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Apple to launch new iPads on the 16th of October

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Just after announcing the latest iPhones and the Watch, Apple is all set to update its iPad line this year, specifically on the 16th of October, according to a report from recode. The event is supposedly a laid back affair, after the high profile announcements that happened last month. It is seemingly centered around, not just new iPads, but new iMacs too, which are awaiting a retina display refresh, if rumours are to be believed. If Apple goes ahead with just a refresh of the iPads, the event will feature the sixth generation of the original and the third generation of the iPad mini, but anything otherwise will be interesting to watch.

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Fox My Box Brings Device Personalization to India

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If you’re looking to purchase a new gadget, there are tons of options out there to suit your every need; be it a tablet, smartphone, laptop etc. However these devices come in limited color choices and physically personalizing the device goes to the extent of buying a cover or case. The customization ends there and it’s still not a very personal device, not something that you can call uniquely yours. This is where Fox My Box steps in.

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Yahoo News Digest arrives on iPad

Yahoo has rolled out New Digest App on iPad that delivers twice daily digests, each consisting of eight to 12 stories based on the day’s biggest headlines.

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The new version will also include a weekly video segment from anchor Katie Couric, recapping one news story from the past week. Yahoo launched the News Digest app in January this year. It is a product of Summly acquisition made by the company last year. The News Digest app was first available on iPhone and launched on Android later in May.

The app also brings a couple of additional features for the iPad. For starters, it has been optimized for a tablet and provides a beautiful landscape experience. Users can now customize the time of receiving the news update as per their convenience. They can choose anytime between 6am to 10am for the morning digest and 5pm to 9pm for their evening digest. Prior to this, these news updates came at a fixed time – 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Finally, after reading daily digest, users can further dig in for extra content on topics including technology and entertainment. You can download the Yahoo News Digest App for iPad from the Apple App Store.

via: Yahoo Blog

Apple to reportedly launch 12.9 inch iPad in early 2015

Apple is planning to launch a bigger version of iPad by early 2015, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company is expected to launch the iPad with 12.9 inch screen which makes it bigger than the current 7.9-inch screen iPad Mini and the 9.7-inch screen  iPad Air.
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Google rolls out Slides App for iPhone and iPad, updates Doc and Sheets

Google has launched Slides app for iPhone and iPad that will allow users to create and edit their slideshow presentations directly from these devices.

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Microsoft rolls out ‘Snipp3t’ Celebrity news app on iOS

Microsoft has launched a new app that will allow users to track their favorite celebrities. Dubbed as ‘Snipp3t’  the app is currently available only on iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad.

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Bioshock 1 headed to the iPhone and iPad later this year

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Mobile gamers all around have a lot to look forward to later this year. 2K Games, the studio behind the hit franchise, BioShock, today announced that the first game in the franchise will be making its way over to the iOS platform. The company says that BioShock on the iPhone and iPad will be a premium game and hence will carry a price tag that will be anywhere from $10 to $30 Continue reading “Bioshock 1 headed to the iPhone and iPad later this year”

Microsoft updates Office for iPad with PDF exporting, third party fonts and more

Microsoft has updated Office for iPad with several features that makes the app more productive. For starters, the app now supports exporting files to PDF from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and this can be done even without an Office 365 subscription.

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OneNote for Mac and iOS updated with better productivity features

Microsoft has updated OneNote for Mac, iPhone and iPad to make it more organized and productive. The note taking app from Microsoft allows users to insert documents, PDFs and audio and video files into their notes from Mac as well as iOS devices.

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Facebook for iPad updated with trending topics, videos, games sidebar and more

Facebook has revamped its iPad app with various features and focus on games. For starters, the app gets sidebar similar to the web which helps content discovery of games and other entertainment apps.

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Apple has sold 800 million iOS devices with over half a billion iPhones

Apple held its annual developer conference WWDC 2014 at San Francisco yesterday and at the event, Apple made a lot of announcements about the upcoming software features. During the keynote, Apple also mentioned that they had sold more than 800 million iOS devices and well on course for hitting a billion iOS devices.

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