{"id":550844,"date":"2006-11-16T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T13:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/550844-microsoft-office-live-makes-debut.html"},"modified":"2006-11-16T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2006-11-16T13:14:20","slug":"microsoft-office-live-makes-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/550844-microsoft-office-live-makes-debut.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Office Live makes debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">Internet-based Office Live applications geared to small businesses were available in a free &quot;Basics&quot; version and in an upgraded &quot;Essentials&quot; package costing 19.95 dollars monthly and a &quot;Premium&quot; version for 39.95 dollars. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Free beta, or trial, versions of Office Live would be available in France, Britain, Germany, and Japan beginning November 21, according to Microsoft. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The Redmond, Washington, software giant billed the suite of software as a tool for businesses to create websites, attract customers and manage their affairs. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;Most small businesses lack IT expertise,&quot; said Microsoft vice president Rajesh Jha. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;Office Live is a one-stop shop that levels the playing field for companies with 10 or fewer employees by providing software and services that make a big difference.&quot; <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Japanese electronics giants Toshiba and Sony will put Internet links to Office Live on notebook computers and laptops beginning next year, according to Microsoft. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><i>INet-Bridge<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft launched its Office Live suite of online business software in the US on Wednesday and said it would release test versions in Europe and Japan next week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}