Microsoft investing more than $1 million to help Quebec startups thrive

Microsoft Canada and LE CAMP Incubator & Accelerator in Quebec City announced a partnership that will see Microsoft invest more than a $1M in cash, product and business services to help grow the innovative startup ecosystem in Quebec.

"It is with great pride that I celebrate this partnership between Microsoft and LE CAMP today; it will fuel innovation and the creation of new businesses in Quebec City,” said Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume. “The mentorship provided will offer a solid foundation for the entrepreneurial startups at CAMP. It is not surprising that Microsoft chose Québec City for this partnership. Our city has an abundance of highly skilled tech talent and a critical mass of businesses in this sector."

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ION Audio's ode to classic the Ford Mustang is an inspired music solution

Few cars are more iconic than the 1960's era Ford Mustangs and ION Audio has brought back the glossy red paint, gleaming chrome and the tactile details of a Mustang dashboard in an all-in-one music player. This colourful ensemble features a quiet belt-drive 3-speed turntable. Sensitive AM/FM radio. Headphone jack.  The Mustang LP also comes with EZ Vynyl converter software to rip analog sources into digital files. Mustamg LP's SRT in US dollars is $129.00.

Microsoft Office 365 is now available on Apple's macOS App Store

macOS users can now access Microsoft Office 365 apps and services right from their App Store. 

“We are excited to welcome Microsoft Office 365 to the all new Mac App Store in macOS Mojave,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it's easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad and iPhone.” 

“We are excited to announce that today Office 365 is arriving in the Mac App Store,” said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president at Microsoft. “We have worked closely with Apple to provide Mac users with the very best productivity experience — one that offers everything they know and love about Office through an experience uniquely designed for the Mac.”

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Google hires veteran Apple engineer to help launch Fuchsia OS

Eminent Engineer Bill Stevenson, who is a 14-year veteran at Apple and part of the teams who launched macOS versions including Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, and Mojave, has been hired by Google to oversee the launch of Fuchsia OS.

Fuschia OS is a next-gen operating system from Google that is expected to work alongside Chrome OS and Android and eventually become the company's unifying future OS. Stevenson's work running yearly release cadences for macOS as well as peripheral services like iCloud, AirPlay and his expertise in Mac and Windows  program at Apple make him ideal for Google's Fuschia OS team. That said, Fuchsia OS is still a few years off.