Microsoft now accepting pre-orders for HoloLens Development Edition

If you’re a developer who applied for the Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition, you’re in for treat. The company has started to send out pre-order notifications to select developers from Canada and the U.S. with their devices expected to ship on March 30^th. And once these units ship, developers will gain access to holographic experiences of certain apps, which can be downloaded through the Windows Store including HoloStudio, Skype, RoboRaid, Fragments, Young Conker, HoloTour, and Actiongram.

Google Store now has a dedicated VR section

Virtual reality (VR) has been at the forefront of a lot of movement in the tech world these days. Google isn’t falling far behind with a new dedicated page to highlight various VR products including the Google Cardboard, Mattel View-Master, and Google Tech C1-Glass VR Viewer. Unfortunately, product sales in the country don’t seem to be open at the moment and there isn’t word yet if Google plans to sell it to our local Google Store. In the U.S. the Cardboard headset and Tech C1-Glass VR Viewer can be bought for US$15 and the View-Master goes for $30 (which is available at Best Buy here).

Source: Android Police

Google denies dropping app drawer for Android

Hoping to quash fears and rumours that Android will be losing its app drawer, Google has denied there are plans to get rid of its app drawer in the near future. Android users were up in arms when a short clip on Google Maps’ Twitter account showed a Nexus 6P sans an app drawer. It’s a blink or miss it sort of thing of the first two seconds of the clip. But hawk eye users were speculating this might be the start of Android dropping its app drawer to mimic the iOS approach of having all apps on the home screen. Google says the user interface shown in the video is a bad mockup of the app and it doesn’t hint at anything coming up in terms of UI changes.

Source: Droid Life

New Windows 10 ads take aim at OS X's lack of multi-touch, voice assistant

The PC/Mac wars are on again. After the past holiday feel goodery of that "Let there be peace on earth," ad, Microsoft is brandishing a series of TV spots that throw OS X under the bus for not having features expected of a 'modern OS.' The features in the series of ads which aim to make Windows 10 cooler and more useful are multi-touch and the Cortana voice assistant. Microsoft has dropped the gauntlet and Apple will likely respond sooner than later, we'll have to see if any of the March 21 announcements will offer an answer to Microsoft's new taunts. It's on!