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Yahoo Mail for iOS updated with news, search, and personalized snapshots of weather, sports scores, and stocks

Apr29
by on April 29, 2014 at 5:15 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Mobile

Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid For Yahoo
Yahoo today updated its Yahoo Mail app for iOS with a slew of non-email features. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. The new Yahoo Mail app not only shows your Yahoo Mail inbox when you fire it up, but also a new panel with icons for Mail, News, and Today at the bottom of the screen. Nothing has changed in the first tab. The second tab has a “personalized, visually rich news stream” that shows everything from “celebrity gossip to the latest political news.” The third tab meanwhile offers a snapshot of “the information…

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Luke, Leia, and Han returning to Star Wars: Episode VII as casting is announced

Apr29
by on April 29, 2014 at 4:49 pm
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Get ready to blow a lightsaber. The casting for the upcoming Star Wars:Episode VII has been announced and the stars of the original films, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker are all signed on to face the Dark Side. “We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to…

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Microsoft updates Office for iPad with AirPrint support, AutoFit in Excel, and SmartGuides in PowerPoint

Apr29
by on April 29, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

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Microsoft today released the first update to Office for iPad, adding printing support to all three apps. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. First and foremost, you can now send Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations to an AirPrint printer. This was probably one of the biggest requests from Office for iPad users, so it’s nice to see the feature arrive in the first update (just over a month after initial release). Word for iPad lets you choose to print a document with or without markup. Excel meanwhile lets…

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Here are the 10 startups graduating New York’s ER Accelerator today

Apr29
by on April 29, 2014 at 4:04 pm
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It’s Demo Day time at New York City’s ERA (Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator). As we’ve done with previous cohorts, here’s a look at the ten teams graduating today, and what they’ve got to offer. Bookalokal Think roughly ‘Airbnb for dinner parties and tasting sessions’. Bookalokal describes itself as “a social dining platform for gastronomic events, usually hosted by locals in their homes.” Using the platform, you can book a place at dinners, food tours, cooking classes and more. CommonKey CommonKey allows businesses to manage employees’ access to cloud-based Web applications without having to give everyone the password. Managers can easily add and…

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Here are the 10 startups graduating New York’s ER Accelerator today

Apr29
by on April 29, 2014 at 4:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

NYC
It’s Demo Day time at New York City’s ERA (Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator). As we’ve done with previous cohorts, here’s a look at the ten teams graduating today, and what they’ve got to offer. Bookalokal Think roughly ‘Airbnb for dinner parties and tasting sessions’. Bookalokal describes itself as “a social dining platform for gastronomic events, usually hosted by locals in their homes.” Using the platform, you can book a place at dinners, food tours, cooking classes and more. CommonKey CommonKey allows businesses to manage employees’ access to cloud-based Web applications without having to give everyone the password. Managers can easily add and…

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