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Google Cloud Print set to drift away by the end of 2020

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Google Cloud Print is a service that lets you connect an internet-enabled printer to your Google account and then send print jobs to it from a phone, Chromebook, or just about anything else with web access. First introduced a decade ago as a solution for sending print jobs from Chromebooks to a printer, Google Cloud […]

Intel apologizes to partners for ongoing chip shortage

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For the past year Intel has been having difficulty producing enough chips to meet demand… particularly when it comes to the processors used in personal computers. It’s not clear when that will change — but Intel vice president Michelle Johnston Holthaus has taken the unusual step of issuing a public apology. In an open letter […]

Microsoft Surface Earbuds delayed until 2020

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When Microsoft announced plans to release its first set of true wireless earbuds, the company said that the Microsoft Surface Earbuds would be available in time for the 2019 holiday season. But that’s not going to happen. Now Microsoft Devices chief Panos Panay says they’ll be available in the spring of 2020 instead. While Panay isn’t […]

Daily Deals (11-21-2019)

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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K normally sells for $50. But right now the company is offering a Fire TV Stick 4K + Echo Dot bundle that lets you pick up one of each for just $47 when you use the coupon ECHO4Kat checkout. Don’t want an Echo Dot? Give it to a friend — you […]

Streaming updates: Spotify free comes to Alexa speakers, Sling TV works with Nest Hub

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Just a few days after Amazon announced that its free, ad-supported music streaming services was now available on devices other than Echo smart speakers, rival Spotify has announced that its ad-supported music streams are now available on Echo speakers… along with just about anything else that supports the Alexa voice service, including Amazon Fire TV products. It’s […]

One Mix 3 Pro Comet Lake mini-laptop now available globally

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The One Mix 3 Pro is the first mini-laptop to feature a 10th-gen Intel Comet Lake processor. The 8.4 inch laptop with an Intel Core i5-10210Y quad-core processor went on sale in China in October, and now it’s available internationally. GeekBuying is selling the One Mix 3 Pro for $960 (or $940 if you use […]

Samsung may be prepping a 120 Hz smartphone

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Most smartphones still have 60 Hz displays, but over the past few years we’ve seen a handful with 90 Hz, 120 Hz, or even 240 Hz refresh rates. For the most par they’re still niche devices from companies including OnePlus, Razer, Sharp, and well.. Google (which doesn’t actually sell that many Pixel phones in the […]

Daily Deals (11-20-2019)

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Lenovo is offering discounts on 141 ThinkPad and ThinkBook laptops in a so-called Black Friday sale that actually ends two days before Black Friday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway, I’ve rounded up some stand-out deals for around $850 or less, but hit up the link above if you’ve got a bigger budget. Here are some of the day’s […]



Sony’s wearable neck speaker comes to the US for $250 for some reason

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I can’t imagine there’s a huge market for speakers that you hang around your neck… but companies keep producing them, so what do I know? Anyway, now there’s another option in the North American market. Sony’s SRS-WS1 wireless neck speaker is now available in the US after first making a debut in Japan. The wearable speaker […]

Daily Deals (11-19-2019)

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Before tablets and smartphones captured much of the market for handheld computing devices, there were UMPCs, or ultra-mobile personal computers. The product category kind of died out after Microsoft and Intel abandoned the platform about a decade ago. But over the past few years we’ve seen a growing number of tiny laptops and convertibles with […]