HP serves up thinner and lighter mobile workstations

Workstations are traditionally expected to be thick, heavy and clunky because they are desktop replacements and require a lot of space for ports, power supplies and graphics cards. HP is changing this notion dramatically with thin, light and sexy laptops that manage to stand out in the sea of corporate notebooks. 

The HP ZBook Studio - HP’s thinnest and lightest full performance model ever brought to the market and can be configured to fit business and road warrior needs with professional choices of memory, processor, graphics and more. The 15.6-inch diagonal HP ZBook Studio, the world's first quad core workstation class Ultrabook sporting Intel Xeon processors as well as fast SSDs and graphics cards. How did they keep the profile so thin? There's an ZBook Studio Dock for expansion with up to 10 ports accessed via a single USB 3.0 slot. The HP ZBook Studio starts at US $1699.00.

Philips and Canada’s Mackenzie Health announce $300 million, 18-year strategic partnership

 Royal Philips and Mackenzie Health, a regional healthcare provider serving Southwest York Region in Ontario, Canada, today announced a CAD 300 million (approximately EUR 210 million), 18-year large scale alliance that will advance Mackenzie Health’s medical technology procurement and maintenance programs for the existing Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital and the future Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital, which will be completed in 2019.

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New Surface Pro 4 ad focuses on creatives, musicians, and the PC experience

While it may not be as exciting as Microsoft's audacious Surface Book, the Surface Pro 4 does offer the most refined and improved iteration on the 'tablet that can replace your laptop' while running a full Windows 10 OS for all your classic applications. The latest advertisement for the Surface Pro 4 shows what the device offers and what it can do for various use cases. It's a welcome departure from the song and dance Surface ads of the past.

Apple Music comes to Android

As promised, Apple has brought its streaming music service into the hands of Android users. It improves on the Beat Music app and adds features like Beats 1 radio stations, curated playlists, access to the 30 million songs in the streaming library, and access to music purchases made on iTunes. This is notable as this is the first time Apple is giving Android users a chance to access iTunes music without any intermediary hardware. It even gets some Material Design touches.

The app is currently in beta and works with Android 4.3 or later. If you want to upgrade your subscription to a family plan, you’ll still need a Mac or iDevice to do that. Apple Music comes with a 30-day free trial.

Source: Android Police | Download: Google Play Store (Free)