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Microsoft rolls out new Outlook apps for iOS and Android Summary: Microsoft is using the code base from its Acompli acquisition to deliver new Outlook apps for iOS and Android. Just   a month after acquiring Acompli , Microsoft is turning that code into new Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android apps. On January 29, Microsoft will begin making available  Outlook for iOS and a preview of Outlook for Android . These new Outlook apps will work with Office 365, Exchange, Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, Gmail and other e-mail services. Microsoft plans to replace the Outlook Web Apps for iOS and Android, as well as the Outlook.com app for Android with these new Outlook apps. That won't happen overnight; the Outlook Web Apps and Outlook.com app will remain in the respective app stores for several months. But Microsoft plans to "sunset" Outlook Web Apps and the Outlook.com app for iOS and Android by summer, officials said. San Francisco-based email app vendor Acompli -...

Firefox enters the realm of virtual reality with the Oculus Rift Summary: Mozilla has added support for virtual reality apps running on the Oculus Rift headset to an experimental version of the Firefox browser. Users of an experimental build of Firefox will be able to explore virtual reality inside the browser after Mozilla added support for the Oculus Rift headset.People running Firefox Nightly will be able to use the Rift to experience 3D environments inside web pages, following the  addition of support for the WebVR API . Virtual reality allows users to traverse 3D spaces by donning a headset that tracks their head movements and allows them to look around a 3D computer-generated world. While VR content on the web is scarce today, WebVR could eventually see VR scenes embedded into web pages, for example a car maker could embed a 3D 1:1 model of a vehicle for people to explore. VR headsets are also yet to go mainstream, but towards the end of this year production is e...

Facebook open sources AI tools, possibly turbo charges deep learning Summary: The plain English takeaway is that faster training of neural networks will now be widely available via open source project Torch. Facebook on Friday said it will open source deep learning modules for the Torch artificial intelligence project in a move that could speed up technology and make it more accessible to developers and ultimately companies. The social networking giant has a long open source contribution history and has even released documentation on its data center designs and building blocks. By contributing its optimized deep-learning modules and other tools, Facebook could turbo charge numerics, machine learning and computer vision. Facebook's technology has been used to train neural networks faster. Specifically, Facebook  is contributing  the following: GPU-optimized modules for so called convolutional networks as well as tools used in natural language processing and speec...

HP launches virtual reality monitor: Will business, app makers buy in? Summary: The HP Zvr has promise in multiple industries. The wild card is whether HP can build a third party software ecosystem along with partner zSpace. HP on Monday launched a virtual reality display, dubbed the HP Zvr, that could have enterprise and education uses assuming applications become available en masse. At  CES 2015 , HP unveiled the Zvr as part of a series of displays. HP, like other display players, are rolling 4K and 5K ultra high-definition models. The products, launched at CES 2015, come as UHD screens are going more mainstream. HP's Z27s and Z24s are 4K displays and the Z27q is a 5K version. HP also rolled out the HP Z34c, HP ENVY 34c, HP EliteDisplay S270c and HP Pavilion 27c curved displays. The curved displays enable better visuals and audio, but also allow for room for productivity.The HP Zvr is billed as a step toward "true holographic viewing" and a test drive of th...

Microsoft is building a new browser as part of its Windows 10 push Summary: Microsoft is planning to roll out a new browser when it debuts Windows 10, according to sources. But IE isn't going completely away. 0 Comments 0 0 0 0 in There's been talk for a while that Microsoft was going to make some big changes to Internet Explorer in the Windows 10 time frame, making IE "Spartan" look and feel more like Chrome and Firefox. It turns out that what's actually happening is Microsoft is building a new browser, codenamed Spartan, which is not IE 12 -- at least according to a couple of sources of mine. Thomas Nigro, a Microsoft Student Partner lead and developer of the modern version of VLC, mentioned on Twitter earlier this month that he heard Microsoft was building a brand-new browser . Nigro said he heard talk of this during  a December episode of the LiveTile podcast . Spartan is still going to use Microso...