Ford of Canada, Lincoln Motor Company bring innovations to Canadian International Auto Show

Ford of Canada and Lincoln Motor Company will be bringing their latest vehicles at the upcoming Canadian International Auto Show. Both companies boast locally built, technology-packed cars that’ll surely appeal to wide range of people.

Ford updated its original crossover utility vehicle with technologies like a hands-free liftgate, auto start-stop technology, and side parking sensors. Meanwhile, Lincoln is bringing in the MKX with its 360-degree camera, pre-collision assist, auto hold, and Revel sound system. 

Jay Z buying Spotify streaming music rival Tidal

Rap royalty and music impresario Jay Z has his sights set on TIdal, the Norwegian streaming music service and rival to Spotify which the rapper is hoping to buy for the equivalent of US $ 56 million. Known for sniffing trends and opportunities in the music and lifestyle industry, Jay Z looks set to be a player in the way music is distributed and experienced.

Source: Engadget

Microsoft's Office apps arrive for Android tablets

Microsoft has fulfilled its promise to get Office 365 available on all platforms regardless of whether they are competitors or not. Microsoft Office apps are now available for Android tablets. This is great news for owners of Android tablets 7-inches or larger which already subscribe to Microsoft Office 365 and who wnat to be able to edit and create Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote documents on their mobile device of choice. To be eligible to run Office,your tablet should be running at least Android 4.4 KitKat. They also have to have an ARM-based processor and 1GB of RAM or above.

Source: Microsoft

The Recitator iOS app reads content for you, so you don't have to

Do you have a pile of text to read? Recitator is an iOS app that takes your ebooks, pdfs and text files and reads them to you.

Recitator also saves the last text position. The next time you open a document you can continue listening at the same position. The app speaks EPUB, PDF and TXT files. You can use iTunes File Sharing or Dropbox to transfer the files.

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