10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning, March 18

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   10 Things You Need To Know SAI   March 18, 2014 Advertisement Good morning! The news: Microsoft will finally release Office for the iPad this month. It's hosting an event in San Francisco to announce it on March 27. This will be new CEO Satya Nadella's first major press event. New details on the startup from former Apple executive Bertrand Serlet's cloud startup. He's been poaching Apple employees like crazy. In a profile of Airbnb, CEO Brian Chesky lays out his master vision for the company. Surprisingly, it's not all about sharing underutilized products like apartments. Instead, it's about providing an end-to-end hospitality service. Amazon's long-rumored video streaming box is coming in early April, says the WSJ. It will support rival video services like Netflix and Hulu. Apple made a tiny change to its product line last night. It now offers an 8 GB iPhone 5C for ~$500 off contract, or ~$55 less than the 16 GB model. It also replaced the iPad 2 with the 4th generation iPad. Microsoft is losing a key Xbox employee. Chief product officer Marc Whitten, who was at Xbox since 2000, is leaving to become chief product officer at Sonos.  Some advertisers are grumbling about Facebook's changes. We now know which GitHub founder is suspended on harassment allegations: Tom Preston-Werner. The city of Seattle is cracking down on car-sharing startups like Lyft, and UberX. These car-sharing services can only have 150 cars on the road at any time.   Apple's next major innovation will center on the health market. It plans to release a "Healthbook" application that will track everything from blood to hydration to food to steps.  Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to: ipat39@gmail.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010