Microsoft unwraps Mac Office 2016 preview

Gmail's revised contacts page cuts down on clutter Google will stop patching Chrome on Android 4.0 next month

InfoWorld Technology: Applications March 05, 2015 Microsoft unwraps Mac Office 2016 preview The preview, which weighed in at a 2.5GB download, was made available to any Mac owner running OS X Yosemite, unlike the preview of Outlook, which Microsoft offered last October only to subscribers of its Office 365 subscription plans. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Gmail's revised contacts page cuts down on clutter 2. Google will stop patching Chrome on Android 4.0 next month 3. Mozilla rolls out dev-only 64-bit Firefox for Windows 4. Project Spartan leaked: Here's how Cortana will work in Microsoft's new browser 5. IBM rolls out 3 new iOS apps for enterprises : Spanning The Google Apps Admin Guide to Peace of Mind eBook You enjoy the benefits of Google Apps but have you taken the proper steps to protect your Google Apps files from data loss? In this eBook learn: -Ways Google Apps data can get permanently deleted -What Google offers for protection and gaps you need to fill -How to prevent and recover from data loss LEARN MORE Gmail's revised contacts page cuts down on clutter While users wait with bated breath to see if Google Inbox ends up becoming the new Gmail, Google has unveiled an incremental change to Gmail: a newly redesigned contacts page. It hasn't yet been rolled into Gmail proper. READ MORE Google will stop patching Chrome on Android 4.0 next month By the time Google halts updates to Chrome on Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), the three-year-old mobile operating system's share of all Android editions should have shrunk to just above 5 percent. READ MORE Mozilla rolls out dev-only 64-bit Firefox for Windows Aside from matching Google, which has been offering a 64-bit version of Chrome since last August, Mozilla's native 64-bit build of Firefox boasts three key things: faster execution speed, better security, and the ability to run larger programs.READ MORE Project Spartan leaked: Here's how Cortana will work in Microsoft's new browser More than a decade after burying Clippy, we're seeing echoes of the virtual assistant in Project Spartan, the lightweight new browser Microsoft is building for Windows 10. Cortana is going to be a centerpiece in Spartan. READ MORE IBM rolls out 3 new iOS apps for enterprises The three new mobile apps for iOS target the banking, retail, and airline industries and join the 10 industry-specific IBM MobileFirst apps that arrived in December.READ MORE White Paper: Dell Software Moving Single Sign-on Beyond Convenience See why taking a flexible approach to single sign-on (SSO) is critical with today’s evolving application environments demanding a flexible and comprehensive approach to user access. LEARN MORE DAILY NEWS, DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX FIRST THING Start your workday with Today's Headlines: First Look, and find out what the tech world will be talking about all day. Subscribe now!