Microsoft unveils slew of updates coming to Office 365 apps
The company is introducing dozens of significant updates, including a new single iOS app incorporating Word and Excel, to be rolled out in stages over approximately the next year.
Microsoft
William Gallagher
Edge with Chromium for macOS lands Jan 15 with preview available now
Microsoft is gearing up to release the new Chromium-based version of the Edge browser for macOS on January 15, 2020, with potential users able to try out the release candidate of the browser on their Mac from today.
Malcolm Owen
Microsoft Office adds Adobe Creative Cloud integration to Powerpoint and Word
Creative software giant Adobe has announced that their asset management system, Creative Cloud Libraries, will now be easily accessible directly within certain Microsoft Office products.
Amber Neely
Editorial: How Apple beat Samsung in the 2010 global ARM race
Apple hasn't been outpacing Samsung in mobile Application Processor design over the past decade simply due to a first-mover advantage or by just having smarter people designing its silicon. Here's a look at how Apple first snuck past a larger and more entrenched silicon rival to gain its lead in advanced mobile chips, and why it matters to the future of tech.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Editorial: Why Microsoft Surface isn't growing after seven years of trying
Across seven years of Microsoft's Surface experiment in designing and selling hardware, the company still hasn't found a breakout hit product. It now offers more products than ever— six major product lines, compared to the two it started with at the end of 2012. Yet its revenues have barely budged across the last decade. This quarter, Surface sales fell 4 percent over the year-ago quarter.
Interbrand names Apple as top brand for seventh year running
Citing Apple's move to create an ecosystem using products and services, Interbrand assigned a 'brand value' of $234.2 billion, an increase of 9% on last year.
Rumored new iPad Pro, and MacBook Pro with scissor keyboard, on the Appleinsider Podcast
This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, Victor and William are back, talking about the possible new iPad Pro and what it may bring us, how a rumored new MacBook Pro is expected to revamp the keyboard again, plus Apple's latest environmental report is out, and one of your hosts likes Catalina.
Victor Marks
Xbox One controller available from Apple, but there are better places to buy
Apple has started to sell the Xbox Wireless Controller, a peripheral for Microsoft's game console that is also compatible with the iPhone and iPad. While it has made an appearance in the online Apple Store, gamers interested in using it for Apple Arcade may want to consider buying it elsewhere.
Are AirPods challenged by Surface Buds & will the iPhone SE return on the AppleInsider Podcast
This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, Victor and William hear that the iPhone SE will come back, and wonder whether these Microsoft Surface Buds have something Apple's missing out on.
Mike Wuerthele
Mark Linsangan
