Here’s the latest from the technology sector.

I’m on Ello. Are you?

This week I was finally gifted with an invitation to join Ello, a new ad-free, ethical social network that I wrote about in October.

Looking like a cross between Tumblr, Twitter, and Pinterest, you divide your list into two groups: friends and noise.

It’s certainly simple to use. Curious to know how long that will last, as the membership swells. Bureaucracy comes from the need to organize and manage larger groups.

On Ello, as with other places out there, I’m @solocorps. Come say hi. Add me as a friend. Hit me up if you want an invite to join.

Microsoft moves into the future

In September, Microsoft was offering users 30 GB of free cloud storage on OneDrive.

Now the company’s Microsoft Office will be supporting the use of competing cloud service, Dropbox. Users will be able to edit Office files from within the Dropbox mobile app and will be able to access Dropbox files from within Office.

And speaking of Office, the mobile app versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint are now free on Apple’s App Store. Android versions are expected early next year. With Apple and Google both giving away productivity software, this levels the playing field a bit. You still have to pay for the computer versions of Office programs.

Every episode of The Simpsons online

Simpsons World launched in October. At that site you can watch every episode of the show’s 25 seasons. New episodes are being added the day after they broadcast on Fox.

But the site isn’t available to Canadians. Doh!

Perhaps Shakespeare is more your speed

If you prefer Hamlet to Homer, Shakespeare’s Globe in London has started streaming the Bard.

The Globe Player is the portal to soliloquies and scenes penned by Shakespeare and performed in the open-air theatre. The HD videos of more than 50 plays can be rented or purchased.

There’s also free videos at the Globe Player, including feature interviews with a bunch of actors who have appeared in Shakespeare’s plays (Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench for example).

Amazon offering same-day delivery to big-city Canada

In metro Toronto and Vancouver, Amazon has rolled out same-day delivery for “eligible” items.

But it’s not cheap. Amazon Prime subscribers get same-day for only $7 plus $2 per item. Non-subscribers will pay $12 plus $2 per item. Orders must be placed before noon, and will be delivered by 9 p.m.

But while millions of products are eligible to Torontonians, Vancouverites will only be able to get same-day on hundreds of thousands of items. And not all of us living in the Lower Mainland can take advantage.

Amazon’s same day is not available to those living on the North Shore or some parts of eastern suburbs. If you’re in Delta, Langley, Richmond, and Surrey you can. If you’re in Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, or North or West Vancouver, you can’t. Port Coquitlam is tricky, with the same-day service available to some postal codes (prefix V3B) but not others (prefix V3E).

Look up your own postal code prefix

Drone delivery isn’t far away.