Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. 1 — Microsoft Excel is about to get a lot smarter. By early 2018, Excel will be able to understand more about its users’ inputs and pull additional information from the Internet as necessary. Why this is important for your business:If you’re like most of my clients, you’re an Excel user – and I bet you’re still just using the basics. Twitter is currently conducting a trial of a platform that will double its character count—from its default of 140 up to 280.

Source: Forbes October 01, 2017 10:52 UTC