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Microsoft offers Touch Bar features in Office for Mac via Office Insider beta program

This could be pretty nifty. Following the original October event for the 2016 MacBook Pro, wherein it was announced that Microsoft Office would offer Touch Bar integration in the coming months, this appears to be about to come true. Microsoft has announced that Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook would feature Touch Bar support, including quick […]

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Apple patent points to smarter, more automated HomeKit functionality, interoperability with homes, vehicles

This could turn into something interesting. A recently published patent filed by Apple indicates as to Apple’s intention for an “automated environment” in which HomeKit would be able to track the routines of users and implement automated behaviors based on those habits. As an example, Apple points to the idea of a heating system being […]

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Apple leases additional office space, expands to Sunnyvale, San Jose

The Apple expansion continues. In recent weeks, it’s been discovered that Apple has leased another major project in Sunnyvale — a two-building, 215,000-square foot office park that’s wrapping up construction at North Mathilda Ave. and W. Maude Ave. The project, from Christensen Holdings, is in a business district that’s already thick with Apple outposts. This […]

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Microsoft offers subscription-free versions of Office 2016 for Mac, lays out price points

If paying US$7 a month or US$70 a year for an Office 365 subscription to use Office 2016 for Mac isn’t your thing, you can now buy the thing outright. Microsoft is now offering the Home & Student edition for a one-time fee of US$150, and limits users to one Mac and 15 gigabytes of […]

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Microsoft Office for iOS updated, adds Outlook integration, improved document sharing, etc.

You might want to update your Microsoft apps for iOS today. A new update for the iOS apps adds support for viewing protected documents and Outlook integration. For Outlook, users now have the ability to “send a document as an attachment in Outlook. Or directly edit a document attached to or linked from an Outlook […]