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Dospara launches a docking station for PC sticks

Tiny computers like the Intel Compute Stick are, well… tiny. Their small enough to slide into a pants pocket, or to plug directly into the HDMI port of a TV or monitor to turn any display into a fully functional PC. But the portability comes at a price: most PC sticks only have one or […]

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The Turing Phone will (finally) ship July 12th… sort of

The Turing Phone is a funny-looking smartphone aimed at folks who value promises of security over silly things like headphone jacks, SD card slots, and support for apps from the Google Play Store. First announced over  a year ago, the developers of the phone started taking pre-orders in August, 2015 in hopes of actually shipping a phone in […]

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Deals of the Day (6-28-2016)

The HP Envy 13  is a compact Windows laptop that’s available with an Intel Skylake processor, up to 8GB of RAM, and up to a 3200 x 1800 pixel display. HP normally charges $850 and up for the laptop, but right now you can spend $750 on a model with a 1080p screen, a Core […]

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Asus ZenPad 3s 10 Android tablet coming in July

Asus unveiled a few new Zenpad tablets with entry-level specs in June. But now it looks like the company is getting ready to update its ZenPad S line of Android tablets with premium specs. The company is holding an event in Taiwan on July 12th to introduce the new Asus ZenPad 3s 10. We’ll have to […]

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Moto G4 goes up for pre-order, ships July 12th for $199 and up

Motorola introduced the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus smartphones in May, and now the company says they’ll be available in the US starting July 12th. They’ll be available from Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, B&H, and other retailers, but you can already pre-order the phones from Motorola.com. The Moto G4 starts at $199, while the […]

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Microsoft to make it easier to decline Windows 10 upgrades

When Microsoft launched Windows 10 last summer, the company promised it would be available as a free upgrade for the first year of availability for anyone running Windows 7 or later. And then the company started pushing the free upgrade hard. First, the company pushed out a Windows Update that added an upgrade icon to […]

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Page Flip: Scroll through Kindle eBooks without losing your place

There are a lot of nice things about eBooks: you can store thousands of books on a single device, start reading an eBook on your Kindle and pick up where you left off on your phone, or read lengthy books without having to hold a few pounds of paper in your hands. But there’s one thing […]

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Asus convertible Chromebook tablet with Skylake CPU on the way?

The Asus Chromebook Flip was an unusual device when it launched in 2015: it’s one of the first Chromebooks to feature a 10 inch display, and the touchscreen laptop is also one of the first Chrome OS devices to have a tablet mode: flip the screen back 360 degrees and you can hold the Chromebook […]

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MediaTek introduces Helio X20 dev board with deca-core CPU

MediaTek’s Helio X20 processor is a 10-core chip two ARM Crotex-A72 processors and four Cortex-A53 CPU cores as well as ARM Mali-T880 graphics. First introduced about a year ago, it’s still one of the only deca-core chips aimed at mobile devices. And if you want to get your hands on the chip without buying one […]

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Google Cast for Education lets students show their work to the class

The Google Cast protocol lets you stream content from a smartphone, tablet, or computer to a TV. Now Google has launched a special version of Cast designed for use in classrooms. It’s called Google Cast for Education, and it’s a Chrome web app that lets students and teachers beam content to a central display to […]