Month: April 2021
Microsoft brings Office and OneNote apps to Amazon’s Fire tablets
Microsoft is launching its Office and OneNote apps on Amazon’s Fire tablets today. Both apps are available in Amazon’s Appstore, with the Office app combining Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single tablet app. Microsoft is no stranger to Amazon’s Appstore, having previously published apps like Outlook, Xbox, and Xbox…
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AMD won’t have new Ryzen CPUs for 2021, rumor claims – this could be Intel’s big break AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD may not be refreshing its range of desktop processors in 2021, and we might not get Ryzen 6000 until 2022, according to fresh speculation. This is a big rumor – obviously – coming from RedGamingTech, a well-known YouTube leaker, but it must be treated with an equally sizeable portion…
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Secretlab’s first PC desk keeps your cables under control with the help of magnets
Secretlab, which you may know for its gaming chairs, is announcing its first-ever PC desk — the Magnus Metal Desk — and the company has a smart solution to help you manage your cables: you’ll be able to attach magnetic cable-management accessories right onto the desk. The company will offer…
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Ford takes its first step toward producing its own electric car batteries
Ford announced the launch of a new battery development center in Michigan, the first step toward taking on some of the burden of building its own battery cells for electric cars in-house. The new “global battery center of excellence” will be called Ford Ion Park and will be based in…
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Language learning startup Toucan raises $4.5M
Toucan, a startup that helps users learn a new language while they browse the web, is announcing that it has raised an additional $4.5 million in seed funding. As I wrote last fall, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup has built a Chrome extension that scans the text of whatever website…
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Are you sure about the safety of that QR code? QR Code
It is predicted that by 2022, over five billion QR codes will have been scanned or accessed by mobile devices. A QR code is an additional form of contactless communication that, once scanned, either relays information or directs an individual to another online source, website or application. QR code adoption…
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