Monday, January 19, 2015

PC market shows signs of recovery

Research firms Gartner and IDC both released reports this week looking at PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2014. While the reports don’t quite agree on the exact numbers of PCs shipped, they do both suggest one thing: things aren’t look as bad as they had been for the past few quarters. According to […]

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Google Working on Real-Time Voice Translation for Google Translate App

The New York Times reports Google is preparing to announce an update to its translation app that will bring real-time voice translation to mobile devices. Imagine how easy it will be to travel to exotic locations for a vacation. No more confusing conversations or scrambling to look up words in a translation dictionary. The app currently […]

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Hannspree Micro PC: Another tiny Windows PC-on-a-stick

Hannspree’s Micro PC is a tiny computer with an Intel Bay Trail processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. The Micro PC a bit larger than a typical USB flash drive, but plug it into the HDMI port on your TV or monitor and you’ve got a fully functional Windows PC. Unlike some similar devices, […]

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Deals of the Day (1-13-2015)

Lenovo’s new ThinkPad Yoga convertibles with Broadwell processors are on the way… which means that if you don’t need the latest tech you can score a pretty good deal on last year’s model. Dealfisher is selling a ThinkPad Yoga 12.5 inch 2-in-1 convertible with a full HD display, a Core i5-4200U processor, and 8GB of RAM […]

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Firefox 35 introduces plugin-free video chat with Firefox Hello

Mozilla has released Firefox 35, and the latest version of the open source web browser has a few key new features. The biggest is the official launch of a service that lets you make real-time voice or video calls without installing a plugin. It’s called Firefox Hello and you can start a conversation simply by […]

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Sunday, January 18, 2015

HP has new 10 inch Android, Windows tablets on the way

HP has two new tablets in the works, one with Google Android software, and the other with Windows. While the two devices have different operating systems, the rest of the hardware seems to be pretty much the same. Notebook Italia uncovered some details about the upcoming HP Slate Pro 10 and HP Pro Tablet 10. […]

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AllCast hits iOS: Stream iPhone videos to your Roku, Chromecast, Xbox

Have an iPhone and an Apple TV? Then it’s easy to stream content from your phone to your television using AirPlay. But if you want to stream your videos to a Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Xbox One, or other TV box then AirPlay won’t help. AllCast will though. The app, which has been available for […]

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Actions Semiconductor joins the 64-bit chip party

Actions Semiconductor’s first 64-it processor is on the way. The ATM9009 is a quad-core chip based on ARM Cortex-A53 architecture, and it’s designed for high-end Android tablets and TV boxes. The chip features PowerVR G6230 graphics, support for HEVC/H.265 4K Ultra HD video playback, and Actions says the processor can handle displays up to 2560 […]

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Ramos unveils M12 Windows tablet with Intel Core M

Cube isn’t the only Chinese tablet maker launching a model powered by Intel’s low-power Core M processor. Rival Ramos has unveiled an 11.6 inch tablet called the Ramos M12. It features a full HD display and a 1.1 GHz Intel Core M-5Y70 processor. The tablet features Intel HD 5300 graphics, an 8000 mAh battery that’s […]

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Translate with your phone's camera: Google Translate adds Word Lens

The Google Translate app for Android and iOS lets you type out words or sentences (or by speaking them) to get translations for dozens of different languages. You can also snap a photo of signs, menus, documents, or other real-world objects to get translations of written text. Now you don’t even need to snap a […]

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