Today's Google doodle is pretty inspiring to female programmers that are just starting out.
Grace Hopper was a pioneer in computer programming.

I won't try to describe the impact upon computer science that she made but rather let you read all about her.

http://bit.ly/1jGaDSg

The only thing I can say is that she was truly amazing.

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Several developers at a recent Microsoft conference alluded that SkyDrive will be undergoing a rebranding. What they didn't say was what was motivating this rebranding.

In July of 2013, Ruppert Murdoch's British Sky Broadcasting and Microsoft settled a trademark dispute in which Sky asserted that Microsoft's SkyDrive brand infringed upon its trademarks. Rather than dispute the case, Microsoft entered into an agreement in which Sky will allow Microsoft to "continue using the SkyDrive name for a reasonable period of time to allow for an orderly transition to a new brand". The monetary settlement to this agreement has been kept confidential.

So what is the new brand for SkyDrive going to be?

Its anyone's guess at this point but for certain the trademark lawyers at Microsoft should be doing a lot more due diligence since the Metro and now SkyDrive brand trademark disputes.

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Following the launch of Office fro iOS devices in June, Microsoft has now released Office for Android to allow users basic editing of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on their Android Phone.

Yes you read that correctly ... on their Android Phone.

Microsoft is limiting this app to Phones only in a similar move that they did for the iPhone.

Similar to the iOS version, the Android app requires that the user has an Office365 account which costs the user $99 annually.

Many speculate that the reason why they are not supporting this app for tablets is so that more users will find Surface Tablets to be a more appealing choice. Surface tablets ship with a Windows 8 app for Office at no additional cost.

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