Microsoft partners with LG, Sony and 18 other OEMs to bring Office apps to more Android tablets
Microsoft is no stranger to pre-installing its applications on various Android tablets across the market. Just two months ago the company partnered with Samsung, Dell and eight other OEMs to pre-install Microsoft Office and Skype on the companies’ Android tablets. Now a whopping 20 more tablet makers are being added to the list, including big names like LG and Sony. Specifically, Microsoft details that Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive and Skype will be present on an unnamed LG tablet, as well as the recently-announced Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet.
Read more: Microsoft Office for Android review
Here’s the full list of OEMs that will pre-install these applications on their Android tablets:
- Axdia International GMBH – Germany
- Cube – China
- DL – Brazil
- General Procurement – United States
- Grupo Nucleo – Argentina
- Haier – China
- Inco – Mexico
- Ionik GBMH – Germany
- Iview – United States and Latam
- LG – Global
- Multilaser – Brazil
- Noblex – Argentina
- Pacific (Vulcan) – Mexico
- Philco – Argentina
- Positivo – Brazil
- Prestigio – EMEA
- Sony – Global
- Teclast – China
- TMAX Digital – North America
- Wortmannn – Germany
There’s no denying that Microsoft has some pretty powerful software when it comes to its Office suite. If you were planning on buying a tablet sometime soon, would the addition of pre-installed Microsoft apps turn you away from the purchase? Or would you prefer it? Let us know what you think!
iOS 9’s Upcoming Transit Addition to Maps May Be Limited in Scope at Launch
Apple has been working on adding mass transit routing information to its Maps application for several years, and while the feature appears to be ready to debut as part of iOS 9, it could be limited in scope at launch. The transit service may initially be available only in a small number of cities across the United States, Canada, Europe, and China when iOS 9 is released to the public, according to sources that spoke to 9to5Mac.
San Francisco and New York are said to be two of the locations in the United States where transit directions will be available. Both major cities are known for their public transportation options. In Canada, Toronto will likely gain transit routing options in the Maps app, as will London, Paris, and Berlin in Europe. Cities in China will also be included in the initial launch.
Apple is planning to expand access to transit information to additional cities following the fall launch of iOS 9, and cities that the company is hoping to add support for in the near future include Boston, Massachusetts and Tokyo, Japan, among others. Apple will likely work quickly to expand the feature even further across the rest of 2015 and into 2016.
Mass transit routing options have been missing from Maps since 2012, when Apple’s native mapping system first replaced Google Maps in iOS 6. Transit directions were initially expected as part of iOS 8, and hints of transit options were indeed found in iOS 8 documentation, but organizational issues and staff shortages allegedly delayed the feature’s release.
Apple’s acquired many mapping-related companies since it introduced its Maps app, including transit apps HopStop and Embark, and in recent years, the company has also been expanding its in-house routing team as it furthers its work on the transit feature.
iOS 9, with the new Maps transit feature, is expected to be introduced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8.
WTF, ‘Clickbait’ and ‘Emoji’ are now officially words?
As the English language continues to evolve in response the internet’s cultural onslaught, Merriam-Webster has announced that it’s adding a host of new net-centric terms to its pages. In fact, the dictionary company has recently added a total of 1,700 terms to its word repository. Among them: net neutrality, click fraud, meme, photobomb, NSFW and a host of other words your kids have already been using for years. Numerous other, non-technical words made their way into Merriam-Webster Unabridged as well including jegging, crema, and colossal squid.
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Source: Merriam-Webster
Verizon updates EDGE program to make it easier to upgrade
Verizon is historically the last company to compete with T-Mobile and their game changing ways in making smartphones more accessible. Verizon is known for having a superior network, which allows them to charge higher prices to their customers because that is what they value most. With T-Mobile making waves in the wireless mobile sector, even Verizon cannot avoid making it easier to upgrade devices as they need to keep their customers.
Starting May 31st, Verizon customers can upgrade their smartphones or tablets once their EDGE device is fully paid off. The EDGE program is a monthly installment payment system where users pay for their devices over 24 months vs. a traditional 2-year contract where the device is discounted and offered at a lower price with higher connection fees. AT&T and T-Mobile have already allowed their customers to upgrade at anytime once the device is paid off, and Verizon is finally making that option available to its customers. This feature can be useful if you break you device 14 months into ownership – it might make more sense to just pay your device off, and get a new one versus getting a temporary replacement or getting the broken device fixed.
An example, the Samsung Galaxy S6 is 599.99 at full retail cost, but on the EDGE program it is only $24.99 per month with no interest. Once the device is paid off, you can trade in your phone for credit or donate it to Hopeline to help stop domestic violence.
Source – Verizon
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