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• Grammarly now works with Microsoft Word for Mac and Word Online

  Just a short while after Microsoft announced a Grammarly competitor called Editor, Grammarly announced its writing tool is now available on more Microsoft services. Specifically, Grammarly now works with Microsoft Word for the Mac as well as Word Online. Grammarly has been available ...

  • Napier Lopez

• New coronavirus contact-tracing app coming to UK 'within weeks'

  The British government plans to launch a new contact-tracing app that alerts people when they're close to someone with the ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• This handy tool lets you record GIFs straight from your browser

  Are you tired of installing software to capture GIFs? Then GIFcap might just be the thing for you. All you need is Chrome ...

  • Mix

• Daily Distraction: The origin of Facebook's 'pandemic'

  For the last couple of weeks, we've been seeing and hearing the word pandemic a lot. The word means that a disease has spread ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Houseparty offers $1M bounty for proof of hacking ‘smear campaign’

  In the past couple of weeks, video calling apps such as Zoom and Houseparty have gained tremendous popularity thanks to worldwide ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft takes on Grammarly with new Editor extension for Chrome and Edge

  Today, Microsoft announced it was rebranding Office 365 as Microsoft 365 as it sought to expand its feature set beyond work ...

  • Napier Lopez

• HQ Trivia is making a comeback, thanks to an unnamed investor

  HQ Trivia, the once-popular live quiz app, is making an unexpected comeback. This announcement comes just after a month of the company announcing that it's shutting down the app. Earlier today, Rus Yusupov, co-founder of the company tweeted that there will be a new show at 9 PM ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• What designers can learn from Candy Crush's brilliant UX

  One of the best ways to improve as a designer is to study the greats. There’s no doubt that Candy Crush is one of the best selling mobile games of all time, but how does its UX hold up? Consistency Consistency is one of the best ways to get your users comfortable ...

  • Andrey Spencer

• Slack wants to let you call Microsoft Teams users (yes, you read that right)

  According to a report by CNBC, Slack is working on a method of letting you call people using Microsoft Teams. You know, its ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Norwegian school ditches video calls after naked man ‘guessed’ meeting link

  A Norwegian school is dropping conference calls after a naked man guessed the URL to an online lesson and exposed himself ...

  • Mix

• Houseparty who? Google Duo now supports 12 people on a video call

  As video calling services are growing more popular during the coronavirus crisis, Google is expanding the number of people ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Apple now offers 90-day trials for Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X

  Apple is taking advantage of the fact a whole lot of people are working from home these days by offering 90-day trials for ...

  • Napier Lopez