Microsoft has confirmed that Cortana—its smart digital assistant—will be launched on both iPhone and Android in June. Cortana comes with several features that make it a direct competitor for Apple’s Siri, and Google Now. Here is a quick rundown of […]
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Last year Microsoft introduced an innovative tool for Windows Phone called Office Lens. The app, which enables you to use your smartphone camera as a sophisticate mobile scanner—is now available for iOS and a preview version is available for Android
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Instagram has increased its portfolio by launching a new photo collage app called Layout. Layout is an app for creating photo collages to be shared on social media platforms and its features directly complement the photo-sharing platform of its parent
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Following closely on the heels of the official release of iOS 8.2—an update that added support for the upcoming Apple Watch among other things—Apple unleashed a public beta of the upcoming iOS 8.3. One of the unique changes in the
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Reports suggest that Microsoft is working on an advanced version of the Cortana virtual assistant and plans to make Cortana available for iOS and Android as well. If true it would just be the latest move by Microsoft to expand
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In recent months Google has unveiled a plethora of items for Android users to sample. Making the list were the Android 5.0 “Lollipop”, significant changes to Google Wallet, an updated Google Maps app and—last but not least—a new Google Calendar
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Amazon Game Studios announced plans to make four more games available on iOS devices. The move confirms Amazon’s pledge to take entertainment more seriously. A closer inspection of the four game titles—Tales From Deep Space, To-Fu Fury, Lost Within and
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I expected that iTunes would automatically detect when new files are added to the default music folder designated in the iTunes properties, and incorporate them into the iTunes library and iTunes Match. It seems logical, and like a fairly simple
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iOS is more secure than Android in general as a reflection of the underlying cultures. Apple takes a “walled garden”, Apple-knows-best approach that limits the control users have over their devices in favor of both a consistent experience and security,
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I’ve always been a fan of Office 365. If I were buying Office outright for my family, I’d probably opt for Office Home & Business 2013–but that’s $220 times five people. In other words, It will take me 11 years
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