Microsoft adds chat capabilities to Office Online

Furthering online collaboration (and obviously taking cues from Google Drive), Microsoft is introducing chat feature to Word and PowerPoint online. Like in Google Drive, this means you can talk to your colleagues about a document or presentation you’re working on. It’ll even send you notifications for when you need to respond or wait for their comment to pop up on the sidebar. The feature will reportedly be rolling out in the coming weeks.

Source: WinSuperSite | Via: Engadget

Say goodbye to ads and help raise money for your favorite sites with Google Contributor

Ads help keep sites up and running but we’re not exactly fond of being bombarded by them at every turn. Google wants to help Internet users and content creators alike with its new project. Called Contributor, the beta program will let you pay a site between US$1 to $3 a month so you can surf these sites without seeing any Google ads on them. Instead you’ll be greeted by a greyscale pixel pattern or “thank you” messages for supporting the site.

Google has already enlisted the likes of The Onion, Mashable, Science Daily, and Urban Dictionary to try this new project out. We don’t have the specifics yet on how revenue is split between Google and the site. But it really is a good way to help out and support those websites you frequent.

Source: Google | Via: Engadget

Android Lollipop update for HTC One Google Play Editions gets delayed

A bit of bad news for those waiting for the Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the Google Play Editions of the HTC One M7 and M8 versions. The update is being pushed back a bit again. Mo Versi, vice president of product management at HTC, said there is another software version request, meaning more work still needs to be done until the update is released. Versi did promise its users though that they will let us know when the update is finally ready and that it gets its nod from Google.

@DarienSumting Darien, not tomorrow. Google requested one more SW spin. Will advise once we receive approval. Thanks.

— Mo (@moversi) November 21, 2014

Source: Ubergizmo

Dyson’s $2.6 billion CAD investment in research to supercharge global growth

Dyson committed a $2.6 billion CAD (£1.5 billion) investment to future technology, including a $1.7 billion CAD (£1bn) for the research and development of new product technologies.  Dyson is developing four new portfolios of technology and will launch 100 new products around the world in the next four years. Hit jump for the full details.

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