Microsoft investing more than $1 million to help Quebec startups thrive

Microsoft Canada and LE CAMP Incubator & Accelerator in Quebec City announced a partnership that will see Microsoft invest more than a $1M in cash, product and business services to help grow the innovative startup ecosystem in Quebec.

"It is with great pride that I celebrate this partnership between Microsoft and LE CAMP today; it will fuel innovation and the creation of new businesses in Quebec City,” said Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume. “The mentorship provided will offer a solid foundation for the entrepreneurial startups at CAMP. It is not surprising that Microsoft chose Québec City for this partnership. Our city has an abundance of highly skilled tech talent and a critical mass of businesses in this sector."

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Microsoft Office 365 is now available on Apple's macOS App Store

macOS users can now access Microsoft Office 365 apps and services right from their App Store. 

“We are excited to welcome Microsoft Office 365 to the all new Mac App Store in macOS Mojave,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it's easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad and iPhone.” 

“We are excited to announce that today Office 365 is arriving in the Mac App Store,” said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president at Microsoft. “We have worked closely with Apple to provide Mac users with the very best productivity experience — one that offers everything they know and love about Office through an experience uniquely designed for the Mac.”

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Review: Microsoft Surface Go with LTE Advanced

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft’s Surface family has expanded to include a desktop for creatives, a bona-fide laptop, as well as a powerful convertible flagship notebook in two sizes. The most interesting Surface, however may be the smallest one.

The Surface Go was revealed to be a capable sub portable computing platform. The device brings the high-end design and multi-function of the Surface Pro in a smaller, easier to carry and more affordable Surface for the rest of us.

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CES 2019: Dell rewrites the rules of gaming notebooks with Area 51m

If you want to see the cutting edge of gaming notebook technology at the International CES in Las Vegas, look no further than the new and redesigned Alienware Area-51m series of notebooks. Featuring an all-new "Legend" industrial design language, blazing performance and upgradeability as well as desktop-class components, these gaming notebooks are on an entirely new class and standard as the world's most powerful gaming notebooks.

The reimagined Area-51m is the most powerful, upgradeable gaming laptop ever conceived by Alienware. It marks the first and only laptop with a 9th Gen 8-core desktop processors, 64GB of memory, 2.5Gbps Ethernet technology, upgradeable graphics and desktop processors, and 17” Alienware laptop with a narrow-bezel display with 144Hz. The Area-51m also has cutting-edge thermal and cooling technology, 50% more performance and 32% less volume than its predecessor.

Alienware Area-51m with Legend design will be available Jan. 29^th, 2019, starting at $2,549