Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac is now available to Office 365 commercial customers

Office 2016 for Mac, which inlcudes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote is available for Office 365 consumer and commercial customers in 139 countries and 16 languages starting today! Featuring the familiar ribbon interface and powerful task panes, Office 2016 for Mac users will appreciate the integration of capabilities like Full Screen view and Multi-TouchTM gestures. Now with full Retina display support, Office documents look sharper and more vibrant than ever.

Based on feedback from the Mac Office community, Office 2016 for Mac delivers an improved cloud connected experience. Office 2016 for Mac has a familiar look and feel and works with Office for Windows, iOS, Android and Office Online.

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BlackBerry Blend 1.2 now available with new enhancements

BlackBerry just released its BlackBerry Blend 1.2 software which allow BB10 smartphones to connect, synch and push mail, messaging, calendar and apps to a wirelessly connected PC, Mac, or iOS and Android Tablets. Hit jump for the full range of features.

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Dyson Pure Cool air purifier fan now available in Canada

The new Dyson Pure Cool is Dyson's first air purifier in fan form and it removes 99.95 per cent of potentially harmful ultrafine particles, as small as 0.1 microns. Why does this matter? These ultrafine particles can travel further into your lungs, and has been linked to heart attacks, strokes and skin aging. More common symptoms of exposure to indoor air pollutants include headaches, itchy nose and scratchy throats.

“There is more in the air than meets the eye – the really harmful pollutants are those we can’t see. Throughout the development of Dyson Pure Cool, Dyson engineers focused on capturing the ultrafine particles that can travel deep into your lungs – developing a machine which captures particles as small as 0.1 microns," James Dyson explains.

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iOS 8.4 exceeds 40% adoption in first week thanks to Apple Music

Apple's latest update to iOS is enjoying over 40 per cent adoption from iPhone and iPad users largely because of the inclusion of the new Apple Music service as part of the update. iOS devices need to update to iOS 8.4 in order to get the Apple Music app and enjoy the free three-month trial period. Apple Music integrates a music streaming service, access to stored and offline music collection as well as the 24/7 streaming Beats 1 radio station and the Connect artist hub.

Apple announced on June 22 that 84 per cent of its users had upgraded to iOS 8, analytics firm Mixpanel said that 40 percent of the installed base has already upgraded to iOS 8.4. 

Source: AppleInsider