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Microsoft announces Office 2019 for Mac, highlights OneDrive-based Files On-Demand service

It may not be the most exciting thing in the world, but it’s pertinent. At its Ignite event in Orlando, Microsoft announced the availability of Office 2019 for Windows and Mac, alongside a test version of Files on Demand which allows users to see all their OneDrive files on the Mac desktop, and only download […]

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Rumor: Apple thought to release iOS/macOS cross-platform development tools in 2019

Apple’s rumored combined code base, which was said to debut at the Worldwide Developer Conference this year, may be most likely to arrive in 2019. The project, codenamed “Marzipan”, is thought to function as a hybrid macOS/iOS app platform, wherein it’s been thought that developers could write both macOS and iOS apps as a single […]

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Lisa OS to be released as open source project in 2018

This definitely qualifies as nifty… Come 2017, the Computer History Museum will release the Apple Lisa OS as a free, open source project. Apple’s Lisa, which was the first computer with a graphical user interface, debuted in 1983. The computer was considered a flop, selling only 10,000 units on an R&D investment of US$150 million. […]

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Rumor: Apple working with Contemporary Amperex Technology to develop car battery for automotive project

Another piece of the Apple Car project may have fallen into place. Apple is said to secretly be working with a Chinese firm on research and development of auto batteries, suggesting it may be interested in more than just software for self-driving cars, according to Yicai Global on Thursday. It’s rumored that Contemporary Amperex Technology […]

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Rumor: Apple in talks to acquire Lit Motors, may be focusing on two-wheeled vehicle technologies

Moving beyond the McLaren rumor, Apple is also said to be talking to Lit Motors, a small company that participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt SF back in 2012, a contest they finished second in. The San Francisco-based startup is developing a new kind of electric vehicle vehicle that seems something like a […]