Latest From Science, Technology And Medicine [11.07.14]

Social Media

• A vision (and strategy) for Twitter? (WSJ)

Digital Media / 
Cloud /
Information Extraction

• Evernote brings chat and news stories to its note-taking app (CNET) 

"At the company's developer conference, Evernote adds a few new features to its note-taking system, including chat and contextual connections"

• Evernote Unveils Evernote Context, An AI Play That Surfaces Content From Outside Sources As You Write (Techcrunch) 
• EVERNOTE & DOW JONES BRING WSJ & FACTIVA TO EVERNOTE’S DIGITAL WORKSPACE 

Microsoft

• Microsoft unveils new free Office apps for iPhone (USA TODAY)
• First Microsoft Lumia phone to be revealed next week (CNET)  
• Microsoft Word mobile app shoots to tops of Apple's charts (CNET) 

"The new Word for iOS, which offers basic editing functions for free, makes it to the No. 2 spot among free apps in Apple's App Store in less than a day

That puts the Microsoft Word app just behind Facebook Messenger and just ahead of Facebook itself among the free apps for Apple's iOS mobile operating system."

Microsoft is fiercely gaining its "Brand Appeal"!

In the long run, Microsoft Office on Apple devices would help Microsoft - win back a lot of Apple users to using Microsoft products.