BGR reports that Microsoft is planning to launch Office for iOS in November this year, with the source claiming first-hand knowledge of the software running on an iPad. With the app’s splash screen referring to it as “Office for iOS”, the source also speculates that the app may also be coming to the smaller screens of the iPhone and iPod touch. In addition to its iOS effort, Microsoft is also said to be bringing Office to Android-based tablets in the same timeframe.
Category: Technology news
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Siri for your car: Dragon Drive lets you text, email at the wheel
Meet Dragon Drive!, the latest in talking-car technology. Nuance Communications unveiled on Tuesday this new Siri-like voice platform designed specifically for the connected car.
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Spotify offers Australians 16 million tracks for free – with ads
Music-streaming site Spotify is headed down under, offering access to 16 million songs for free if the user puts up with “occasional advertising”.
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Electronic Arts Attending Ubuntu Developer Summit
One of the worlds largest games publishers – Electronic Arts – are to deliver a short presentation at next weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit.
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A Home So Smart It Talks
Not everyone who puts sophisticated electronics into a home is a fan of high-tech. In fact, some are vehemently opposed to it. The owners of this 3,400-square-foot home in a suburb of Chicago were thinking only of new countertops, flooring and fixtures during a massive renovation that started three years ago. Now they are on the cutting edge, enjoying a home control system that provides them with audible and visual reminders of family birthdays and to take medications.
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IT giants in price probe
COMPUTER giants Apple and Microsoft will be asked to defend their pricing policies at a federal parliamentary inquiry into why Australians pay far more for music and game downloads than overseas customers.
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SJVN Tells How Reporting on Linux Has Changed in the Last 10 Years
SJVN is, of course, the well-known nickname and abbreviation for Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols, who has been covering technology as a journalist since… since longer than he cares to admit…Checkout this basically one-question interview with him on “How has reporting on Linux changed in the last 10 years?” on Slashdot TV.
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Passengers blast updated app for public transport
IF IT were a movie, the terrible opening weekend reviews would have consigned it to a quick and brutal box office death.
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Ubuntu 12.10 Named ‘Quantal Quetzal’
Ubuntu 12.10 finally has a codename – Quantal Quetzal.