Office For iPad Hits 12 million Downloads in a Week: Microsoft

One week after the release of Microsoft's Office for iPad, more than 12 million people across the globe have downloaded the productivity tool, according to the numbers generated by Microsoft 

Microsoft shared the number via a tweet that said," More than 12 million downloads of Word, Excel, PPT & OneNote for #iPad from the @AppStore <3 #OfficeforiPad."

Last week, Microsoft officially launched the office suit apps for the most popular tablet device on earth, the iPad. The productivity suit includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint which made the iPad more productive in nature.

Of course, 12 million is a huge number, but let's not forget that MS office for iPad won't come cheap.

As usual, the office apps are free to download, which allow users to view documents without any additional charge; however, users' have a pay around $70 (Rs. 4200) to edit/create documents on the go.

FireChat Messaging App: Look Ma, No Internet!

FireChat, an iPhone app designed for anonymous hyperlocal communication, could change the way we connect with one other: It does not require an Internet connection or even a cell signal to work.FireChat, an iPhone app designed for anonymous hyperlocal communication, could change the way we connect with one other: It does not require an Internet connection or even a cell signal to work.

FireChat takes advantage of the Multipeer Connectivity Framework in iOS 7. This feature allows developers to connect devices to each other using Bluetooth, WiFi, and peer-to-peer connections.

Users must be within a maximum of 100 feet of another to use the Nearby feature (though they can connect with other users around their countries through the Internet in the "Everyone" chat room); it works best when users are within 30 feet of each other. However, if there are many people using the app within a close range of each other, the network becomes larger and more robust.