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Microsoft announces Office 2019, states users will be able to buy software via one-time fee as opposed to a recurring subscription

You’ll be able to purchase Microsoft Office 2019 outright as opposed to signing up and paying for it on a monthly basis, as you currently have to do with Microsoft Office 2016. Office 2019 will ship in the second half of 2018, Microsoft said, with a preview version scheduled for mid-2018. The Office 2019 suite […]

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Rumor: Next-gen Apple Watch may feature LTE support, but focus on data instead of cellular phone calls until end of 2017

The next-gen Apple Watch may arrive with LTE, but it may focus the LTE data on serving FaceTime and app data needs as opposed to making cell phone calls. Per a note released to investors on Wednesday, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that the Apple Watch with LTE won’t support traditional cellular voice calls […]

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Touch Bar functionality arrives for Office for Mac suite

You can now use the 2016 MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar with Office for Mac. Following a brief beta preview, Microsoft has rolled out Touch Bar functionality for the feature. Originally announced less than 12 hours after the MacBook Pro launch, Touch Bar support is being added to all of the main Office apps, according to […]

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iPhones secretly storing call data in iCloud, allows later access for law enforcement (Updated)

This definitely qualifies as a mess between privacy, security and law enforcement. While Apple emerged as a guardian of privacy earlier this year, fighting the FBI’s demands to help crack San Bernadino shooter Syed Farouk’s iPhone, implementing improved encryption for all its handsets and refusing to undermine that encryption, it appears that private data is […]

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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 […]