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Microsoft Word is an excellent word processing program, the best there is even. Now that that is out of the way, the $109.99 à la carte price tag - or the lowest $139.99 price for the Microsoft Office Suite - is pricey if you are on a budget. That said, there are tons of freeware or open-source alternatives to Word. Some are good, and some are not so good. We went through every one we could find, and the five below stand out as the best offerings.
We cover a lot of great crowdfunding campaigns here on techfaster.com. On May 21st we reported on the 360cam from Giroptic. The 360° cam by Giroptic is the first ultra high definition camera that breaks through the barriers of the frame and captures what’s going on up, down and all around. It does this with [...]
On the heels of Google's patent for an indoor mapping technique, a new patent from Apple, also concerning indoor mapping has just been announced. This is, seemingly, setting up a massive battle for indoor mapping supremacy between Google and Apple. Seemingly, because Apple really fell apart with the early Maps push a few years back, and has [...]
In today's horrible news, it appears that Comcast is considering adding a wireless mobile phone service. According to The Information: The country’s largest cable operator, Comcast, is laying the groundwork for Wi-Fi-based wireless services just a few years after it abandoned plans to launch conventional mobile phone services over cellular airwaves. Comcast officials recently told people [...]
The EdTech revolution is on and companies big and small, and everywhere in between are getting in. Google has an arm already, Goodle For Education which has tailored the Google Play store and Google Apps specifically for educators and education under the "Google For Education" banner. After polling educators across events like SXSWedu and the [...]
Microsoft is expanding their Bing in the classroom program. The company is hoping to improve their market share against rivals Google and Yahoo and as we've seen time and time again, the classroom can be a very lucrative place to do that. The new Bing in the Classroom program actually has some really great points [...]
A little over a week ago the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) eased up on their restrictions surrounding Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs). On October 31st the FAA announced that passengers would be able to use PED's gate to gate, or from the time they took off until the time they landed. Previously, PED's needed to be [...]
We all know that crowdfunding is inspiring innovation across many sectors both technical and not so technical. We've seen some great wearable technology, mobile apps, games and even a really cool phone case or two. One sector that's really benefited from the crowdfunding explosion is photography. Just yesterday we reported on Otto a new physical [...]
Two of the countries biggest retail pharmacies, Rite Aid and CVS, have just told their store level employees to shut down all of their NFC enabled payment terminals. VentureBeat reported on Saturday that this directive would render both Apple Pay and Google Wallet useless at terminals for those two pharmacies. While you might immediately think [...]
Wearable Tech Infographic Saying that wearable tech has exploded could be the understatement of the year. Just search the pages of any technology blog, like Techfaster.com, and you'll find more and more stories about wearable technologies. From Google Glass, to Fit Bit, to the latest piece of wearable technology making the crowdfunding circuit, the world [...]
Is this a signal that long waits for Android updates are a thing of the past? When the latest version of Android, version 4.4 Kit Kat, was officially announced alongside the Nexus 5, it was also revealed that Google wanted this version of Android to be able to go on a lot more devices than [...]
The Google Play store offers Android users a large variety of options when it comes to streaming music and radio apps. A recent analysis reported on by trusted music industry website allaccess.com revealed that Accuradio was the highest rated radio app for Android. Accuradio ranked at 4.75 out of 5 possible stars in the Google [...]
Images seem to be all the rage this week. Yesterday we reported that Twitter is now allowing images to be served through it's direct messaging feature. Earlier today we reported that Instagram has added a new Instagram Direct feature, that also allows you to serve up images through direct messages. Well one service that hasn't, [...]
Back during the summer of 2011 the world was shocked to hear that Google was buying cell phone manufacturer Motorola. Yes we all know that Motorola is a communications company and makes a lot more than phones, but stripped down to the bare bones in 2011 it was and still is a cell phone company. [...]
For those of you living under the proverbial rock, Cyanogen is a "mod" or alternative OS for Android users that gives users access to some of the best features. People (and now there's millions of them) who wanted to use Cyanogen Mod instead of their stock Android system or their bloated Android system via their [...]
Thus far, Google's computing platforms have been relatively standard. Android on phones and tablets, and Chrome OS on laptops (Chromebooks). However, it looks like that may soon change. Notebook Italia spotted a video on HP's website - which has since been pulled - shows a new laptop powered by Android. The HP Slatebook 14, according to Notebook Italia, will [...]
Wearable technology is taking over our world. Computers are getting smaller,sensors are getting better and byte sized computers are becoming the norm. Over the last two years wearable technology and the internet of things have taken over. We're seeing fitness trackers on anyone looking to lose a little weight, prepare for a marathon or train [...]
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo a Vinci, The Visitation by Rembrandt, and Irises by van Gogh. What does these fine works of art have to do with each other? Those three world class, high end pieces are worth billions of dollars alone. They are some of the most popular works of art in the world. [...]
By now everyone in America has taken notice of the virality that is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge is meant to raise awareness to ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gherig's Disease) and the ALS foundation. With the ice bucket challenge the person challenged must have a bucket of ice water poured on their [...]
You know those lists that come out every year which highlight things that students graduating high school never experienced? They're all done in an effort to make the adults feel older. Well there's going to come a time in the not so distant future when kids graduating high school won't remember life before YouTube. For [...]
