The new in the world of technology

Microsoft appears more aggressive in rolling out new features to its Office line of productivity software. That is likely driven by two factors, the existence of cross-platform mobile apps that tend to be updated on a regular basis and the Office Insider program that gives the company a ready group of testers. Now, we can rely on monthly Office updates that add new features and Microsoft has built a pattern of blogging about those new features along with its latest Office products. For March, the  company released  a new feature to Excel, some OneNote improvements, and better Visio integration. First up is Excel 2016 for Windows, which is getting co-authoring support in the latest Office Insider Fast ring build to better enable teams to work together on crunching numbers. The feature lets users know who is already working in a spreadsheet and to make changes that are viewable by all co-authors within seconds. Excel co-authoring is already available for everyone using Excel Onlin

Jon von Tetzchner originally co-founded Opera Software in 1995 and served as the company’s CEO until the beginning of 2015. That is when his new company,  Vivaldi Technologies , crashed the browser scene with the first Technical Preview of a competing internet browser called Vivaldi. Now two years later, the Vivaldi browser continues to evolve with the addition of a new “History” feature for a better insight into the user’s online behavior. “Instead of having to scroll through hundreds of lines, Vivaldi gives a comprehensive overview of history, presented in a visual way,” Tetzchner said. “This lets our users analyze their online activity and helps them find what they are looking for.” When Tetzchner abandoned his popular Opera browser to create the new Vivaldi solution, he focused on three principles: A strong focus on community, continuing innovation, and the individual needs of each web surfer. The new History feature focuses on the two latter goals to redefine how the infor

Tinder Tinder is no longer just a mobile app. Today the company  launched  a web version of its app, called  Tinder Online , which was conceived for users in developing markets who have limited storage on their phones. Of course, us office workers can use it, too. Instead of swiping, users can either drag a prospective match’s card to the right or left. You can watch a demo here: To access Tinder Online, visit  tinder.com . The desktop version will still force you to log in with your Facebook account. The rest of the app’s design is relatively the same, although Tinder says it optimized the desktop version for messaging. You can view your match’s profile while you chat. For now, the service is being tested in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, Italy, and Sweden. The company is also testing the ability to log in through SMS in certain markets. Presumably Tinder Online will launch globally soon, but we’ve reached out to Tinde

Last week, OnePlus announced that it would be selling a  new color of the 3T smartphone , dubbed midnight black. The new color is now available for purchase and now that I've put my hands on one, I must say it’s a very nice black. See, black phones can be boring, or nondescript. But a good black phone can be stunning — Apple’s jet black iPhone 7 and Samsung’s black Note 7 (RIP) are great examples of black phones that are beautiful to look at. The midnight black 3T is not like those, as it has a matte finish instead of gloss. To be frank, its finish very similar to the matte black iPhone 7. But that’s not a bad thing, as the matte black iPhone 7 is also a very nice black phone. OnePlus says it tested “more than 30 color iterations” and used “three carefully applied dark coatings 14 microns thick” which “maintains the natural look and feel of metal.” It also added an anti-fingerprint coating, which appears to work rather well. The phone comes in a special black box, to fur

When the Turkish Crime Family  first broke into the news last week , they sounded like a crisis in the making. The group claimed to have stolen a massive trove of iCloud credentials — the first over 300 million, then as many as 559 million — and unless they got $75,000 from the company before April 7th, they would start remotely wiping phones. Apple  responded with a limited denial , stating that company servers hadn’t been breached, but allowing for the possibility that the credentials had been obtained some other way. As  journalists began to confirm smaller sets of profiles released by the group, it gave Apple users plenty of reason to be nervous. Were we headed toward some kind of mass iCloud hack? Now, those threats are starting to unravel. Today,  ZDNet  examined  the largest account drop yet  — just under 70,000 login / password pairs — and found that 99.9 percent of the pairs matched accounts already included in a database of previous leaks. In short, the Turkish Crime

A new feature in iOS 10.3 allows apps to request permission to change their icons after they’ve been installed, and the latest version of MLB.com At Bat and the NHL app are taking full advantage of it, according to 9to5Mac. Both apps will allow you to choose your favorite team and change the home screen icon to the logo of the corresponding team with a few clicks. Once you open either app (and have downloaded iOS 10.3) click on More > Settings > Home Screen Icon, and select your preferred team. Once you head back to your home screen, the icon will be refreshed. It’s a neat trick in iOS 10.3, but sadly it won’t work with your favorite third-party calendar or weather apps, as those types of active icon changes aren’t allowed just yet.

LG has to be hoping that  come tomorrow , its brand new G6 smartphone won’t be immediately overshadowed in the minds of consumers by Samsung’s Galaxy S8. The two phones are similar in that they’re both  all  screen with a tiny surrounding bezel. Each has its own advantages; in the case of LG, that’s really the wide-angle camera lens on the back (and a flat display, if you’re a traditionalist like me). But for its first TV spot meant to sell you (and millions of other people) on the G6, the company is really focused on that screen and its friendliness to one-handed use thanks to a 2:1 aspect ratio. It starts by peeling off what you’d expect a traditional phone’s bezel to look like, and the tagline is “The big screen that fits in your hand.” And yeah, it’s definitely easier to navigate around this phone than some others. Good luck reaching the back button in this Gilt example, though. Please, developers, no more hamburger menus (or  any  important buttons) up there. We ge