The Skype for Business team will be holding a Reddit AMA session tomorrow, April 15 beginning at 9AM PDT.

The AMA follows up on today’s transition of the business-centric messaging client Lync to Skype for Business, bringing with it a user interface reflective of the familiar Skype experience.

Xbox’s Major Nelson took to Twitter yesterday to mention that a dashboard preview update would be rolling out, and that it would mostly contain bug fixes and refinements for April’s update. The Major also noted that May’s new features would arrive for preview members later this month.

Today’s patch may have given us a clue as to what exactly will be in that feature update. The preferences section now lists “Allow game streaming to other devices (beta)” underneath System & App settings.

Microsoft appears to be rolling out a small firmware update to the Microsoft Band tonight, though it’s unclear what the update brings in terms of fixes or changes.

And just like that, BlackBerry is ready to roll out the BlackBerry Leap globally starting with the U.K. Aimed at young power professionals who want to get things done and companies looking for enterprise fleet renewals, the BlackBerry Leap can now be purchased on ShopBlackBerry.com and through select carriers and BlackBerry partners and will continue to rollout over the next few weeks across countries including Germany, France, United States, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and India.

Ron Louks, President, Devices and Emerging Solutions at BlackBerry, said: “With an all-touch screen, the BlackBerry Leap rounds out our portfolio of BlackBerry 10 devices, offering an affordable choice to mobile professionals who require a smartphone that safeguards sensitive communications and keeps them productive.”

We’ve already got our hands on the BlackBerry Leap and have given it a pretty lengthy review, so go ahead and have a look for yourself and see if the BlackBerry Leap is for you. You can also take a look at the full press release from BlackBerry. As a reminder, the BlackBerry Leap is priced at $275 USD but that will vary slightly from region to region.

Press Release

BlackBerry Announces Global Rollout of BlackBerry Leap

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Take a look at the BlackBerry Leap. The all-new all-touch smartphone from BlackBerry aimed at young power professionals who want to get things done and companies looking for enterprise fleet renewals.

Although it feels like only last week I was writing a post announcing the device, in reality it wasn’t. It was well over a month ago now at Mobile World Congress but, thanks to a quick turnaround time from announcement to delivery, here we are taking a look at the latest all-touch BlackBerry 10 smartphone introduced to the world as the BlackBerry Leap, which starts rolling out globally today.

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Nemory has been hard at work getting Twittly running in tip top shape and now the time has come to release an update to BlackBerry World. Appearing as v2.0.300, this release covers a lot of changes to Twittly so it’s fair to say it’s a pretty significant update that you’ll want to get downloaded as soon as possible.

We’ve got the full changelog for everyone to parse through, but I want to highlight one particular thing since I know some people never fully read. If you’re an existing Twittly user, you must uninstall then re-Install or log out then re-login in order for the updates to take effect. Otherwise, you might end up with some old settings lingering around.

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The next version of Office for Mac is slated for a launch sometime over the summer, with the preview build getting an update this week that introduces several new features.

Along with a host of bug fixes, Microsoft has rolled out accessibility features such as better VoiceOver integration, with Word getting a bulk of the new functionality. The document editing application now comes with a search feature for finding document templates available online as well as a new Macro recording feature. New proofing tools along with several performance improvements are thrown in as well.

Here’s the official changelog detailing the new additions:

Outlook

• Networking improvements for Exchange accounts
• New “Propose New Time” feature: Meeting attendees can propose a new time for a meeting, and meeting organizers can view and modify meeting proposals and send updates.
• Known bug fixes

Word

• Scrolling performance improvements
• New Macro recording feature
• New search feature for online document templates
• Proofing tools: New “custom dictionary” and “exclude dictionary” support
• New user information settings in program preferences
• Improved keyboard shortcuts: Support for the most popular Windows Word keyboard shortcuts
• Accessibility feature: Improved support for VoiceOver
• Performance improvements
• Known bug fixes

Excel

• New Analysis ToolPak
• New “Solver” feature
• Accessibility feature: Improved support for VoiceOver
• Known bug fixes

PowerPoint

• Accessibility feature: Improved support for VoiceOver
• Known bug fixes

Office 2016 for Mac preview is available to download on OS X Yosemite 10.10 and higher. Head to the link below to download the most recent updates from the Microsoft Download Center. If you already have the Office preview installed, you can automatically check for updates with Microsoft’s AutoUpdate tool by launching an Office program and navigating to Help –> Check for Updates.

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News broke yesterday that Nokia was in “advanced talks” to acquire Alcatel-Lucent, and today the Finnish manufacturer has announced that it has agreed to buy the French telecommunications equipment company for $16.6 billion.

After a long wait the Microsoft Band is now finally available outside the U.S. as it officially goes on sale in the UK for £169.99.

Pre-orders have been live for a while but April 15 is the magic shipping day meaning eager British buyers should be seeing them on their doorsteps soon.