Microsoft Office gets KiSwahili language pack

There are between 5 and 10 million people in Africa who call KiSwahili their first language, and between 50 and 100 million who use it as a second language," Microsoft said in a statement. Spoken in Eastern Africa and parts of Central Africa, it is the second most widely understood language in Africa after…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 7:00 pm

Market For Spy-Proof Messaging Heats Up

Now that the 4th Amendment is no longer a guarantee against broad government spying, the floodgates have opened for tech companies to give users their privacy back. Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde’s text-messaging app Heml.is already reached its funding goal, while the Skype-like Unsene platform launched its own Indiegogo campaign…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 2:00 pm

Hotmail account hacked: What to do.

idcloak’s Knowledge Center publishes Hotmail account hacked: What to do a new, three-part article which recommends an immediate course of action to users of Microsoft Outlook.com who have suffered a security breach. The author of the article, Robin Welles, idcloak’s security researcher, explains her inspiration, "I wrote this piece…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 2:00 pm

Xbox One chief product officer admits big mistakes in messaging

Xbox One chief product officer Marc Whitten admitted that Microsoft made mistakes in communicating its policies on digital rights to its consumers, according an IGN interview. The mistakes started on May 21, when the company announced its next-generation console, and then those missteps multiplied as Microsoft executives gave different answers "I…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 2:00 pm

Wondershare anuncia el lanzamiento oficial de MobileGo iOS para Windows en …

Edita, transfiere, comparte y reparte archivos multimedia y contactos facilmente del PC a tus dispositivos Apple tales como iPhone, iPod, iPad o iTunes. Buscas un programa que administre tus dispositivos Apple desde el PC sin limitaciones? Descarga MobileGo para iOS y conecta tus dispositivos a traves de cable USB para…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 2:00 pm

Weekend Reads: Future Proofing Your Mobile Experience + Building SharePoint …

The work week is over and it’s time to relax! What better way than to catch up on some of the must-read articles from this week? In our customer experience space we talked about ensuring your mobile strategy is ready for the future. Over in social business we talked SharePoint…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 9:00 am

With Nearly 200M Users, Messaging App LINE Is Gunning For The US

Spanish actress Michelle Jenner in a television ad for LINE; image via LINE Mobile messaging apps are fast becoming more than just messaging apps. KakaoTalk and Kik are turning into social platforms that host third-party apps and games. LINE, which started off as an app offering free texts and calls,…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 9:00 am

Shoot your video in the wrong orientation? Here’s how to rotate it back

We’re not all professional videographers. Hell, many of us can’t even figure out how to use the video camera on our cell phone, let alone capture video footage using a real camcorder. Things we should take into account lighting, focus, and shutter speed sometimes fall to the wayside when trying…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 9:00 am

Microsoft: ‘Shame on Us’ for Xbox One Messaging

Xbox One chief product officer Marc Whitten has responded to the recent fan petition asking Microsoft to re-reverse their Xbox One policies. In an interview with IGN, Whitten lamented Microsoft’s back-and-forth messaging since May, admitting that the company still has a lot to work on when it comes to communicating…

Posted on: July 14, 2013 9:00 am

Microsoft Office employee quits with a farewell resignation video

Microsoft’s Karen X Cheng announced her resignation from Microsoft today in a sing along video. Cheng, who reveals in the video that she has worked on the upcoming Office 15 software, sings along to Don McLean’s American Pie with her own lyrics. After working on Excel for nearly three years, We…

Posted on: July 13, 2013 7:00 pm