In a surprise move, Microsoft sent a pair of representatives to Apple's big press event in San Francisco Wednesday morning to demonstrate new features in Office for iOS that are tailored for the new iPad Pro. Kirk Koenigsbauer, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Office 365 client applications, came on stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium to show new changes to the company's suite of apps for Apple's tablet, including the ability to draw freehand shapes on a Word or PowerPoint document, and then get them translated into shapes like arrows or circles. It's designed to take advantage of Apple's new Pencil stylus for the iPad Pro, a $99 accessory the company announced just ahead of Koenigsbauer's appearance on stage. Users can also draw annotations on documents, and have those annotations sync across Office apps on iOS and other platforms. Microsoft didn't say whether those inking features will require the iPad Pro and Pencil, or if they'll also be available to other iPad users.
Apple adds two financing options for iPhones, one of which includes AppleCare+ and an option for a yearly upgrade.
After launching a larger iPhone 5 Plus last year that mimicked phablets like the Lumia 1520, Apple has taken another page from Microsoft’s playbook with the Apple iPad Pro—which now includes a Surface-like keyboard and stylus. Apple’s new iPad Pro—available from $799 to $1079, with storage ranging from 32GB to 128GB—will be available this November, a bit after the reported Two elements—the so-called Smart Keyboard and the Apple Pencil—are going to have Microsoft Surface fans whooping with glee. (They will be sold separately, as is the case with the Surface Pro 3's accessories.)
Apple reinvented the multi-touch display for its new iPhones.
Apple’s set-top box is getting its long-awaited overhaul, with a proper App Store, a major role for Siri, and a serious emphasis on gaming.
AMD's separating its healthier GPU business from its struggling CPU business. The company announced Wednesday morning that it was creating a new Radeon Technologies Group that would, essentially reconstitute ATI (the graphics company it acquired in 2006) inside of the CPU company. The move, company officials said, is designed to give the new graphics unit more autonomy to respond to the new needs in VR and AR, as well as support traditional gaming markets. “We are entering an age of immersive computing where we will be surrounded by billions of brilliant pixels that enhance our daily lives in ways we have yet to fully comprehend,” said AMD CEO Lisa Su.
The iPad Pro is finally here. It's giant and it's powerful, and Tim Cook says it's the biggest thing in iPads since the original iPad.
Apple showed off new Watch bands, finishes, and a partnership with Hermes, and set a release date of September 16 for watchOS 2.
Concerned that your What that essentially means is if you buy one of the newly-announced Alienware laptops with an older Haswell or Broadwell CPU right now, you can qualify for the same version, but rolling Intel’s newer Skylake processors. Alienware general manager Frank Azor spilled the details on the detail on Twitter and Facebook last week after
The The idea is that you can use Pandora as a “set it and forget it” option to add music to your dinner party, tailgate BBQ (the NFL season starts Thursday), or any other get-together. Pandora’s $1 Day Pass debuts on Thursday.
Get ready for the new season by making sure you have the right apps for your fantasy league, tracking scores, or watching the games live.
In December 2014, Samsung rolled out a new type of mobile DRAM that would allow The increased RAM comes courtesy of Samsung’s mass production of 12 gigabit LPDDR4 (low power, double data rate 4) mobile DRAM. The new memory is being produced using Samsung’s 20-nanometer (nm) process. Samsung says the new DRAM is 30 percent faster than the previous 20nm-based 8Gb LPDDR4 and twice as fast as DDR4 DRAM for PCs. The new mobile memory means a single package can use two chips to carry 3GB of RAM or four chips for 6GB. This will not only result in premium smartphones packing more RAM, but smaller phones won’t have to skimp on memory due to size constraints.
Amazon finally appears to be putting its Fire phone to bed for good. The product page for the smartphone on Amazon's website shows both the 32GB and 64GB models out of stock, with no estimate about when they'll be available again. According to Amazon spokeswoman Michelle Taylerson, the company has "sold through our Fire phone inventory in the U.S. and globally." Amazon ran out at the end of August, but the news was While Amazon didn't say that the Fire will be permanently absent from its website, the company reportedly
We asked OnePlus's Head of Product, Helen Li, what it's like to develop an Android fork.
Replacing a PC’s motherboard takes time and more than a little sweat, especially if you've never done it before. You could trip on any number of little hurdles during the motherboard removal and installation process. But don’t worry! We’ll help you get through the process as quickly and painlessly as possible. Let’s start with why you’d even want or need to replace your motherboard. (If you’re simply looking for instructions on how to install a motherboard in a new PC, scroll down a bit.) Sometimes components fail. Motherboards are no exception. I’ve fried many a motherboard thanks to bad BIOS flashes and failing or flaky power supplies. Things happen, and sometimes those things can irreparably damage your motherboard.