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Samsung’s going to preinstall Microsoft Office on select Android tablets

Samsung’s going to preinstall Microsoft Office on select Android tablets samsung and Microsoft settled their Android royalties lawsuitlast month and now they’re really getting cozy. In the near future, you’ll find Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive and Skype preinstalled on “select Android tablets” from the South Korean manufacturer. The packages will start shipping in the

Microsoft releases developer tools for building Windows 10 universal apps

Microsoft releases developer tools for building Windows 10 universal apps crosoft has today made available a set of tools that allow developers to get started building apps for the Windows 10 Universal App platform. The company has made available the tools, alongside sample code for universal apps. This means developers can start building apps that

Adobe is contributing to Microsoft’s Spartan browser

Adobe is contributing to Microsoft’s Spartan browser Microsoft announced today that Adobe is contributing to Project Spartan in Windows 10, bringing improvements in the areas of layout, typography, motion and graphic design. Adobe’s Web Platform Team provided its first contribution in the latest build of Windows 10, supplying a feature for CSS gradient midpoints. It allows

Play ‘choose your own adventure’ on Twitter

Play ‘choose your own adventure’ on Twitter When I was a kid, I loved spending hours poring through Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasybooks. The idea that you get to dictate what happens with the protagonist and are responsible for their success or failure really grabbed me, as it did anyone who got into

Twitter launches Vine Kids with 6 seconds of child-friendly fun

Twitter launches Vine Kids with 6 seconds of child-friendly fun ne is great fun. In six seconds, anyone can share a short movie, animation or breaking news. But, it’s not always appropriate for children. Okay, most of the time it’s not appropriate for children. So Twitter created its first child-friendly app, Vine Kids. The main feature is

Twitter now has an official WordPress plugin

Twitter now has an official WordPress plugin Twitter today announced that it’s releasing its first official Twitter plugin for WordPress that brings a bunch of Twitter functionality to your site easily. The new plugin brings a plethora of features; it automatically generates Twitter Cards for your pages, enables Twitter Analytics, embeds video and adds a

Twitter launches friend-finding and two-factor verification for Digits

Twitter launches friend-finding and two-factor verification for Digits If you’re a developer usingTwitter’s Digits to sign users up for your app or service, get ready to offer a more secure log-in and a way for users to quickly find their friends. Today Digits introduced friend-finding and two-factor verification to the service. Friend-finding scans the user’s

WhatsApp for Android now allows all users to make voice calls, iOS coming soon

WhatsApp for Android now allows all users to make voice calls, iOS coming soon   If you’ve been wondering when, oh when, someone will ring you via WhatsApp so you’ll get its new voice calling feature, you won’t have to sit by the phone any longer. Updating to WhatsApp version 2.12.5 via Google Play does

Twitter launches Partner Audience, its new ad-targeting feature based on user behaviors

Twitter launches Partner Audience, its new ad-targeting feature based on user behaviors Annoyed by those promoted tweets on your Twitter feed? Hopefully, Twitter will make these ads more relevant to you in the near future. Today, the company released Partner Audience, a new ad-targeting feature to let publishers select intended demographics such as “cereal buyers” and

Twitter’s building a second-screen experience for TV shows

Twitter’s building a second-screen experience for TV shows itter is experimenting with TV Timelines, a new way to surface tweets and media related to TV shows on air, reports Mashable. The feature, which is still being tested in Twitter’s iPhone app with a limited number of users, becomes available when you use a hashtag for