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Android Likely To Get Touch-Friendly Office Before Windows

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As reported on TechCrunch.  by Alex Wilhelm  #SatyasMicrosoft Earlier today, ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reported that the tablet-touch build of Office for Android will land before the touch-ready build for Windows. Yes, this is the real world. Microsoft declined to comment. Keep in mind that Microsoft building an Office suite for Android tablets isn’t news. This is a timing issue. Of course, Microsoft already offers an app for Android that includes Office capabilities, but Office Mobile — which existed for iOS…

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Watch this: Android design head Matias Duarte explains why mobile is dead

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister Matias Duarte helped design the T-Mobile Sidekick, the Helio Ocean, and Palm’s webOS. Now, he directs the look and feel of Google’s Android operating system. He’s probably not the guy you’d expect to say “mobile is dead.” Those were the words that left his mouth, though, at the 2014 Accel Design Conference in San Francisco. There, Vergeeditor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky interviewed him about his thoughts on design and where Android is headed.…

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Chrome beta for Android makes it easy to send web video to Chromecast

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS You no longer have to engage in some hidden setting gymnastics just to send web videos from Chrome for Android to your Chromecast. Google has rolled out a Chrome 35 beta that lets you deliver “some” clips from the browser to a Chromecast-equipped TV. The company hasn’t said just which videos are compatible, but it notes that YouTube support is rough around the edges. Even if your favorite media site is broken, you can…

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Exclusive: this is Android TV

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister Google’s plans for the living room come into focus with a simple TV interface, apps, and games Every so often, some enterprising computer company will claim they’ve finally fixed the TV. They’ll talk about how they’ve turned a dumb terminal into a smart computing platform that extends your work and play to a gigantic screen. Then, we’ll watch as the idea flops because they fail to line up…

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Everything We Know About The Moto 360 Android Wear Smartwatch

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington Motorola hosted a live Hangout with Jim Wicks, the lead designer of the Moto 360 Android Wear-based smartwatch, and the discussion started with the inspiration for the product and moved to its specifics. Motorola wasn’t yet sharing that much about specs and details for the hardware, but the smartwatch actually works as Wicks used it on camera, proving this isn’t just an ambitious render, and that’s a big load of the…

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You can now mirror your Android screen on Chromecast, if you have a Nexus 5

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Cyanogen’s Koushik Dutta has been teasing the prospect of mirroring your Android screen on Chromecast for a few weeks, and today you can finally try the feature — if you have the right smartphone, that is. An updated version of the Mirror for Androidbeta includes early support for mirroring to either a Chrome browser or Chromecast, but only if you have a Nexus 5. Google’s phone is the sole device with the hardware video decoder needed for…

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Samsung teases the power of 5 in new TouchWiz icons

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As reported on The Verge. New icon set for 2014’s flagship Galaxy By Vlad Savov A week ago, Samsung sent out invitations to its first big Unpacked event of 2014— taking place on February 24th — with the prominent inclusion of the number 5 in the title. Today, the company’s buildup steps up with the revelation of a new icon set, hinting at a redesigned TouchWiz interface and extending the theme of 5. Each of the newly rounded…

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Flappy Bird’s creator says he pulled the app for your own good

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As reported on Engadget. BY MATT BRIAN If you were hoping Flappy Bird would find its wings and fly back onto the App Store or Google Play, its creator has some tough news for you. Less than 48 hours after he pulled the explosively popular game, developer Dong Nguyen briefly emerged from his self-imposed exile to talk to Forbes about why that little bird will flap no more. According to Nguyen, the game was designed to help people relax, let players blow…

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Steve Wozniak: Apple Should Make an Android Phone

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As reported on Wired. BY MAT HONAN Steve Wozniak. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED   At the Apps World North America conference in San Francisco, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gave WIRED a wide-ranging interview, touching on everything from his preferred iPhone 5s color (he has all three) to the fictional operating system in the movie Her. But his most interesting comment by far was a heretical recommendation for his former company: Apple, he thinks, should release an Android handset. “There’s nothing…

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Samsung Galaxy Note Pro and Tab Pro series coming to US February 13th

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As reported on Engadget. BY BRAD MOLEN Looks like Office Depot wasn’t messing with us when it began offering pre-orders of Samsung’s brand-new 12.2-inch tablet ahead of its official US launch; it just jumped the gun a bit. As it turns out, the entire litany of Samsung’s Galaxy tablets announced at CES — which include the 12.2-inch Note Pro and all three sizes in the Tab Pro series— will be available stateside on February 13th. Just in case you’re worried about…

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