Some useful productivity tips by Serenity Caldwell and Dan Moren at Macworld.com…
Whether it’s the first time you’ve picked up an iPad or the seventeenth time you’ve pulled out your iPhone today, there are probably still some iOS 7 features and functionality that you’re not familiar with. Don’t sweat it: We’re here to help. We’ve collected some of our favorite and most useful tips and compiled them here, just for you.
Good news reported by Paul Thurrott on his blog. I like MS Office, and I love the iPad. I hope it’s a good marriage!
With Microsoft Executive Vice President Tami Reller seeming to tiptoe around a discussion about Microsoft’s plans for delivering a full-featured Office version for iPad this year, we don’t need to parse her comments to learn more. A related and reliable report suggests that Microsoft is in fact speeding up the delivery of Office for iPad. And it will probably arrive ahead of the version for Windows 8.
via Office for iPad | Paul Thurrotts WinInfo content from Windows IT Pro.
I’m glad to hear about these updates. reporting by Owen Williams at TheNextWeb.com…
What to expect from Microsoft in 2014
By Narasu Rebbapragada at TechHive.com
A bright orange line emerges from the horizon at the left side of the screen. Getting brighter, it arcs upward—and then suddenly turns ashen gray before falling back to the horizon. More lines follow the first. Thousands upon thousands of lines. The visual is at once beautiful and daunting.
via The art of numbers: Who knew Big Data could look so cool? | TechHive.
Some good tips for Excel users. The screen shots are Excel 2013 and Excel 2010 users should be able to follow along. By Ryan Dube at MakeUseOf.com…
I’ve always believed that Excel is one of the most powerful software tools out there. It isn’t just the fact that it’s spreadsheet software, which is by its nature powerful anyway. No, Microsoft Excel 2013 itself has such an awesome collection of built-in tools and features that it has beyond any doubt, become one of the most useful tools for so many things. In this article, I plan to show you how powerful formulas and conditional formatting can be, with three pretty useful examples.
Trying to build a Linux desktop that replaced Windows is something I tried 4 years ago with Ubuntu 9.04. For me it was the first time I ever became truly excited about Linux. The experience accelerated my adoption of the Mac. I enjoy articles such as this one.
By Falko Timme and Christian Schmalfeld at HowToForge.com…
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
via The Perfect Desktop – Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials.
By Danny Stieben at MakeUseOf.com….
We all know that Photoshop is the premiere application for image and graphics manipulation. It simply does everything you could possibly want, which is the reason why most professionals choose it and why your wallet has a deep hole after you buy it. But Photoshop isn’t the only image manipulation tool on the block. The leading open source alternative to Photoshop, GIMP, has plenty of power under the hood as well.
via Better Than Photoshop? Make GIMP Even More Powerful With These Plugins.
Linux keep getting closer to this goal. Good review, but incomplete when it comes to music – unless you use Android.
By Chris Hoffman at MakeUseOf.com…
With Windows 8 casting a long shadow over the PC industry and Valve committing to create Linux-based gaming PCs, there’s never been a better time to start using Linux. For many users, the Linux desktop is now there — so many applications have moved to the cloud, hardware support has improved, and the desktop has been polished. You can even watch Netflix and play a variety of games on Steam — two big holes that have been filled recently.