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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Nissan recalling 768,000 Rogue SUVs globally for electrical shorts, hood latches

Nissan has initiated the recall of 768,000 Rogue SUV's globally including 69,300 sold in Canada under two separate recalls, specifically to fix electrical shorts that could cause fires and faulty hood latches.

The recalls cover more than 552,000 Rogue small SUVs from 2008 through 2013 plus Rogue Select SUVs from 2014. Nissan says the Rogue Select wasn't sold in Canada but the Canadian recall applies to 53,312 of the other Rogue models.

Snow and salty water can reportedly seep through the driver's side carpet to a wiring harness, causing electrical shorts. No injuries have been reported due to this finding.

The smaller recall involves a secondary hood latch. If the main hood latch is released and the secondary latch fails, the hood could open while the SUVs are being driven.

Ford recalling 220,000 vehicles in the US, Canada and Mexico

Ford has recalled 220,000 vehicles for a defect that can result in doors possibly flying in the event of a crash. Ford recalled 194,889 vehicles in the United States and federalized territories, 9,948 in Canada and 108 in Mexico. Included models are 205,000 2010-13 Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS and Ford Police Interceptor sedans due to an issue with the spring that controls the interior door handles. 

Ford is also recalling 16,100 units of the 2014 Ford Transit Connect vans. This time a potential issue with safety belt fasteners that may not have been tightened properly. No accidents have been revealed as a result of these possible defects.