Microsoft Word for the iPhone. Microsoft In case you ever question the power of “free” among consumers, just look at Microsoft Word. On Friday, the mobile version of Word surged to No. 2 among free apps in Apple’s App Store. This comes just one day after Microsoft dropped the requirement of buying an Office 365 …
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Microsoft has a hefty batch of patches in store for this month. Patch Tuesday, which occurs the second Tuesday of the month, is Microsoft’s regular date for rolling out the latest bug fixes, patches and other updates to its software. On Tuesday, the company will launch 16 patches to shore up holes in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. Five of …
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Nicole Cozma/CNET A bug in Android 5.0 Lollipop was draining Nexus 5 smartphone batteries at a fast clip, but the Wi-Fi-related glitch was fixed by early Thursday. Nexus 5 users who had received the Android 5.0 update had been complaining that their phone battery would drain much faster than expected when Wi-Fi was enabled. Users piping in on the Android …
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Will Samsung’s next Galaxy Note sport an even higher resolution screen? James Martin/CNET Samsung is allegedly cooking up a new Ultra HD display that could arrive just in time for next year’s Galaxy Note 5 phone/tablet hybrid. Specifically, the screen would measure 5.9 inches and sport an Ultra HD Super AMOLED display with more than 700 pixels per inch (ppi), …
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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Twitter users struggling to find the box to compose a new tweet will now find it at the top of their timeline. The microblog-cum-social network tweaked its website on Wednesday with yet another change that adopts some of the style of Facebook. Previously on the left side of the screen underneath your name and various account …
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Apple’s original iPad Air. James Martin/CNET Apple’s iPad is still by far the most popular tablet in North America, according to new stats released on Thursday by Chitika. Analyzing the Web traffic generated by a range of tablets in North America during September, Chitika pegged the iPad with a share of 79.9 percent. That number was down just a bit …
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CNET Android — Google’s operating system for mobile devices — continues to maintain a hefty market-share lead over Apple’s iOS in the US, according to stats released on Thursday by research firm ComScore. For the three months ending September, Android’s share of the US smartphone market was 52.1 percent, up slightly from 51.9 percent for the prior three months. Over …
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Swype’s latest keyboard for iOS 8 devices. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET iPhone and iPad users who like Swype’s iOS keyboard will find even more to tap into in the latest version of the app. Swype is one of several third-party keyboards that have cropped up since Apple opened up support for them in iOS 8. Though Apple’s built-in keyboard offers …
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Android 4.4 KitKat debuted last October on the Nexus 5 smartphone. Google KitKat continues to sweeten more Android devices, according to the latest stats from Google. Google on Monday released the latest update to its Android Developers Dashboard, which shows the percentage of devices that carry the various editions of its mobile operating system. The data is based on the …
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Apple iOS 8.1 is only a couple of weeks old, but Apple has already seeded a beta of iOS 8.1.1 to developers. Launched on Monday, the new beta carries with it various bug fixes and performance improvements, according to the release notes. No specific details have been revealed. And since it’s a minor update, we probably won’t see anything earthshaking …
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