Remains of the Day: Windows 8 Pro Goes On Sale For Students

Students get a big Windows 8 discount, Twitter provides improved photo and video support, Google Play Music gets an update, and Google Forms gets brought up to speed.

• U.S. Window 8 Student Offer and University Campus Tour Coming in February Beginning in February, Microsoft will offer the Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition at a discounted price of $69.99 for students. All you'll need is a valid email address from a qualified institution and a computer running a genuine copy of Windows XP or later. However, do not despair if you aren't a student?with a bit of ingenuity, it's possible to get a discount anyway. [Windows Blog]
• Updates For Viewing Photos and Videos New enhancements to Twitter will allow you to see larger versions of photos from profile pages and search results without leaving the page. Today's update also displays videos from services like Vine and YouTube in media galleries along with more of the conversation related to a tweet when it's clicked on. [Twitter Blog]
• Google Play Music Updated, Brings New Default Album Art and More Google Play Music received an update today that extends instant mixes beyond 25 songs and adds new default album art. The patch also fixes a freezing issue for Galaxy S3 users. The update is now live at the Play Store. [Droid Life]
• Google Forms, Refreshed Today Google released a large update to it's Forms questionnaire webapp, bringing with it many features already available on other Google apps. You can now work and chat with others simultaneously in Forms just like you could in Google Docs. Auto-saves and keyboard shortcuts have also made the trip over. The update will roll out over the next few days. [Google Drive Blog]
• Syncing Google services with Windows Phone Windows Phone users no longer have to worry about any forthcoming change in sync protocols. Google has announced that they will continue to support Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync through July 31st instead of ending support today as was originally planned. This will allow Windows Phone users to stay fully connected to Google services while Microsoft prepares an update that will include Google's new CalDAV and CardDAV protocols later this year. [Windows Phone Blog]

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