Microsoft democratizing the corporate cloud at the Cloud and Mobility Summit 2014

“Our studies show that up to 43% of small businesses think a cloud strategy is only for large organizations.” said John Weigelt, chief technology officer at Microsoft CanadaBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Toronto -Microsoft Canada hosted a two-day Cloud and Mobility summit in downtown Toronto which focused on raising awareness of the benefits of secure cloud services. Executives here are spreading the gospel of cloud computing and how it is now easier than ever for organizations of all sizes to find tailor-made corporate cloud solutions to manage various aspects of their business.

Click to read more ...

Sony Smartwatch 3 now available in Canada starting at $279

Anyone in the market for an Android Wear wearable device can now count the third iteration of Sony's Smartwatch in their shortlist. Sony SmartWatch 3 is now available for sale in select Bell stores and will be available in-store and online at Sony Stores later this month. 

Click to read more ...

PayPal adds Samsung fingerprint support for Android app

PayPal is finally bringing fingerprint support for paying for goods to its Google Play Store app. This was previously available on Samsung Apps store. Now, users of the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Alpha, and Galaxy Tab S can pay for online purchases by just swiping on the fingerprint scanner on their devices.

Source: Android Central

Google Apps add conversion support for another 15 Microsoft Office file types

Luring in more and more Office users, Google has updated its cloud office suite to add support for 15 more file types. Just like with the other file types, you can edit the files listed below as you please after Google converts them. However, some things do get lost in the conversion. Macros, for example, are removed from macro file formats but you do get to keep the original file on Google Drive so you can reference those.

Here are the list of the newly supported formats:

• dot, dotx, dotm, docm conversions to Google Docs

• xlt, xltx, xltm, xlsm conversions to Google Sheets

• pot, potx, potm, pptm, pps, ppsx, ppsm conversions to Google Slides

Source: Google | Via: Android Police