Tuesday
May192015

MSI denies Lenovo buyout

Rumours have been swirling for a while that Lenovo plans to buy MSI. But now MSI is out to set the record straight. MSI President Andy Tung said they aren't in talks with Lenovo to sell their gaming notebook business. Lenovo won't comment on the story but MSI seems to be taking it quite seriously. They want to find the source and even sue them.

Source: PC World

Tuesday
May192015

Microsoft plans to take the lead with Windows 10 mobile updates

Microsoft wants to take Apple’s approach with updating Windows 10 for all devices with them pushing the updates instead of the carriers. The company intends to have a “continuous update process” for all devices running Windows 10, including the phones. They plan on giving carriers early access to upgrade builds before deployment but final delivery of updates will come from them and not the telcos. We’re not quite sure how they’ll pull this off but we just have to wait a bit more to find out.

Source: Lifehacker

Tuesday
May192015

watchOS update 1.0.1 for Apple Watch brings improvements and new features

Apple has released the first update to the Apple Watch watchOS operating system. Version 1.0.1 brings various improvements and tweaks to the Watch including enhancements to the Siri voice assistant, activity and workout measurements and support for third party apps. Also new are emojis and new language support.

To update the Apple Watch, one must use the Apple Watch app on a connected iPhone and check for Software Update. Apple Watch should be near enough to the iPhone, better if connected to a charger and with at least 50 per cent battery charge. Size of the update is 51.6 Megabytes and takes 20 minutes to install. Hit jump for the full set of updates.

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Tuesday
May192015

Why Sunni Brown takes doodling seriously

 

By Sonya Davidson

"I'm a little concerned about how art in school is viewed by our society these days," I say to Sunni Brown when I met her at a recent interview. I mention that recent school surveys have parents ranking order of importance of subjects and arts seem to fall on the wayside.  "I know what you mean," she responds. "even I didn't grow up in an environment that was supportive of art, not because there was something wrong, but it just wasn't a priority. It wasn't a practical thing to study so they didn't see the application of art in other areas. It just wasn't encouraged."

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