May 4th is unofficially known by many fans as Star Wars Day (may the fourth be with you), and this year’s a particularly big one since there’s a new movie on the way. Want to celebrate a little early? A bunch of Star Wars games for PC, Android, and iOS are on sale. For instance […]
Deals of the Day (5-01-2015) is a post from: Liliputing
There are (at least) two things that set Microsoft’s Surface tablets apart from Apple’s iPads and most Android tablets. First, they run Windows. Second, they can work with an optional Surface Pen which lets you write, draw, or hover over icons, text, or other items as if you were using a mouse. Microsoft designs its […]
Microsoft buys digital pen tech from N-trig, maker of the Surface Pen is a post from: Liliputing
The developers of the DragonBox Pyra are designing a handheld game console with a 5 inch, 720p screen, an ARM Cortex-A15 processor, 2GB of RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a compact design, while still featuring game controller buttons and a QWERTY keyboard. The system is designed to be as open as possible, supporting GNU/Linux software. The project was unveiled over […]
Lilbits (5-01-2015): Building (another) open handheld game console is a post from: Liliputing
Usher Syndrome Advocate Molly Watt recently wrote about her experience with the new Apple Watch. Considering she was born deaf and is legally blind, you would think the tiny touch screen would be off limits for her. However, her experience shows that smartwatches may be more useful than some folks have imagined, especially for the deaf community. […]
Smartwatches prove useful to the deaf community is a post from: Liliputing
A few days ago a company called Fonkraft unveiled a new design for a modular smartphone platform and launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $50,000 to turn the concept into reality. That struck me as a surprisingly small amount of money for such an ambitious project… and apparently I wasn’t the only one who was […]
Fonkraft’s fishy modular smartphone campaign pulled from Indiegogo is a post from: Liliputing
As expected, Lenovo has launched the LaVie Z line of thin-and-light notebooks in the US. You can order one from Lenovo.com. Unexpectedly the laptops are a little heavier and a little more expensive than originally promised. Still, the Lenovo LaVie Z is remarkably compact machine for a notebook with a 13.3 inch display. It measures […]
Lenovo LaVie Z ultralight notebook now available is a post from: Liliputing
Google is expanding its rollout of Android 5.1.1. The company recently rolled out source code for the latest version of the operating system and released a factory image for the Google Nexus Player. Now there are also factory images available for the 2012 and 2013 Nexus 7 tablets as well as the Nexus 10. You […]
Google releases Android 5.1.1 for Nexus 7, Nexus 10 tablets is a post from: Liliputing
Microsoft may be calling its upcoming operating systems for phones, PCs, and other devices by the same name (Windows 10), and even using much of the same code across each of these platforms. But Windows 10 for phones and small tablets isn’t exactly the same as Windows 10 for notebooks, desktops, and larger tablets… and […]
Windows 10 coming to PCs this summer, phones… sometime later is a post from: Liliputing
The Lenovo LaVie Z HZ550 is a notebook with a 13.3 inch display, an Intel Broadwell processor, and a thin-and-light design: It measures about 0.67 inches thick and weighs just 1.7 pounds. Lenovo introduced the laptop at CES in January, promising it would be available in the US starting in May. It looks like everything’s […]
Lenovo’s 1.7 pound LaVie Z laptop hits the FCC is a post from: Liliputing
After nearly 8 years of operation (and 6 years of dealing with lawsuits), online music service Grooveshark is closed for business. The company has posted a message on its website apologizing for its failure to “secure licenses from rights holders fro the vast amount of music on the service.” While most mainstream internet music services […]
Grooveshark’s streaming music service shuts down is a post from: Liliputing
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