Google brings back free calls to Gmail Hangouts

After rolling out the unified Hangouts, Google took out the ability to make free calls in Gmail. It’s a good thing they’ve been listening and brought the feature back. They even improved it further by making calls to the US and Canada free for countries where Hangouts calling is available.

Other new features their adding to this “future of Google Voice” include being able to add multiple phone numbers and video participants to the same call as well as playing sound effects using the Google Effects app. These new additions are said to be coming out in the next couple of days.

Source: Gmail Blog

Microsoft opens Office and SharePoint Store to new markets

Microsoft’s Office and SharePoint was only previously available to the US market. Now, it is open to 22 new markets with additional language support for French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The countries with new storefronts include Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, and United Kingdom—with some of these countries having several language markets already.

All those using the new Office can access the Office and SharePoint Store within the Office app or through Office.com.

Source: Office News 

BlackBerry appealing for patience from investors as it ushers in second stage of comeback

"We are still in the midst of a major, complex transition of this company, and like most of these transformations ... progress can be volatile," BlackBerry's CEO Thorsten Heins told his shareholders during today's BlackBerry annual meeting.

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Kobo comes to BlackBerry Z10 and Q10

Blackberry Z10 and Q10 owners who are also invested in the Kobo book and social reading ecosystem can celebrate because today their world's collide, in a good way. If I remember correctly, Kobo was the only eReader platform to be made available to the BlackBerry PlayBook and continues its support for BlackBerry in BB10.  Kobo for BB10 brings the rich tapestry of features and even allows first chapter previews for thousands of select books.