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Microsoft unveils new Windows 10 lock screen, Cortana, Start Menu features

Microsoft unveiled some new features for Windows 10 at the kickoff to the company’s BUILD developer conference today. We learned that the Project Spartan web browser is now known as Microsoft Edge, developers can bring Win32, web, Android, and iOS apps to the Windows Store, and some Windows Phones will be able to operate as […]

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Google Chrome Dev browser now available for Android

Google’s Chrome web browser for desktops comes in three basic versions: Stable, Beta, and Dev Channel. The same is true of the Chrome OS software that runs on Chromebooks and Chromeboxes. And now all three are available for Android as well: Google has just released Chrome Dev to the Google Play Store. You can download […]

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Microsoft Edge is the Windows 10 web browser (formerly known as Project Spartan)

Microsoft will launch a new web browser with Windows 10. Up until now the company’s been calling the browser “Project Spartan,” but with Windows 10 expected to launch in a few months, the company has decided to do away with code names and give the web browser a name. Meet Microsoft Edge. The new web […]

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Some Windows 10 phones can also be PCs (just add a display, mouse, and keyboard)

Microsoft is showing off software that could let you use a next-gen Windows Phone as a desktop computer. Windows 10 includes a feature called Continuum that allows the same device to be used in different modes. Microsoft had previously shown Continuum working on 2-in-1 tablets, allowing apps to switch from notebook to tablet mode when you […]

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Windows 10 Store to support Android, iOS, Win32, and web apps (sort of)

Microsoft introduced the Windows Store with the launch of Windows 8 a few years ago… but it’s often been described as a bit of a wasteland when compared with the Google Play Store or App Store for Android and iOS. That could soon change if developers start to take advantage of a new set of […]

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TAG Heuer’s Android smartwatch to launch this fall for about $1,400

Luxury watch maker TAG Heuer recently announced plans to launch its first smartwatch. Now we have a rough idea of what it will cost and when it will launch. The Swiss watch maker’s CEO Jean-Claude Biver tells Bloomberg the watch will sell for about $1,400 and it should be available in October or November. TAG Heuer […]

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Who needs a modular phone when a modular case might do? (crowdfunding)

Google’s Project Ara, the modular smartphone that is designed to allow users to swap out parts, is still far from being ready to ship. So is Circular Devices’ PuzzlePhone. By the time they launch there might be another option though: a modular smartphone case. Nexpaq is a smartphone case that allows you to swap out modules […]

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Chromixium: Ubuntu Linux… if it looked like Chrome OS

Say you like the simplicity of Google’s Chrome OS, but want access to a wider world of native desktop apps. You could use Crouton to install Ubuntu on a Chromebook (and run it in a browser tab). Or you could install Chromixium on just about any recent computer with an x86 processor. Chromixium is a full-fledged desktop-style […]

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Dell Venue 10 7000 Android tablet now available for $499 and up

The Dell Venue 10 7000 is an Android tablet with premium specs (and a premium price tag. It sports a 10.5 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel OLED display, an Intel Atom Z3580 Moorefield processor, and an Intel RealSense Snapshot depth-sensing camera. Dell unveiled the tablet a few weeks ago, and now it’s ready for purchase. […]