Microsoft abandoned its Lumia line up of devices on the last day of 2016; none of the Lumia devices were in stock, and there was little hope of them ever coming back. It seems, however, that Microsoft found an old inventory of Lumia devices lying around in a warehouse somewhere; …
Read More »Weibo’s Windows 10 UWP app is now available for Xbox One
Weibo – or Sina Weibo, as it officially calls itself – is one of China’s most popular social media platforms; often compared to Twitter, the platform serves hundreds of millions of users across China. Weibo’s launch on the Xbox is significant, not only because of its size and popularity but …
Read More »Windows 10 will soon be able to log you out if you aren’t at your PC
Windows Hello – as long as you have a camera compliant with it – can log you into your Windows 10 PC, just by looking at you; the behavior is natural and has become quite common in the newer Windows 10 devices – laptops, tablets, or even desktops. It sounds …
Read More »Slack is now on the Windows Store, thanks to the Desktop App Converter
The Desktop App Converter has become a treasured tool for developers who want to bring their existing apps to the Windows Stored without much fuss. Adobe has cherished its benefits, and so have quite a few smaller players like Evernote, join.me, Arduino, etc. Slack wants in; the folks at Slack …
Read More »Dell’s Latitude 7285 comes with a keyboard that charges it wirelessly
Missed in the rush of CES were a few announcements by Dell; one such announcement was a laptop that isn’t really a laptop – it’s a tablet with a detachable keyboard. The Latitude 7285, per Dell, is a 2-in-1 business laptop that is much like a tablet; the display – …
Read More »Intel’s Compute Card is a PC the size of a few stacked credit cards
All right – it’s a tad bigger than a few stacked credit cards, but you get the idea. The Compute Card presents a novel idea that prepares manufacturers and their appliances for the future; one where Intel gets to earn all the money. You might have noticed the sudden surge …
Read More »Acer, HP, and Dell show their VR headsets for Microsoft’s Windows Holographic
Lenovo didn’t wait too long after CES began; on day one, we had pictures of the Lenovo prototype VR headsets. It wasn’t useable, but Lenovo shared with the press what they expect the VR headset to be like, including some of the targets they want to achieve. At Microsoft’s Partner …
Read More »Dell is releasing a 32-inch 8K monitor for $4,999
If you thought a 4K monitor running at a 144 Hz refresh rate, or an ultrawide curved monitor was the pinnacle of display technology at CES – you have missed the point of CES. Dell has announced something that will bring a wondrous joy to every photo and video editing …
Read More »Samsung’s Notebook 9 claims to be world’s lightest laptop
2017 is the year of many things; it’s the year of VR, it’s the year of slimmer TVs, it’s the year of connected cars – nobody thought it would be the year of light laptops. Samsung has refreshed its Notebook 9 Series laptops; they are now thinner, lighter, and come …
Read More »Intel to license its ‘Project Alloy’ VR technology for Windows Holographic
Intel’s keynote at CES 2017 would be remembered as one of the more underwhelming ones; just like the 7th generation processors, they released for PCs this past week. However, there was one thing that caught everyone’s eye: Project Alloy. Intel showcased Project Alloy back in August of 2016; it’s a …
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