Microsoft Office is not only the favourite of the Windows users but also the iOS devices users, due to the updates it keeps providing to its users. Now again Microsoft has come with new updates for the Windows insiders that include the new features, bug fixes and performance improvements. The Office Insider Build for Windows 10, officially tagged with the name 11727.20034, has already been released, which the users can check on their PCs.
The features included in the new build are the ability to scribble in e-mail messages and the option to choose where and how the links must open in MS Office programs.
Yes,
now the users will be able to write directly into the emails, with
the help of a digital pen, stylus and even with a finger. This new
feature is called the ‘Ink Input’, which also allow the users to
draw freehand sketches into an image. The feature also includes many
inbuilt effects, like rainbow pen and the galaxy pen, that can be
used to improvise the email communication, drawings and show much
more of creativity.
The
other feature will provide the users with the option to choose where
to open the links. For example, if the user wants to open the URL in
a browser or within the app.
Other than the new features, the company has released many bug fixes such that to improve the performance of the Office software. To provide the new features and the bug fixes to its users, Microsoft has opted for machine learning and Artificial Intelligence.
The
insider users who want to get the new updates need to go their Office
suite’s File menu and select the Account option, in which they need
to opt for Update Options and then click on Update Now.
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The biggest tech companies, including Amazon, Disney, Apple, are moving ahead towards bringing genuine content and the best streaming service for people. And, on the other side, the TV companies are working hard to bring a product that would provide the most realistic experience to its consumers. On the same league, as announced by LG in the CES 2019 event, the company is about to open its 8K TV for pre-orders as one of the first commercial 8K TVs in the world.
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LG
had revealed in January at the CES conference that it will be
releasing the world’s first 8K OLED TV, the LG OLED88Z9, which now is
all set for pre-orders to be placed in South Korea. After South
Korea, the company intends to make the TV available to the consumer
in Europe and North America, probably by the third quarter of the
year.
The 8K TV has a resolution of 7680×4320 pixels and will be rendering the support for supports a massive 88-inch screen, HDR and Dolby Vision formats. According to LG, 8K is four times sharper than 4K and has 16 times full-HD pixels. LG’s latest 8K TV is a smart TV and will also provide support for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
Being
one of the first 8K TV, it won’t have much to stream as the 4K
content has become popular only recently, and there are only a few
content makers who have created 8K based content. In fact, when the
4K TVs had come into the market, there was very less 4K content to
stream on those TVs, but due to the better quality, it took no time
for the 4K content to become popular. Even the Olympics to be held in
2020 will broadcast in 4K.
LG has not commented over the price of the TV, but with those features and the HD streaming, it is quite obvious to expect a higher price for the TV. In fact, The Verge has reported that the TV may cost $42,000, and for the preorders, the price will be a bit less, i.e. $34,000. Customers who will place orders early will also get a free air purifier.
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The Apple’s annual conference, WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), to be held in San Jose, is about to start, and the company is all set to make the major announcements for this year. The main attraction for the event will be the latest iOS it is going to announce for the iPhones and the iPads. But as reported by Reddit, Apple might say goodbye to its eighteen years old music streaming service, iTunes.
MacRumors and some of the Redditors have noticed that the company has been removing stuff, i.e. pictures, posts, and videos, related to iTunes from its official Facebook and Instagram accounts. The company has even removed the iTunes Facebook and Instagram pages, giving an indication that Apple might be planning to discontinue the very service. In fact, the posts have been migrated to the Apple TV’s social media handles. But the company has still maintained iTunes Twitter account.
According
to a report by Bloomberg, the company aspires to make a hold in the
entertainment industry by introducing three separate apps for music,
TV and podcasts, replacing iTunes. 9to5Mac, even, shared leaked
screenshots of those three apps, displaying how these would look
like.
The company has not commented on any of these reports, but we can expect the mention of iTunes in the keynote the Apple CEO Tim Cook will deliver at the conference.
iTunes is one of the revolutionary product from Apple released at the time when the internet had not even reached to every corner of the world. It was a single online place where people could purchase music legally. Even Napster had come two years earlier than iTunes, the latter went viral in no time. But since there has been the emergence of other better music stores and music streaming services, iTunes somewhere lagged behind, and now Apple has to think of new methods of entertainment it should provide to its consumers.
Also, like every year, the company is going to announce a new iOS at the conference, i.e. iOS 13. According to the reports, the new iOS will feature dark mode as well as a new health feature. Also, the new iOS will help turn the iPad as a computer-like device. The company is also up to upgrading its other apps, including Reminders and Books, and it may announce a newer iOS version for the Apple Watch, that it may launch by the end of 2019.
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Amazon is the biggest tech company, and it has spread its arms in almost everything. And now, the company is planning to expand into the telecom industry, too. According to a report by Reuters, Amazon is planning to acquire the prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from its parent company Sprint.
The deal with Sprint not only will make Amazon fourth largest telecom services in the US but also may provide it with the access to the T-Mobile’s wireless network for a long period of time, as both Sprint and T-Mobile are under the process of a merger. The deal between T-mobile and Sprint will be a $26 billion merger if Sprint will be able to convince antitrust regulators for the merger.
But
according to a recent report from Bloomberg, the regularity authority
does not want that the number of wireless carriers be less than four,
and the merger is actually, leading to that. So the two companies are
working towards bringing an entirely new carrier, such that they
might be giving away some of their spectrum to the new company and
finalise the merger.
Boost is a subsidiary of Sprint, but is out of the merger contract, as Sprint has already decided to sell the company. So there are no chances that after the deal, T-Mobile can own it. In fact, the company that will own Boost will have access to the Sprint’s wireless network, but not T-Mobile’s. But according to the report from Reuters, acquiring Boost will provide Amazon with access to both the company’s combined network for a span of six years.
Since the news has been making rounds, there is a questing hitting everyone’s mind, “Why Amazon would want to enter the telecom business?” It is quite simple. The company has been expanding into almost every field. It is the biggest eCommerce platform and has got its cloud computing arm. The company has got its retail stores, streaming service, and now it is also off to start its own delivery service. So why not expand into telecom?
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Netflix is the top most loved streaming service in the world, and maybe, this is the reason that it has decided to raise prices for its monthly streaming plans. According to a report from The Guardian, the company has announced that it is going to increase the subscription fees for its UK users. Earlier, in January, the company had even raised the prices for its US subscribers.
Currently,
Netflix has got three different plans for its subscribers, including
the £5.99 per month plan applicable only for a single screen, £7.99
per month HD plan to stream on two devices at a time and the £9.99 a
month Ultra HD plan available to stream on four devices at a time.
According
to the report, the basic plan, applicable for a single screen will
remain the same, whether the company will hike the price for both the
HD and Ultra HD, i.e. for the two screens and the four screen plan.
After the change in the price, the HD plan with a rise of £1 will
cost £8.99 per month, and the price of Ultra HD will be increased by
£2, i.e. £11.99 per month.
After
the US, Netflix has raised the prices for the UK, giving the reason
that it is working on new projects to bring original content to the
platform. The company is also pushing hard to get the license for the
popular shows to be streamed on Netflix, including Friend.
Noticeably, Netflix is already streaming Friends on the platform
under a $100 million deal, which will be over by the end of 2019.
Amid the risen competition from the contemporaries like Disney, Amazon, BBC, and the other emerging streaming services, Netflix is well aware of the steps that it needs to take in order to stay ahead of the competition.
The
company has already invested hundreds of millions of pounds into UK
content, so by raising the price, it is only trying to get a stable
position in the market and bring more good content to the platform.
The price rise has already come into effect, as the old subscribers
will be charged with the new prices on the renewal of their plans,
and the new users will need to pay the new subscription fee for
joining the plans.
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In this era, where the world is
getting transformed into a global village, every single individual
wishes to stay updated about all aspects of development, including
the latest technologies, new trends in the scientific world,
start-ups, new gadgets, in fact, about every news related to
technology. Since it is contributing to most of our expansion, the
technology seems to catch most of the attention from every community
and nation.
TechCrunch is one online publisher
that has created a firm base on the sphere of technology reporting on
the latest trends of the Sci-Fi world. Well, undoubtedly it does more
than just displaying news, and is a hotspot of knowledge for every
tech lover.
TechCrunch is an America-based business, which was founded in June 2005 by Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. The company has its headquarters in the Bay Area, United States.
Michael Arrington
J. Michael Arrington was born on 13th March 1970, in California. He has a major in economics and is a former lawyer, graduated from Stanford Law School in 1995.
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Before founding TechCrunch, he was involved with many other endeavouring businesses. He was a part of RealNames that raised $100 million in funding as a startup. He was the co-founder of Achex, an online payment company. Zip. Ca, Pool.com, Razorgator, Edgeio and Folders are some of his biggest achievements, apart from TechCrunch. He also invested in Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest.
Michael Arrington had a huge
contribution to the creation and growth of TechCrunch, even though,
he is no longer the CEO of the company. Arrington is well known both,
as a blogger and an entrepreneur. He has absolutely changed the idea
of blogging for people who are passionate about it. According to him,
‘if you have to maintain a blog you need to update it every day,
which makes it very tiresome. But if it is user-generated, it will
make your blog even more informative as contribution will be much
higher as compared to you alone.’
Michael Arrington believes in writing posts on stories that can easily go viral without putting so much hard work. Since blogging is what changed the fate of TechCrunch, Arrington can be considered as one of the most efficient tech bloggers in the entire world. Arrington’s passion and tenacity are what brings TechCrunch at the pinnacle of its power. He has even been selected as one of the most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.
The story and evolution of TechCrunch
It all started in 2005 when
Arrington posted a very informative blog about the companies that
were progressing expeditiously and gaining immense success. It turned
out that his blogs were gaining popularity in no time and changed the
entire outlook of business reporting.
The first blog of TechCrunch was
posted on 11th June 2005, which eventually led to the establishment
of one of the prominent site for start-ups and gadgets. Apparently,
Arrington wasn’t too much involved in blogging as he was busy
starting a new company, but a few months, he was totally engrossed in
it and gave it a head start.
The future of the company turned its
wheel in 2006 when Arrington was the first to post about the news of
Youtube being Google’s new asset. Apart from this, the newsfeeds
about the gadgets added to its gaining popularity.
In 2007, the company formed Crunchbase, a platform where anyone can conduct researches on start-up companies. It maintains a database which has information of start-ups, investors, total funding, acquisitions; money rose by acquisitions, upcoming events and featured stories about latest businesses. Initially, the company had more than 50,000 contributors which crossed 2 million in 2013. The companies or even a single individual registered and accessed the facilities of CrunchBase and submitted to the database.
In 2008, the company started The
Crunchies, an award ceremony that gave away awards to the best
start-ups, best mobile app, and in many other categories. They
thoroughly analyzed the progress of the companies throughout the
year, the funding they received, and thus awarded them annually.
Apart from TechCrunch, the Crunchies was sponsored and hosted by
blogs like GigaOm, VentureBeat and ReadWriteWeb. This helped the
company grow even rapidly as it lured start-up companies from around
the globe to see where they stand, study their competitors and not to
mention the desire to win awards. In 2017, the company announced the
discontinuity of Crunchies.
In 2010, the company was taken over
by AOL which wield the sceptre from 2010-2017 followed by Verizon
Media which is the current owner of the company.
In 2011, Arrington made his mind to
resign from the position of the editor of the company as he faced
disagreement with his decisions of starting Crunchfund (to invest in
tech start-ups).
In 2015, the company declared that
the Crunchbase is no longer a part of TechCrunch.
One of the most powerful tools of
TechCrunch is the Startup Battlefield, a platform provided to the new
start-ups at the annual tech conference, TechCrunch Disrupt hosted by
the company. It allows all the new minds to sign in and share their
innovative ideas with the investors, media and other parties to gain
money and publicity. Now, who doesn’t want that? The exposure
gained through it is priceless, and moreover, the winner receives
prize money of $50,000.
Thus, TechCrunch is the ultimate
destination for all those who aspire to be a successful businessman,
learn more about technology and blogging or anything about
entrepreneurship. They post the most compelling and inspiring stories
of start-ups with utmost transparency and high quality. It can also
be considered as a study guide (Extra Crunch) for those who want to
learn more about start-ups.
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