Cortana will now show you coupons when you shop using Microsoft’s Edge browser

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Microsoft want to help you save a bit of money when you use its browser. The company today announced it’s testing a new feature that allows Cortana to surface coupons when you browse shopping sites. For example, if you visit Best Buy’s website, a little blurb will appear in your URL bar with Cortana suggesting you use a coupon. Click on it, and Cortana’s sidebar will pop up to show you some of the available deals. Microsoft says coupons are also available for Staples, Macy’s and others , with more to be added in the coming months through a partnership…

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Microsoft’s Send messaging app is now available on Android

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Microsoft has released its Send app for Android today, after originally making it only available to iOS users. Send is a new take on emails that removes the subject line and signatures and takes you straight to your contacts list. It basically turns your emails into WhatsApp-style conversations. Another neat update has been the addition of GIF support, so now Send users can spam each other in the most efficient way possible. Send is currently only an option for Office 365 users with business and education accounts, however, so no using it with your personal account for now. ➤ Send [Android]








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OneNote gets huge multi-tasking update with iOS 9 and iPad Pro support

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OneNote is becoming a lot more powerful for iPad users thanks to iOS 9. Microsoft today announced an update to OneNote for iOS, mainly adding support for multi-tasking features introduced with Apple’s latest software, as well as preparing support for the iPad Pro‘s November launch. First off, Split View support means you can have OneNote open next to another app, which should make it easy to take notes while reading an article or watching a video. Windows users may be yawning as they’ve been able to do this for a long time, but it’s a useful addition nonetheless. More unique is…

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Todoist gets a new logo and updated Web and Mac interface

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Popular productivity app Todoist is getting a new, cleaner logo as part of major rebranding strategy. As one of the most popular productivity apps around, the company says the old logo no longer resonated with its team and goals. Hence the new logo, which immediately looks more productivity-oriented – there are check marks, after all. The new logo will start showing up today across all of Todoist’s platforms, as well as on its blog and webpages. As part of the update, Todoist’s Web and Mac apps are getting a simpler look inspired by the company’s recent Material Design overhaul on…

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48,000 word iOS 9 reviews? Tech journalism has lost its mind

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iOS 9 is out today. Here’s our review. Its 3,093 words that tell you what you need to know and why. Here’s MacStories’ review, it’s… 48,000 words long. Yes, MacStories is excellent, but does it need nearly 50,000 words to talk about a software update? The answer is ‘no.’ There is no sane answer other than ‘no.’ The U.S. Constitution weighs in at 4,543 words. Magna Carta got the job done with 500. The 10 commandments tapped out at 297. This piece (including this line, the number that follows and the headline)? 105.








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Can you design a cool and responsive website in under 10 minutes? Weld thinks so

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I made a website just after I woke up this morning. I used Weld.io, a new service that aims to make designing websites easy and fun. It succeeds in both of those objectives, even if what you produce may end up a little rudimentary. A snapshot of the site @brokenbottleboy built with Weld.io Like other options such as Squarespace and The Grid, Weld allows you to apply simple elements to a page to build your site and even lets you to toggle between mobile and desktop views. It’s not perfect and it takes a little time to get to grips with…

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Flip2Mail delivers Flipboard magazines to your inbox

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Flipboard offers an excellent service for finding stories you’re interested in from around the Web, and its magazine feature presents curated content beautifully. Of course, it’s all too easy to subscribe to too many magazines and lose track of what you actually want to read. Flip2Mail solves that by turning magazines into email newsletters and beaming them straight to your inbox. Visit Flip2Mail, key in the magazine’s name or URL and enter your email address, and you’re all set. The service will send you magazines with previews of their contents and a link to view them in full. Flip2Mail sends you Flipboard magazines…

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Khan Academy is bringing its library of lessons to Android

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Learning resource Khan Academy has released its Android app in beta today, allowing users to watch tutorials on a range of subjects including math, science, art history and programming. The nonprofit has created over 5,000 videos to date, and now they’re all available through the app’s simple interface. The app lets you watch videos with full transcripts (left); You can save lessons to watch later or download them (right) While you can watch Khan Academy videos on YouTube, the app lets you view transcripts, add clips to a list to watch later or download, and track your progress as you…

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This cool tool lets you find out which ‘secret’ hotel you’re booking at a discount

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The great thing about last minute hotel booking sites and discount platforms like Lastminute, Hotwire and Expedia is that you can get rock-bottom prices for hotels with good reputations. The only problem is that you have to leave the booking somewhat to fate — great deals often require that you book with “unpublished” or “secret” hotels that you won’t know until you book it. If you’re iffy on booking a mystery hotel but can’t say no to the price, Whatthehotel promises to offer you the ability to peek at what you’re getting before you book. The tool, which is currently in beta,…

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