Friday
Oct162015

Apple's iWork productivity suite gets iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan ready

It might be a bit late but Apple updated its Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps to add iOS 9 and OS X features to it. The iWork productivity suite from Apple gets split-screen multitasking on the iPad and the desktop apps and 3D touch support on the iPhone. So, if you rely heavily on Apple's tools, this update should be a much-awaited one. You can check out the list of the new features over here.

Source: The Verge 

Thursday
Oct152015

New ResearchKit studies for autism, epilepsy and melanoma released by Apple

Apple announced that ResearchKit is enabling new research studies on autism, epilepsy and melanoma. ResearchKit turns iPhone into a powerful tool for medical research by helping doctors, scientists and other researchers gather data more frequently and more accurately from participants using iPhone apps.

With ResearchKit, study participants can review an interactive informed consent process, easily complete active tasks or submit survey responses, and choose how their health data is shared with researchers, making contributions to medical research easier than ever. Researchers and developers have already contributed to ResearchKit, with more than 50 researchers adding to the open source framework.

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Thursday
Oct152015

7 fast facts about SPECTRE's Aston Martin DB10

By Sonya Davidson

The hype on the latest James Bond film is building up feverishly as the date is set for the North American wide release on November 6, 2015. (Mexico City will host the Premiere of the Americas on Monday, November 2, to coincide with the Day of the Dead festivities across Mexico).

Sam Mendes returns to direct SPECTRE, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007 for the fourth time. 

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Thursday
Oct152015

NFB launches I Love Potatoes game app for kids

 

More and more kids are interested in making a difference in the world we live in. Now they can learn how to create social change with the new I Love Potatoes game just launched by the National Film Board (NFB), co-created by NFB Artist In Residence Vali Fugulin and Minority Media with illustrations by Oscar-nominee Patrick Doyon, and music by Jean-Phi Goncalves et Alex McMahon. 

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