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Latest News - May 2016
- Samsung Denies Report Ditching Android Wear For Tizen
- Alphabet Chairman Schmidt Admits He Uses Both An iPhone 6s And Galaxy S7, Cites Samsung Superiority
- Apple Could Launch Siri SDK For Developers At WWDC, Build Amazon Echo Rival
- Microsoft Backpedals On Using Dirty Nag Screen Trick To Force Windows 10 Upgrades
- Microsoft 'Streamlines' Smartphone Business To Near Extinction With Additional 1,850 Layoffs
- Rocket League Becomes First Xbox One Game To Support PC Cross-Network Play
- Effective Price $225 On Dell U2417H InfinityEdge Monitor, Xbox One Bundle With Amazon Gift Card And More
- Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Windows 10 Mobile Flagship Falls To $499, Ships With Free Display Dock
- Xiaomi’s 4K Mi Drone To Battle DJI Phantom 3 With $610 Price Tag
- Samsung’s Next IoT Push Is To Build A National Grid Of Smart Cities With LoRaWAN-Based Network
- Olympus’ Rugged Stylus TG-Tracker 4K Action Cam Has 204-Degree Lens And Extensive Field Sensor System
- Amazon Nixes Courtesy Post-Sale Price Match Refunds, Says It’s Protecting Customer Security
- Twitter’s 140-Character Limit To Exclude Pictures And Usernames For Greater Tweet Freedom
- Google Project Abacus To Replace Android Passwords With Biometric And Environmental ‘Trust Score’
- Facebook Acquires VR Company Two Big Ears And Makes Its 3D Audio Tools Free For All
- Pebble 2, Time 2 Smartwatches Joined By 'Core' IoT GPS Accessory For Runners And Hackers
- Apple’s Next-Gen MacBook Pros To Include Thinner Chassis, Touch ID And OLED Touch Bar
- Toshiba OCZ RD400 Series High-Performance NVMe SSD Review
- Huge Discount On CompTIA A+ IT Support Technician 2016 Certification Training
- Pilot Smart Earpiece Breaks Down Language Barriers With Babel Fish Translator Wearable
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All News for May 2016
Sound the alarm and alert the public, Samsung is kicking Android Wear to the curb and rolling exclusively with its own Tizen OS for wearables such as smartwatches! Actually, don't go sounding the alarm and don't alert the public—contrary to what you might have read earlier today, Samsung isn't ditching Android Wear.
The clarification from
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It’s no secret that Google and Apple have a strained relationship. Late Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs once openly declared thermonuclear war on Google for "theft" when it comes to the Android operating system, but that hasn’t stopped Google from bestowing on iOS a bevy of apps. Everything from Gmail to Maps to...
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It can be argued that Apple kicked off the digital assistant craze nearly five years ago when it baked Siri into iOS 5 and promoted it as a major feature of the iPhone 4S, but it's Amazon's Echo that everyone is gunning for. Google's taking a direct approach with Google Home, a Wi-Fi connected smart speaker, and...
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Microsoft just can’t seem to stay out of trouble with Windows 7 and Windows 8 users when it comes to Windows 10 upgrades. However, Microsoft has only itself to blame, as it keeps employing dirty tricks to “entice” users to upgrade to its latest operating system. Those efforts were on full display with a change made to...
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It seems as though Microsoft is coming around to the realization that it has a snowball's chance in hell of competing with Android and (to a lesser extent) iOS for smartphone market share, so it's pulling back even further than it already has. Or more specifically, Microsoft's is "streamlining" its smartphone...
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Cross-network play between the Xbox One gaming console and PCs has finally arrived. After first announcing the functionality back in March, Microsoft today revealed that gamers running the Xbox One and Steam PC versions of Rocket League will be able to take part in the first cross-network play matches starting today...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell U2417H UltraSharp 24" IPS display, an AUKEY 5-Port Desktop Charging Station, an Xbox One 500GB Gears of War Console bundle, and more. Full details for all of today’s deals...
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If you’re a fan of the Windows 10 Mobile operating system, and especially the Lumia 950 XL flagship smartphone (read Marco’s review right here), then you’ll likely want to jump on Microsoft's latest promotion. Microsoft is knocking $150 off the 5.7-inch Lumia 950 XL, which brings its price down to just $499.
For...
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Applying the same strategy it used against Apple and other high-end handset makers in the smartphone sector, Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi is getting ready to participate in the fast growing drone wars with a model that undercuts the competition in price. It will be Xiaomi's first drone to date, though not its...
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There are two things that Samsung really wants: to be one of the first to deploy a city-wide IoT infrastructure, as well as make sure that IoT infrastructure is on its home turf, in South Korea. That will soon be happening, and it's sure to be one of the first of what will become many such roll-outs over time.
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Olympus just announced the newest member of the Tough family, the Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker. It is the first rugged experiential camera to include an advanced Field Sensor System, a 204° ultra-wide-angle F2.0 high-speed lens and Ultra HD 4K 30p video capture to record action video with corresponding activity...
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Nobody likes buying something only to find out that it's been marked down a few days later. Some stores, both online and brick-and-mortar, have price match policies in place that allow you to receive a refund for the difference when that happens. Amazon was one of them, but has quietly scrapped post-sale refunds on...
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One week ago, we first learned that Twitter would likely be easing up on its hard 140-character limit with respect to tweets. Word on the street was that the social media company would no longer count links and photos towards the character limit, giving users more room to express themselves.
Twitter today confirmed...
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Using passwords as a form of security may not be long for this world, not if Google gets its way. The Mountain View outfit's ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) division is hard at work on Project Abacus, a scheme that relies on biometric data to determine a person's identity rather than relying on traditional...
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Facebook recently acquired virtual reality (VR) company Two Big Ears in order to promote high-quality VR audio. Together they released Facebook 360: Spatial Workstation, a free software suite for designing spatial audio for 360 video and cinematic VR. Two Big Ears developers will keep working alongside Oculus...
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Pebble is back at it again with its third Kickstarter funding campaign. For those that were up in arms over Pebble’s decision to revisit the Kickstarter “well” with the Time last year instead of funding its own future, those concerns won’t be alleviated this year. Pebble today is announcing the Pebble 2, Time 2 and...
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Apple's current generation MacBook Pro isn't exactly a cinder block with a waistline that measures 0.71 inches and tipping the scale at either 3.48 pounds (13-inch model) or 4.49 pounds (15-inch model). Be that as it may, Apple's planning to introduce a new generation of thinner and lighter MacBook Pro laptops that...
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Toshiba OCZ is at the ready with a brand new NVMe solid state drive, targeted squarely at the high-performance enthusiast computing market. We first caught a glimpse of the drive we’re going to be showing you here today, the OCZ RD400, back at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. OCZ had the drive on display – branded the RevoDrive 400...
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If you're looking to bolster your tech skills, we've got a deal running in the HotHardware Shop that will be just what the doctor ordered. A CompTIA A+ IT Support Technician 2016 Certification Training e-learning bundle is on sale for only $49. That's a monster discount from the usual $895 price...
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Have you ever been lost, needed to use the restroom, or wanted to order a drink in a foreign country, but did not speak the native language? You may never need to struggle with language illiteracy again. New York-based company Waverly Labs has announced the Pilot, the first smart earpiece which translates between...
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When you think of your home, your belongings and your family, it likely automatically invokes various feelings of love, happiness, care, etc. And because of this, it is no surprise that people throughout time have looked for new and inventive ways to ensure the safety of their home via different monitoring and security tactics, and as technology
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A couple of weeks back, we wrapped up our Spring Fling gaming system giveaway with AMD. We picked the winner (Congrats Fortunz!) and the conclusion of the giveaway, but some travel and a heavier than expected workload prevented us from shipping the rig as quickly as we would have liked. In any case, we've had the chance to take the rig for
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