4 leaked Microsoft apps reveal an exciting, intelligent future for productivity

Call them the "mash and slash" Office apps. A new wave of productivity apps from Microsoft appear to have either one of two goals: mash together two or more Office apps, or strip down an existing Office app to its bare parts. Last fall, those apps included Sway and Delve, Microsoft's content-creation app and its tool for finding relevant contacts and information, respectively. But Microsoft's new approach includes four new productivity tools: "Office Now," OneClip, Revolve, and Flow. And Microso...