Microsoft to launch desktop version of Office 2016 on September 22nd

The desktop version of Microsoft’s Office suite is coming out soon—on September 22^nd, to be exact. Coming with it are a slew of new features including real-time collaboration, math input tool for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, heavier cloud integration, and dark theme. As mentioned though, this is just the desktop version and not the “universal” suite for all Windows 10 devices. This version of Office can run on older devices, the universal suite will need Windows 10 and will be more touch-friendly.

Source: Microsoft Office Blogs | Via: The Next Web

Twitter looks to unify app experience on iOS with iPad update

Twitter is hoping to have a more unified experience on iOS with the latest update for the iPad. The tablet version of the app now sports a similar look to the iPhone app. You can now also quote tweets on the iPad. Twitter’s using an adaptive layout for the iPad so it can support new features coming to iOS 9 such as multitasking. The rollout of the update is happening on an account-by-account basis. Just wait for a bit before it hits your device.

Source: The Next Web | Download: Apple App Store (Free)

Microsoft shows off new features for Office on iPad

It’s a strange sight having a Microsoft executive present at an Apple event but it has happened. Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Office 365 client applications, took the stage at Apple’s big press event in San Francisco to demo some of the new changes in its suite of apps for Apple’s tablet. Some of the new features include being able to draw freehand shapes on Word or PowerPoint and have these translated into shapes such as arrows and circles. This new feature is designed to take advantage of the new Pencil stylus for the iPad Pro. Users can now draw annotations on documents and have those sync across Office apps on iOS and other platforms. It wasn’t mentioned though it you’ll need the Pencil stylus and only the new iPad Pro to use these features.

The Office suite of apps also now takes advantage of the multitasking features available on iOS 9. You can copy and paste content from different Office apps running side by side. An example is you can copy a chart on an Excel file and paste it to the Word document you have running alongside it on an iPad Pro or iPad Air 2. You can see this push for Microsoft products as Apple’s way to attract the enterprise market to consider its products. Apple recently partnered with IBM and Cisco to push their enterprise entry further.

Source: PCWorld

Apple discontinues 128GB storage and gold options for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models

With the new iPhone 6s models out, Apple’s paring down on its slightly older versions. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s for sale will no longer be available in gold as well as with the 128GB configuration; perhaps to encourage people to buy the newer devices. So, right now you can only get the iPhone 6 devices in Space Gray or silver and in 16GB or 64GB versions.

Source: Apple Insider