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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...

It's raining lawsuits in India: Micromax and OnePlus face off in battle of the Cyanogens Summary: After the Ericsson-Xiaomi fracas, this is the second lawsuit between phone makers in less than a month in India. Just when you were done reading about Ericsson stopping the Xiaomi juggernaut in its tracks, another lawsuit between rival smartphone makers has dominated headlines in India in the last few days. This time, it's a confrontation between Indian phone giant Micromax and Chinese company Shenzhen OnePlus Technology. Late last week, Micromax filed a lawsuit against OnePlus, stopping it from selling its line of phones featuring Cyanogen software. (Cyanogen software is based on the Android operating system, and has gained traction because of its popular customisation possibilities over stock Android.) Apparently, Micromax has an exclusive deal with Cyanogen that prevents anyone else in South Asia from flogging phones with this software on it. The complication is tha...

Spain's Google link tax: 'Clearly insane' law may hurt the news companies it seeks to protect Summary: The upcoming closure of Google News has reawakened the debate over the consequences of a law that experts have described as quite simply "nonsense". "It's a disaster. The evidence that Spain is a 'corruptocracy' in which any lobby can write laws at will (even ones as openly and clearly as insane as this one), in which certain media make its editorial line conditional upon government funding, and where the government has no idea how internet works," says  Enrique Dans , consultant and professor at IE Business School. "The media is going to lose clicks, visits, and, of course, advertising revenues. But mostly they will lose credibility because the role of the press is to monitor the power, not to support it," adds Carlos Sánchez Almeida, a lawyer specialising in ICT for  Bufet Almedia . A recent reform of Spain's I...

Microsoft makes its MSN consumer apps available on iOS, Android, Amazon devices Summary: Microsoft is continuing its cross-platform push, bringing a number of its MSN-branded consumer apps to iOS, Android and Amazon devices. The team inside Bing that built some of the best "Metro Style" Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps have ported those same apps to iOS, Android and Amazon devices, as promised. In September, Microsoft officials said to expect the handful of Bing consumer apps -- which Microsoft has rebranded as MSN apps -- to come to iOS and Android "in the coming months." These touch-enabled apps, which include News, Weather, Sports, Money, Health & Fitness, and Food & Drink, previously were available only for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. The new iOS, Android and Amazon versions of these apps are available for download as of December 11 from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon App Store, as well as the Windows and Windows Phon...

Sony hires FireEye's Mandiant following internal security breach Summary: After cyberattack resulted in internal networks being shuttered and confidential files leaked across the web, Sony has pulled in the professionals.  in Sony has tapped security firm Mandiant to assist in the clean-up after yet-another damaging cyberattack. Last week  , reports surfaced that the electronics giant was dealing with the aftermath of network intrusion, and as a result, was forced to shut down Sony Pictures Entertainment computer systems. FireEye's Mandiant forensic team, in conjunction with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is assisting with the aftermath and subsequent investigation the security breach,  according to Reuters . Mandiant is a well-known security incident response arm of FireEye which deals in forensic analysis, repairs and network restoration. The company was also asked to assist in the catastrophic security breach experi...

Android One hits the UK with Karbonn Sparkle V launch Summary: The UK has its first official Android One launch with a Karbonn device, despite Google's lack of interest in bringing the platform to developed markets. n The UK has become the latest country to get Android One handsets. The Android One-powered Sparkle V will be one of four handsets by Indian manufacturer Karbonn to launch on Amazon today. Karbonn is hoping the Android One device will appeal to price-sensitive consumers and those making the move from feature phone to smartphone. The Karbonn Sparkle V will be priced at £129, or £99 as part of a Black Friday promotion on Amazon, pitching it against stiff competition from the likes of the Moto G, Microsoft's Lumia 635, and a range of other Android devices from smaller makers. The Android One platform,  launched in September  in India, sees Google taking the reins of both handsets' hardware and software. With Android One, Go...