HP announces world’s most secure enterprise printers

HP today announced three new enterprise class LaserJet printers that deliver increased protection against malicious attacks. The stronger security is part of a broader HP strategy to provide the deepest security across PCs and printers.

“Protecting against security breaches is one of the biggest challenges our customers face,” said Tuan Tran, vice president and general manager,LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions business, HP. “HP is helping customers secure their devices, documents and data by defending our enterprise printers with the strongest protection in the industry.”

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Masters of Code takes over Montreal this weekend

The search for the next big tech innovation is coming to Montreal this weekend. The MasterCard Masters of Code global developer competition will give Canadian coders the opportunity to bring their ideas to life by partnering with MasterCard and a chance at the global grand prize of USD$100,000. MasterCard’s Masters of Code competition will challenge Canada’s best developers to create an application that makes it easier for people to learn, travel, commute, shop or pay for everyday items.

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Microsoft releases a more collaborative and secure Office 2016

Microsoft has updated its most important product family Office 2016. Designed around the cloud, collaboration and integration with various Windows 10 features (like Cortana, Windows Hello and others, it also offers some welcome design and user interface upgrades that can shift depending on where the applications are used (i.e. tablet mode, desktop mode).

Office 2016 delivers new versions of the Office desktop apps for Windows, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Project, Visio and Access. This is also the most secure version of Office and features Data Loss Prevention and Multi-factor Authentication. Office 365 subscribers should have access to the latest version and various SKUs for businesses and students should be made available soon.

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watchOS 2 now available for download for existing Apple Watch users

Apple has finally released watchOS 2 for the Apple Watch. The second generation of the wearable's operating system brings much needed improvements including the ability to use native apps, faster interaction with iPhones and the ability for third-party apps to display information on the watch face as complications.

A Time Travel feature allows users to see future events and past headlines using the digital crown. watchOS 2 also includes new communication features such as the ability to respond quickly to Mail with dictation, Smart Replies or emoji, and Digital Touch enables more creativity with multiple sketch colors. Weighing in at 515 MB, the update takes over an hour to download on the iPhone 6 (via WiFi). Stay tuned for our first impressions once we get the new OS installed on our Apple Watch.

To update open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone> go to My Watch> General> click Software Update. It should take an hour to download (seriously, an hour) before you can proceed to installation.