Software : Download of the day: Fraps |
- Download of the day: Fraps
- Microsoft rolls out Universal Office apps for Windows 10 preview
- Is Under Armour the next big player in fitness and wearables?
- Is Apple working on Street View for its own Maps?
| Posted:  If you enjoy gaming, you'll know that there are times when you wish you were recording the action. Fortunately there's no need to pay to do this, as Fraps is an excellent screen recording program that is available for free. Why you need itThe name comes from 'frames per second' (FPS), and monitoring your frame rate is one of the key features of Fraps. When it comes to gaming, having a good frame rate could mean the difference between life and (virtual) death. Fraps displays a frame rate counter in the top corner of your screen, letting you key an eye on your FPS as you play. But Fraps is more than a simple counter. One of the most valuable features of the program is its ability to record the games you are playing, meaning there's no need to shell out on expensive recording boxes and software (Fraps is free, after all). You can customise the recording so that it captures anything between 1 and 120 frames per second, while it can record up to resolutions of 7680 x 4800 pixels, meaning it will be able to handle pretty much any demands you throw at it. Add to that its built-in screenshot function (which automatically saves and timestamps screenshots) and you've got yourself a powerful screen recording utility. In the free version of Fraps, outputted footage features a Fraps-branded watermark and each clip is limited to 30 seconds. If you want to remove watermark and time limit, the full version of Fraps is £24. Key features
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| Microsoft rolls out Universal Office apps for Windows 10 preview Posted:  Microsoft has rolled out its cross-platform, finger-friendly build of Office for Windows that you can grab by heading to the Microsoft Store. Available to download on the preview build of Windows 10, the Universal Office apps include Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Like Windows 10, they have been designed to work on a wide range of devices with different resolutions, screen sizes and ratios, allowing you to continue working on documents and presentations when switching between mobile and desktop platforms. Looking to banish Windows 8 from memory, Microsoft's upcoming OS is due to land later this year and will come pre-installed on all Windows Phones and Tablets. Office 2016 incomingWhile the touch-optimised offerings are meant to be used without the use of a mouse and keyboard, Microsoft confiirmed in a blog post that its desktop-based version of Office, called Office 2016, is expected to be available in the second half of 2015. The company added that some users have been experiencing problems downloading the apps and should check back later.
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| Is Under Armour the next big player in fitness and wearables? Posted:  Under Armour today continued its push beyond nice workout digs and into the world of fitness tech with the acquisition of health and fitness companies Endomondo and MyFitnessPal. Endomondo is a fitness-tracking platform and social network, while MyFitnessPal is focused on helping users achieve their fitness goals. The former was bought for $85 million (about £56m, AU$109m), the latter for $475 million (about £313m, AU$612m), reports TechCrunch.
Under Armour began its movement into the health tech space when it acquired the MapMyFitness app network in 2013. The company also partnered with HTC in early 2015 for its multiplatform UA Record tool, and they'll reveal an HTC and Under Armour fitness tracker wearable at MWC 2015 in March. With the new purchases, Under Armour now claims it has the biggest digital health and fitness community in the world, with 120 million registered users total. Under Armour seems to be setting itself up as a major player in the digital health and fitness world, with wearables, apps and a platform where all these gadgets and services are synced and connected. Keep in mind this is a company that until a couple of years ago primarily made socks. It's unclear how far they'll go with this, but the Under Armour brand does carry some weight and the purchase of Endomondo and, in particular, the popular MyFitnessPal prove the company is in it to win. For now both newly acquired companies will continue to operate out of their current headquarters.
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| Is Apple working on Street View for its own Maps? Posted:  There were plenty of reasons to get upset when Apple replaced Google Maps with its own, inferior Maps app in iOS, one of them being the Apple service's lack of Street View. Now Apple might be working to remedy that - "might" being the operative word.
People in multiple cities, including around the San Francisco Bay Area and in New York, have reported seeing mysterious camera-equipped vehicles being driven around, and the cars are reportedly being operated by Apple. In other words, Apple might be working to get its own street-level images of major cities for an Apple Maps Street View feature. There are drivers, thoughThe Bay Area vehicle's appearance was documented on Claycord.com (the source of the image above), which reports that the minivan was unmarked - unlike Google's imaging cars - and that the driver refused to explain what he was doing. The site also speculates that the minivan was a self-driving vehicle, though that seems unlikely - Apple doesn't have a license to test driverless vehicles, and there's literally no evidence that the people in these vans aren't pushing the pedals themselves. However the van is definitely Apple's - 9to5Mac called the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which confirmed it. It does seem that Apple is preparing to launch its own Apple Maps Street View feature, even if it only covers major cities when it arrives - maybe in iOS 9?
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