Sony Xperia Z3 now available at Rogers

If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on Sony’s latest flagship but wanted it to be part of a plan, Rogers has the answer for you. They will be offering the Xperia Z3 for $179.99 on select two-year Share Everything plans. For a limited time, those who activate a two-year Share Everything plan with the Xperia Z3 will get EA SPORTS NHL 15 for Sony PlayStation 4 for free. The Xperia Z3 will be available in black and copper.

Source: Rogers

Microsoft releases new Outlook for Mac for Office 365 members, new Office for Mac coming in 2015

A nice surprise today from Redmond to Mac users subscribing to Office 365. A new version of Outlook for the Mac is here and has the following features.

• Better performance and reliability as a result of a new threading model and database improvements.

• A new modern user interface with improved scrolling and agility when switching between Ribbon tabs.

• Online archive support for searching Exchange (online or on-premises) archived mail.

• Master Category List support and enhancements delivering access to category lists (name and color) and sync between Mac, Windows and OWA clients.

• Office 365 push email support for real-time email delivery.

• Faster first-run and email download experience with improved Exchange Web Services syncing.

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Skype improves app for the iPhone

Microsoft's Skype has released a new version of its app for the iPhone to introduce some user suggestions into the system. One is the ability to save photos from chats to the iPhone's Camera Roll. Another is to delete a sent photo from a chat by just pressing an image for an extended period of time. You can also now see avatars for people and groups as well as a new user interface when doing searches. Microsoft improved the chat load time as well to make the transition from seeing the notification to opening the app as speedy as possible.

Source: AppleInsider | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free)

Spotify brings its semi-new look to iPad

It took a while but iPad version of Spotify now has the same look as those you can find on the desktop client and iPhone version of the app. It has the same dark theme, rounded iconography, and refreshed typography. They also added the Your Music feature into the app because Spotify claims tablets are one of the most popular platforms for discovering, curating, and saving music. iPad users can start curating their music from their tablets and have those sync with your other devices.

Source: AppleInsider | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free)