Office for iPad review: three beautiful apps, each with strong competition
After loads of leaks — and some serious denial from Microsoft — the company has finally released a version of Office for iPad. It’s not surprising, in a way, given that Microsoft already has Office Mobile for iPhone. And yet, this new trio of apps (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) isn’t at all what we expected. In fact, it’s a lot better. You see, rather than simply blow up the current iPhone app to iPad-sized...
Windows Phones to get better gaming, battery with DirectX 12
The 10th paragraph of the story, “Windows Phones to get better gaming, battery with DirectX 12,” incorrectly described Qualcomm chips’ usage on Windows Phone smartphones. Smartphones based on Windows Phone exclusively run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips. Continue reading here: Windows Phones to get better gaming, battery with DirectX 12
Laptop Mag Names Apple Best Notebook Brand Fifth Year in a Row
Five years. That’s how long Apple has now finished in first place in our Best & Worst Brands report. Getting a perfect score in our reviews category certainly helped, as did a near-perfect score in tech support, design, keyboard/touchpad, and display and audio. Apple also upped the software ante with OS X Mavericks; it doesn’t represent a huge leap, but the update provides welcome enhancements for power users, while offering more...
Songza taps Weather Channel data to suggest mood-enhancing music
Songza is the psychiatrist of music apps, trying to figure out how you’re doing and come up with just the right music fix. It’s now teamed up with the Weather Channel, using its data to figure out if a sunset or rainstorm might be in your area. The concierge feature will then ask how you feel about that and come up with a playlist to either pep you up or keep you in a good mood. You can grab the app for Android, iOS or the...
Nadella unveils mobile managment suite for iPad, and eventually Android
Along with Office on the iPad, Microsoft Thursday released a comprehensive Enterprise Mobility Suite for managing and securing mobile devices, mobile applications and user identity and access — all from the cloud. CEO Satya Nadella and other Microsoft officials said EMS works with Office on iPad and “over time” will work with Office apps on Android and other platforms. At an event in San Francisco, Nadella called the...
