Nokia Lumia 635 and LG G3 now available at Rogers

 

Rogers has just announced that they’re making the Nokia Lumia 635 and LG G3 available to its subscribers. The LG flagship will be come in metallic black for $179.99 on select two-year Share Everything plans. Meanwhile, the more affordable Lumia 635 will also be in black for $0 on select two-year Share Everything plans. Both devices will be available at Rogers’ retail stores and online.

The Lumia 635 will also be available at Fido stores or online for $0 on some two-year plans. Customers who get these devices from Rogers or Fido will also receive a free interchangeable bright green shell included in the box.

LG unveils Android-powered, notebook-sized Tab Book 11 in South Korea

Want an Android-powered tablet that can easily pass off as a notebook? LG recently unveiled the Tab Book 11 in South Korea. It is an 11.6-inch Android Jelly Bean tablet that runs on an Intel Core i5 Haswell processor, Intel HD 4400 graphics, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB solid state drive. It has a Full HD 1920x1080p IPS display and includes two USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, and a microSD card reader. It’s quite a hefty device though at 2.3 pounds due to the non-detachable keyboard hidden underneath the tablet. We’re not sure if this thing will make its way out of Korea but if it does, would you get one?

Source: Ubergizmo

Google releases source code of its I/O 2014 app

Google is hoping to help developers create the best Android apps they can. The tech company just released the source code of its I/O 2014 app. They want it to serve as a template of sorts for any app development. According to Google, some of the features, design approaches, and APIs used in the app include “fragments, loaders, alarms, notifications, SQLite databases, Action Bar, Navigation Drawer, Google Cloud Messaging, Google Drive API, material design, etc.

They also rebuilt the app to work with JSON files instead of a specific API to allow it to be repurposed for other conferences. They also plan to release the technical articles related to the source code as well as update the app in the coming months.

Source: The Next Web

Microsoft adds more functionality to Office for iPad

Microsoft released another major update for its Office for iPad app to answer user requests and add more functionality to the productivity suite. All three apps now have the ability to export files as PDF. They also have new third-party fonts as well as the ability to crop to focus on images with new Picture Tools.

Excel gets better external keyboard support, additional print options, and a “Flick to Select” feature that allows you to, well, flick to select all data in a column or row. PowerPoint gets a new Presenter View to edit and view speaker notes; look at following slides; as well as jump to other slides while presenting. There are also new media features to let you play videos, sound effects, and background music while presenting. You can check out the new features for yourselves by downloading the apps. Here’s the link for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Source: MacRumors