Microsoft Releases Office 365; Pinterest Testing New Look; Amazon Profits Take ... - PC Magazine

 

Didn't have time to check out the tech headlines yesterday? Here's what you missed.

Microsoft unveiled Office 365 Home Premium, a subscription-based version of Redmond's well-known Office suite. For an annual fee of $99.99, the service includes all the Office apps - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access - and can be installed on up to five devices, from the Surface tablet to your laptop.

There's also 20GB of SkyDrive cloud storage and 60 free minutes of Skype calling minutes. For more, see PCMag's full review.

Meanwhile, Pinterest showed off a new look that it will be testing out with a few select users. The update will roll out on Pinterest.com to "a small group of people," Pinterest said in a blog post. The changes are subtle but intended to make it easier to navigate the site and provide users with bigger and more engaging pins.

Also making headlines yesterday, Amazon boosted its sales in the holiday quarter but saw net income dip as the online retail giant continues to feel the effects of transitioning from physical book sales to digital media for consumption on its own Kindle devices and other platforms.

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Photos of Possible 5th-Gen iPad Surface - PC Magazine

 

If you follow the reports from Wall Street, you might believe that Apple is somehow in decline thanks to a slumping stock price. But no other company enjoys more fervent speculation and excitement about the possibility of new products than Apple. January has been no different, with talk of new iPhones and iPads dominating the conversation. But now photos have emerged that may add some heft to at least one of the more popular rumors.

Images depicting what appears to be a new back casing for the iPad have surfaced on the Apple-focused site 9to5Mac. The site calls the photo "an unverified image from a purported China-based iPad accessories maker." Additional photos show the casing placed alongside the current iPad mini to compare size and design. Based on those photos, the new casing appears to mimic the look of the iPad mini in every way, lending some credence to earlier reports that the fifth-generation, 9.7-inch iPad would share the same design as the smaller tablet.

Although the site does not name its source or the factory it may have come from, it does mention that the casing appears to be designed for an LTE model iPad. Unfortunately, for those interested in the alleged new design on the larger iPad, as previously reported, consumers may have to wait until October to get their hands on one

Meanwhile, a new report from Digitimes says the iPad mini is so much more popular than the regular iPad in Taiwan that retailers and telecom carriers are being forced to place orders for the fourth-generation iPad before they can buy any iPad minis. During an earings call last week, however, Apple CEO Tim Cook said sales for the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad were equally strong.

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