Acompli Rebranded To Microsoft Outlook, Available For iOS And Android

outlook appBack in December 2014, Microsoft announced that they would be acquiring email management app Acompli. Now we’re sure many of you guys are wondering what Microsoft has planned for the app, whether or not they’ll kill off the app entirely, or maybe make something out of it. Thankfully for fans of Acompli, the app lives, although now Microsoft has since rebranded it to Outlook.

For those who are looking for a more powerful or functional email management app for their Outlook or Exchange emails, you will be pleased to learn that the newly launched Outlook app should be able to deliver on that, and all in the form of Acompli which some of you might be familiar with.

According to Julia White, Microsoft’s general manager of Office, “We have been and we’ll continue to update the app weekly. So in a very short period time you’ll start to see variance from the Acompli app that will not be updated after that point.” What this means is that for now the app will look and feel similar to Acompli, but expect that over time Microsoft will be adding their own touches to it.

The app is free for download and is available on both iOS and Android devices. If you’d like to get your hands on the Microsoft Outlook app, head on over to either the iTunes App Store or Google Play for the download.

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Qantas To Provide First-Class Passengers With Samsung Gear VR Headsets

qantas gear vrInflight entertainment is hit or miss depending on what kind of flight you take and what kind of planes you get. For example flying on a newer plane would probably nab you slightly newer hardware, while taking an older plane might see you relying on entertainment units a decade old, but it looks like Samsung and Qantas wants to change that.

Both companies have recently announced a new partnership in which Samsung will be providing Gear VR virtual reality headsets to passengers who fly first class and on long-haul flights. The headsets will be available on Qantas’ A380 flights and will come with a specially developed Qantas app that is being run on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 handset.

The app will basically provide the wearer with a 360-degree view of the first class lounge at LAX, runway-side videos of the planes taking off and landing, and will allow passengers to experience a boat ride down a river (while flying in a plane, which is a little ironic we know). It does seem that the content is a bit limited at the moment, but for those who are sick of the usual inflight entertainment, hopefully the Gear VR headsets will help shake things up.

However like we said, this is limited to those flying the A380 in first class and on long-haul flights, but hopefully the program is receptive enough where perhaps Qantas (or any other airlines for that matter) will start to offer it to other passengers, maybe for a small fee as a deposit of sorts.

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Office For Android Exits Preview, Now Available For Everyone

As it stands, iPad users are enjoying Office for the iPad, but for Android users, previously Microsoft had limited the app to users of their preview program. The good news is that it looks like Microsoft has finally decided to launch the app for everyone, so if you were looking forward to getting your productivity on, you will be able to do so.

The apps will be similar to the iOS version and Android users will be able to download Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, depending on their needs, or maybe all of them if that’s what you’re after. We should note that the apps will only work on Android tablets and there are some minimum hardware requirements as well.

For example you will need to have at least 1GB of RAM and an ARM-based processor, and at least Android 4.4 KitKat installed on your tablet. Other than that you should be good to go, and considering that most Android tablets these days come with 1GB of RAM, we reckon a good many Android users should be able to use the app no problem.

Users who wish to unlock more premium features will have to have an Office 365 subscription, but if you just want to view the documents and make some minor edits and whatnot, you should be able to do so without any trouble. The apps are a free download so head on over to the Google Play Store for either Word, Excel, and/or PowerPoint.

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