Hasta La Gadget!

There is a new presentation tool from the folks over at Microsoft which is known as Office Sway, and this is actually a modern version of what we are used to calling as PowerPoint. The thing is, Office Sway is slightly different, as it has been designed for story telling instead. Available in the form of a web preview since October last year as well as in the form of an iPhone app, Office Sway sashayed its way into additional countries not too long ago, so that more folks will be able to give it a go and see what it is all about. While the first preview was rather basic in nature, it seems that Microsoft has already updated it with additional features.

Some of the improvements and additions made by Microsoft engineers do include the likes of Bing Images and Suggested Search integration, making Sway your one stop station for just about everything required when it comes to making a memorable presentation. Apart from that, the company has also announced at least a couple of new features that would make Sway all the more convenient and easy-to-use.

One of them would be the ability to embed media from sources apart from Bing, which means content from the likes of Vimeo, Vine, Youtube, Flickr, and SoundCloud are now fair game. Excel charts, PowerPoint slides and PDF content are also able to be displayed. [Press Release]

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I am quite sure that a fair number of us have already watched the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer for more than a few times, making it one of the most highly anticipated films in due time. After all, how many of us have already healed from licking the wounds caused by the Star Wars: The Phantom Menace? It might have been in 1999, but wounds do take time to heal, especially if they were inflicted by Jar Jar Binks. Still, we have high hopes that J.J. Abrams at the helm would change things, and here is a recreated Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer in full neon.

Yes sir, you read that right. An entire movie trailer done up in neon? That’s totally cool Talk about paying homage to the 1980s, where neon was the in thing. Of course, this new format might take some getting used to, but once you have warmed up to it, it sure as heck delivers quite a punch. It does make me wonder whether there will be other versions arriving in due time like the GTA-inspired one, getting inspired by this trailer – perhaps an ASCII art trailer, like the one we saw many years back where Neo avoided the bullets fired by the agent in The Matrix?

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When it comes to a game like Tetris, there does not seem to be any way to beat it – regardless of how fast your reflexes are coupled with impeccable hand-eye co-ordination for human standards, or so we think. Master Tetris player Kevin Birrell was the one who managed to achieve the seemingly impossible “MasterM” ranking in Tetris the Grand Master 3: Terror Instinct, where he even had to contend with Tetris pieces that turned invisible when the game’s credits started to roll. Birrell did not stop there, however, as he unlocked the “GM,” or Grand Master, ranking. This would make him the 6th person in the world, and first outside of Japan to do so.

Achieving Grand Master status is no joke – one would need to obtain a MasterM ranking at least four times in their most recent seven games, and out of that, you might just be able to take a stab at a Grand Master promotional exam, where you would need to call upon a near flawless performance.

After two hours of play, Birrell saw that window of opportunity opened up, and he managed to seized it with a triumphant performance. Of course, this is after 8 years of gameplay, and Birrell did say, “That’s it. Yo, I just beat Tetris.” Makes me wonder what the reaction from the other five Japanese gamers were like.

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It was not too long ago that we did bring you word about the Huawei Mate7 Compact, where there has been whispers going around that this particular handset is all set to receive an unveiling over at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, later this coming March 1st. In fact, invitations to the event have already been sent out, and the Huawei Mate7 Compact is widely tipped to be less unwieldy compared to the full-sized version of the smartphone, for obvious reasons – where one can also tell from the name itself. Needless to say, this is all relative, since the handset still carries a 5.5” display, while being smaller than a 6” display, is still not as compact as a sub-5” handset. Yet another two photos of the alleged Huawei Mate7 Compact have leaked as you can see above.

The tweet from @leaksfly showed off the two shots of the alleged Huawei Mate7 Compact, and one can only assume that other than the change in the screen size, just about everything else about the Huawei Mate7 Compact ought to be the same as that of the larger sized sibling. All in all, we will just have to play the patience card to see whether this handset will live up to its reputation when it arrives.

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Getting around these days are a whole lot easier than ever before, especially when there is this thing known as GPS. Dedicated GPS navigation devices are just about extinct, as we rely on other apps like Google Maps to get around. Microsoft knows that this can be quite the lucrative sector, which is why their Bing Maps program ain’t too shabby at all, too. For those of you out there who intend to make your way to Phoenix for the Super Bowl later this year, you would definitely need some help to navigate through a monstrous venue like the University of Phoenix Stadium, which is home of the Arizona Cardinals. Bing Maps has been updated by Microsoft to help you find your way to – as well as in and around the University of Phoenix Stadium itself.

For those who happen to have a Windows 8.1 device, there is the added advantage of being able to check out the stadium in 3D glory, now how about that for variety? There will also be an update to Bing Maps for Sunday’s game that will include both aerial 2D and 3D imagery of the University of Phoenix Stadium, accompanied by the surrounding area. [Press Release]

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