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Downloading the Windows 10 technical preview? You won’t be able to use it  past two weeks after April Fool’s day next year . That’s jolly, because the consumer-facing preview that will follow the current build will be out long before then. But it’s worth keeping in mind: Microsoft is working towards a mid-year release of Windows 10, so the April date is in within that range, but doesn’t mean altogether too much on its own. You could speculate that the operating system likely won’t come out  before  that date, but at some point you leave the arena of reasonable speculation and start talking to yourself.

Inbox , the email startup founded by Dropbox and MIT alums offering modern APIs that allow developers to build new applications on top of email’s aging underpinnings, is today taking steps to make it even easier for developers to get started with the launch of open source email apps. The company is also announcing the pricing for its hosted version of the Inbox API for the first time publicly.

It depends on mind-bending physics and ultra-cold temperatures but quantum computing could bring about a new era in processing power that promises to revolutionize everything from artificial intelligence to high finance. The field of quantum computing is still in its infancy but it was given a sizable boost when Google announced in September that it is partnering with experts from the University of California Santa Barbara to develop quantum computing technology as part of its Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab team . The project also sees Google pairing up with NASA and the  Universities Space Research Association  to create technology that could become the world's fastest supercomputer.

this is the progress so far. am still working on it ...

IMAGINE AN ORGANIC SUBSTANCE that can be sprayed on to any window in a home--making the window behave like a photovoltaic panel, generating electricity . The technology is real, and according to its creators, it's ready for prime time. A company called New Energy Technologies (shown here with scientists from the NREL) claims to have successfully developed and tested such a coating, Their  SolarWindow  prototypes so far look very promising. The idea of a transparent solar power panel is one of many solar technologies  such as solar panels that are  not badly impacted by shading , that  Green Builder' s  Celestia Project  highlights as probable game changers over the next century.

Editor’s note:  Mark Johnson is CEO of  Receipt Reliance Pty Ltd , a company formed to promote the idea of digital receipt storage at your bank. Mark has 23 years experience working in the point of sale industry and is an avid financial technology follower.

Startups have raised millions of dollars to improve every aspect of the classroom experience, but now there’s one focused on making it easier to actually enroll kids in schools. San Francisco-based  SchoolMint , a new company backed with $2.2 million in financing from investors like New School Ventures Fund, Runa Capital, and Crosslink Capital along with education-focused seed investors including: Kapor Capital, Imagine K12, Romulus Capital, Fresco Capital, and EdMentor VC, is looking to erase the obstacles parents and kids face when applying and enrolling into schools across the country.