Microsoft’s Surface 2 tablet just got a big price cut. The company has cut the price of all Surface 2 models by $100 until September 27th, giving the 32GB entry-level model a new starting price of $349.
Self-Driving Cars Will Cause Fewer Accidents, But Also Fewer Organ Donors
The impending era of self-driving cars may make the roads so safe that the medical industry may run short on organ donations normally provided by the victims of automobile accidents, and the solution may arise thanks to another futuristic technology: 3D printing.
Here’s a List of the Skype Versions Supported in OS X
Now that Microsoft is “retiring” older versions of Skype for OS X, there’s been some confusion on which operating systems are supported. Here’s a list of the latest versions of Skype that work with OS X Leopard through OS X Mavericks.
What the F-Stop? Apple to Cease Development on Aperture
After nearly 10 years on the market, Apple is preparing to retire its professional photo editing and management app, Aperture. Reports today indicate that the company will cease feature updates for the software and instead migrate users to the upcoming Photos for OS X app. Makers of competing software, such as Adobe, jumped at the news in an attempt to lure customers to apps like Lightroom.
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Microsoft Bumps OneDrive Storage to 1TB for Office 365 Subscribers
Microsoft today announced big updates to its OneDrive storage service. All Office 365 subscribers will soon get 1TB of storage included with their plans (up from 20GB), and all other OneDrive tiers are seeing 70 percent price drops.
YouTube to Block Indie Artists Who Don’t Sign Up for Subscription Service
YouTube is reportedly planning to block the music videos of indie artists and labels who don’t agree to the company’s terms for its new paid subscription tier.
Amazon Launches ‘Prime Music’ On-Demand Streaming Service
Amazon on Thursday expanded its Prime membership offering with the launch of Prime Music, a Spotify-like on-demand music service with a catalog of more than 1 million songs. The company also launched new mobile apps to let customers access this new expanded music library from anywhere.
Apple Loans Devs 50GB of Free iCloud Storage to Test New Features
To help test new iCloud features, Apple is giving all registered iOS and Mac developers access to 50GB of free iCloud storage for the next five months. The company hopes that the increase in storage will allow developers to rigorously test new features like iCloud Drive and iCloud Photo Library.
Apple to Live Stream WWDC 2014 Keynote on June 2nd
Apple will once again offer a live stream of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference Keynote. Those note able to attend the conference can tune in at 10:00 AM PDT (1:00 PM EDT) next Monday, June 2, via Safari on Mac and iOS, QuickTime 7 on Windows, and with a special Apple Events Apple TV channel.
Yet Another Round of Phishing Scams Target iTunes and iCloud Users
Be warned: there’s a new round of phishing scams targeting iTunes and iCloud users. Emails purported to be from Apple alert customers that their accounts have been locked due to suspicious activity, and demand that they log-in via a nefarious link to “check your information.” Read on to see a sample of one of these emails, and learn how to protect yourself.