Touch-enabled Office could be headed to Android ahead of Windows 8
Microsoft has been quite overt with its mobile-minded strategy, and now it seems a touch-friendly version of Office is headed to Android next — before it arrives on Windows 8. ZDNet reports the productivity suite will outfit Google’s OS ahead of Microsoft’s own devices, the latter of which is now said to be pushed to early 2015. When speaking at the Code Conference last week, CEO Satya Nadella disclosed that touch-enabled Office apps hit the iPad first due to its massive lead in market share. That being said, with the bulk of mobile users on iOS and Android, it seems Microsoft is truly taking aim at bringing its popular software to as many users as possible, even if they aren’t using its OSes on the daily.
Filed under: Tablets, Software, Microsoft
Via: Android Central
Crunchyroll Anime and Drama Now Supports Chromecast
At the very bottom of Googles announcement about WatchESPN, MLS Matchday and G+ photo/video gaining Chromecast support they mentioned one other. One that seemed like it might deserve a post all its own. Now you can get your fix of Anime on your Chromecast device thanks to Crunchyroll and Google.
Chrunchyroll brings in a rather impressive collection of Japanese Anime with 25,000 videos and 15,000 hours of Anime, Korean Drama and Live-Action titles. All of this is free. If you are into Anime, then you might want to spring for the Premium membership. If you do, you will be able to ditch the ads and will have access to episodes of your favorite show 1-hour after it airs in Japan. You can even have a FREE 14 day trial to try out the Premium benefits to see if you like it. It sure would be nice if we could get that same kind of service out of Netflix or the likes.
Anywho, pick up the app and give it a whirl and let us know what you think.
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Sony Announces the Xperia T3 and Touts it as the Worlds Slimmest
Sony has certainly been making strides in their devices over the last couple years. The Xperia Z line is one of my personal favorites. The follow up device to the Xperia T2 Ultra has just been announced by Sony, the Xperia T3.
The Xperia T3 shrinks the Ultras screen from the previous 6-inch to a 5.3-inch screen. It does retain the 1280 x 720 resolution though. They packed a quad-core 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor inside, 1GB of RAM, an 8MP camera and 8GB internal storage with an SD card slot for expansion. As for physical size, it is coming in at 120.7 x 77 x 7 mm, the Xperia Z2 is 8.2mm thick as a comparison.
The Xperia T3 doesn’t follow suite with the Xperia Z line though as the T3 is not dust or water resistant. The T3 will come with Android 4.4 KitKat along with the various Sony apps like Walkman an Sony Unlimited. It will also get all the camera bells and whistles such as Social Live and AR Effect. It is expected to to be released by the end of July this year, but lacks a price point.
Now, if Sony, or rather the U.S. carriers, could just get together and catch up to each other, that would be great. We doubt the T3 will make an appearance in the U.S. anytime soon. The Xperia T2 is still rumored for T-Mobile at some point. Oddly enough it is supposed to bring similar specs but offer a 13MP camera, 3,000 mAh battery and hit a particularly sweet full price price point that should entice plenty of buyers.
Source: Mashable
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iOS 8 Ditches Yahoo Weather for Content From The Weather Channel
Apple appears to have ceased using data from Yahoo for its Weather app in iOS 8, instead getting weather information directly from The Weather Channel. iPhones running iOS 8 have a slightly revamped weather app that pulls its information from The Weather Channel, whereas previously, weather information was obtained through Yahoo.
Yahoo’s weather information, however, was also supplied by The Weather Channel (TWC), so it seems that Apple has opted to cut out Yahoo as a go-between. The switch from Yahoo to TWC is a bit surprising given reports of ongoing talks between Yahoo and Apple over ways to more deeply integrate Yahoo services into iOS apps. While it is unclear if those plans have been scrapped, an April report suggested Yahoo was aiming to revamp its mobile search platform with the hopes of being iOS’s default search engine.
While the source of the weather data Apple uses is ultimately the same, Twitter user Ryan Jones, who created the Weather Line app, has pointed out that Yahoo and TWC use “different geocoder, citation algorithms, and location coverage.” Because of that, the data presented to the end user may be slightly different even though Yahoo also obtained its data from TWC.
In addition to using TWC as a source for weather data, the iPhone’s weather app is now displaying a nine day weather forecast, up from the previous five day forecast. There’s also a new weather summary at the bottom of the app, noting the current weather conditions along with conditions for the rest of the day.
The new Weather app within iOS 8 is currently available to registered developers. The general public will get access to the operating system this fall, after beta testing has been completed.
Secret: get things off your chest with anonymous social sharing [App of the Day]
You’ve got a lot of stuff running around in your head that you need to get out, right? The problem is, sometimes the stuff we want to say isn’t exactly fit for our friends and loved ones to hear. But, as many of us know, the truth can set us free. That’s the premise behind Secret, an app that lets you share your thoughts socially yet in an anonymous capacity.
Download the app, speak your mind, and share your thoughts. Nobody knows who is saying this stuff; it’s about the message and not the messenger.
To help better tell your little bite-size story, add a photo or color background, blur, or texture to help it stand out. Your friends won’t know who it is that they’re reading but your stuff could spread like wildfire. You might be surprised at how cathartic it is to get things off your chest.
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Google might have quietly changed the Android logo
The Android logo has remained pretty much unchanged ever since its inception but now a new 17-second video posted by @upleaks reveals the boot animation of the LG G Watch and a new logo.
The new Android logo appears entirely in a lower case font, with a softer feel to it than the previous somewhat robotic typefont of the previous logo.
Whilst Google hasn’t officially published any confirmation of it changing the Android logo, we are left to wonder if this is just attributed to Android Wear, or if we’ll begin to see the new softer logo rolled out in a wider sense.
SOURCE: TheVerge
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