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Editing, Creating Docs Now Free on Office for iPhone, iPad
Office users can now create and edit documents for free on their iPhone or iPad without an Office 365 subscription.
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"WireLurker" Malware Targets Apple Devices in China
Wirelurker can automatically install third-party apps on an iOS device hooked up via USB to an infected Mac.
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Scribd Adds 30K Audiobooks to Unlimited Ebook Service
Scribd's "Netflix for books" service has added Unlimited Audiobooks to its $8.99 per month plan.
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Hands On: Dell's Venue 11 Pro 7000 Series Tablet
The Venue 11 Pro gets the latest Intel processor, and is poised to make strides in education, retail, and healthcare.
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Battery-Draining Bug Delays Android Lollipop Rollout
Nexus device owners will reportedly have to wait until Nov. 12 for the official Android L update.
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Facebook Adds Ebola Charity Donation Option to News Feeds
Facebook users will see a message at the top of their news feeds with an option to donate to the fight against Ebola.
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Atari E.T. Games Unearthed From Landfill Now on eBay
The Tularosa Basin Historical Society of Alamogordo is selling about 100 titles, but E.T. appears most popular.
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WhatsApp Now Tells You When Your Message Has Been Read
The two little gray check marks that appear next to your message will now turn blue when your text has been read.
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iPsum

Good Karma

General web

TMI [github] is a JavaScript library built to help you work out whether your site is too weighty, by comparing your page to the HTTPArchive.

Karma Runner [github] is a JavaScript task runner built by the Angular team.

Here’s a look at the most popular Rails gems based on those used in the annual Rails Rumble [dwellable].

This is a great guide to best practices for refactoring your PHP code [phpbuilder].

And here's a quick little guide/collection of tools to help with changing your OS X Yosemite system font to Source Sans [github], because that’s something people apparently want to do.

iPsum

Design

This is the most well-designed and revolutionary dummy text available, incorporating features most other dummy text generators have had for years, but with slicker marketing and execution: IntroducingApple Ipsum [appleipsum].

Here’s a great history of SVG [radar.oreilly].

Apparently Ember.js is great for designers [robots.thoughtbot].

A look at how one site created a procedurally rendered 3D header with three.js [phyramid].

Want some good design advice that doesn’t mince words? Visit good f***ing design advice [goodf***ingdesignadvice]. (Inherently sweary link.) (Sidenote: do you care about swears in your email?)

Wired takes a look at Google’s Material Design and its attempt to create the rules for interaction design [wired].

Responsive design is just the start, web sites, particularly publishers, now need to have a whole “responsive philosophy” [codeandtheory].

Cloud Nine

SitePoint

First up, here’s the latest browser stats for this month. The figures show Internet Explorer use has dropped below 20 per cent, a far cry from the glory days of old.

Here’s a really great guide (seriously, it’s excellent) to setting up a continuous deployment environment with Ninefold.

And here’s how you run multiple versions of PHP on the one server.

Ruby newbies (“Nubys”?), here’s a complete guide to understanding the Ruby ecosystem.

Tubular Yells

News/business

The New York Times has a disturbing article on the shady online market for personal data [nytimes]. Add us to the list of people who are very much against being added to secret lists of people.

There’s a fun new family of Mac OS X and iOS malware out in the wild, meaning Apple devices aren’t as safe as they once touted [arstechnica].

Amazon has a new tubular device it wants you to welcome into your home [arstechnica]. It is constantly connected to the cloud, will always listen to you, and will answer spoken questions or perform actions in response to commands. It is not a terrifying, sinister, menacing black tube. Not at all. Don’t miss the introductory video with a manic, tech-obsessed dad and his precocious child who just wants to listen to “rock music”.

Cheap Skate

Off-topic

Here’s a pretty great list of Christmas gifts to inspire you [toolsandtoys], if Christmas is a thing you do. If it is not, it still works as a list of products that exist that you might like.

Not on that list, but very desirable, is this electric skateboard [techcrunch]. Hint, hint.

Finally, this is a really interesting and immersive article presenting a Microsoft-led project to give people with sight loss their independence back [news.microsoft]. Headphones are recommended for that one, as it gives you some vague idea of what they're building.

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