatGPT Team and Enterprise editions! Discounts include an annual Team subscription at $20/month (down from $25) and up to 50% off for Enterprise based on size and usage.
OpenAI for Education | OpenAI
A new offering from OpenAI has just been announced bringing ChatGPT to education. Find out more here
This new Perplexity AI feature can create reports for you from a single prompt
Perplexity’s new “Pages” feature allows you to curate a whole information page or report about your chosen subject, approving sources and curating it to make it perfect.
Teams Activity Feed Gets Calendar Notifications and Filters
Team has started duplicating my calendar notifications from Outlook and creating too much noise. Here is how to turn them off.
Introducing REGEX Excel Functions - Extract, Clean, and Format Data Easily! (NEW!)
Check out this amazing video to see how you can now use REGEX in Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs
As Mocrosoft start to make the switch to faster and more efficient mobile chips for their Laptops, “Prism” is Microsoft’s x86 emulator allowing old apps to run on their new AI focused ARM devices.
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Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products”
OpenAI and Reddit have joined forces meaning the wealth of knowledge that is in Reddit will be used to train OpenAI's model. That also means all the other nonsense inside reddit will be used too so it'll be interesting to see how they filter that.
Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking
A wealth of new quality of life enhancements and accessibility features including eye tracking, haptic music, anti-travel sickness, voice control and more all coming to Apple Devices later this year
Microsoft 365 Roadmap - See What's Coming | Microsoft 365
Microsoft are introducing the ability to rename the general channel in your team. The general channel in a team can be renamed by the team owner, or member (if they have permissions), to show up in the teams and channels list in alphabetical order.
introducing the ability to rename the general channel in your team. General channel in a team can be renamed by the team owner, or member (if they have permissions), to show up in the teams and channels list in alphabetical order.
Improvements to data analysis in ChatGPT | OpenAI
Data analysis in ChatGPT is getting a whole lot smarter plus you can now link direct to your OneDrive or Google Drive
VMware Fusion Pro: Now Available Free for Personal Use
Both VMWare Fusion Pro for Mac and VMWare Workstation Pro for Windows are now free for personal use. That means anyone with a Mac can now install Windows as an app for FREE
Educators Will Benefit From The New ChatGPT Updates From OpenAI
OpenAi’s GPT-4o will be available to everyone on both paid and free accounts, replacing GPT-3.5 for free users and giving them access to the latest and greatest
Microsoft-backed OpenAI may launch search, taking on Google's 'biggest product' - Times of India
It looks like OpenAI want to bring out its own Search Engine to take on the likes of Google by using AI. As a long time Perplexity user this could be a really exciting change to how the world uses AI to find content on the internet and how companies use search for advertisements
Microsoft Stream: The Future of Video in Microsoft 365
So many new features for Microsoft Stream were announced late last year and they are starting to roll out now, including trimming of videos, translations, AI editing in clipchamp and more - refresh yourself with the amazing new features here
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Claude AI is now available as a mobile app
Follow a meeting in Outlook - Microsoft Support
A 3rd option is coming to Outlook and Teams Meetings, now you can not only Accept, or Decline but when you are not available but want to stay in the loop you can opt to "Follow" a meeting, meaning you will get an update and roundup after the meeting that you couldn't attend.
Slash commands are coming to the Teams compose box - Super Simple 365
Im a long time lover of Slack and after moving to Teams the one thing I miss the most is Slash commands. They are now coming to Teams and mean you can quickly insure files, code, change your status and more!