Microsoft scraps ‘Windows-first’ practice, puts Office on iPad before Surface

The Computerworld story, “Microsoft scraps ‘Windows-first’ practice, puts Office on iPad before Surface,” posted to the newswire Thursday, did not fully identify the person quoted at paragraph 20. Read more: Microsoft scraps ‘Windows-first’ practice, puts Office on iPad before Surfacehow to lose weight fast

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Apple Updates Most Affordable 9.7-inch iPad with Retina display, Improved Cameras, and Enhanced Performance

CUPERTINO, California—March 18, 2014—Apple® today announced iPad® with Retina® display replaces iPad 2 as the most affordable 9.7-inch iPad at $399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and $529 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model. The fourth generation iPad features the amazing 9.7-inch Retina display, the Apple-designed A6X chip, ultrafast Wi-Fi, a 5MP iSight® camera which also captures 1080p HD video, a FaceTime® HD camera, and support for LTE...

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Gadget Rewind 2005: Slingbox

It’s our 10th birthday, and to celebrate we’ll be revisiting some of the key devices of the last decade. So please be kind, rewind. A company called Sling Media burst onto the scene in 2005 with a relatively new idea: give customers the ability to access their home cable and video services while they’re traveling. Its “place-shifting” concept was embodied in its first device: the Slingbox. While...

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Where’s the touch-first Office for Windows?

When Microsoft unveiled Office for iPad last week, neither CEO Satya Nadella nor the company said much of anything about a similar touch version for Windows 8.1. But analysts expect that to change this week at Microsoft’s Build conference. “Today was a day for heterogeneity, Microsoft in a non-Microsoft world,” said Wes Miller of Directions on Microsoft in an interview on Thursday, the day Microsoft launched Office...

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NPR Shows And Newscasts Now Available On iTunes Radio

You’ll have one more place to find public radio content starting Monday: Anywhere you can play iTunes, you’ll find NPR. Digital streams of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and hourly newscasts will be available on a new 24-hour streaming NPR station on iTunes Radio. “What you hear today is just the start of what’s to come,” said Zach Brand, NPR’s vice president of digital media. Later this...

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