It’s the end of the year and the there are just a few shopping days left before Christmas, so there are plenty of stores running last minute sales… but some stores are going a bit further and just giving things away. Ubisoft, GOG, and the Humble Store are all giving away PC games with titles […]
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Deals of the Day (12-18-2017)
Google is offering up to $75 off its Pixel 2 smartphones in the first sale ever on the company’s latest phones, and and $100 off its Pixelbook (with some retailers throwing in a free Google Home smart speaker when you buy the premium Chromebook). Meanwhile, Amazon is offering deep discounts on refurbished Kindles and a bunch […]
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BEAM is a wearable, programmable button with an AMOLED display
There are “smart” versions of everything from watches to light bulbs, to toothbrushes these days, for better or worse. So it shouldn’t be surprising that someone decided the pins you attach to your backpack or shirt could be smarter. BEAM is a smart button/pin with a 400 x 400 pixel AMOLED display that can show […]
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Hackers gives the Google Home Mini a line-out jack (that kind of works)
The Google Home Mini is to the Google Home smart speaker what the Amazon Echo Dot is to the original Echo: a smaller, cheaper model for folks that want an always-listening voice assistant that can play music and respond to questions… but who don’t want to spend a lot of money. But there are two […]
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Deals of the Day (12-11-2017)
Today’s Green Monday, which is the latest made-up pre-holiday sales holiday. I guess it’s the last Monday with at least 10 days until Christmas or something, which means that if you want to order presents online and it doesn’t come with free 2-day shipping, you might want to get your orders in now. Anyway, the […]
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Google updates Android Wear to Oreo
Google is updating its smartwatch operating system by rolling out a version of Android Wear based on Android 8.0 Oreo. The update brings a handful of new features, updates for existing features, and support for 7 additional languages and regions. Of course, it might be a while before you get the update, if you ever […]
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Upgrading my home and work network: an epic saga
A rather complicated chain of events has led me to completely overhaul some of the technology in my house, which also happens to be Liliputing headquarters. This summer Crashplan announced it would be discontinuing its consumer-oriented cloud backup service. So I started looking for an alternative… and ultimately decided that it was time not only […]
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Eve V review: A premium tablet designed by committee (that turned out pretty well)
Plenty of small companies run crowdfunding campaigns to raise money and generate buzz for their new products. Eve-Tech went a bit further with its new tablet. The Eve V wasn’t just crowdfunded… it was crowd-developed. The company solicited feedback from potential customers through polls and forum posts before making most major decisions about the tablet. […]
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Deals of the Day (11-17-2017)
Lenovo’s new Yoga 920 is a sleek portable computer with slim bezels, a distinctive watchband-style hinge, and support for use in laptop or tablet modes. It’s also pretty expensive, with prices starting at about $1200. But the older Yoga 910 actually has pretty much all the same features save one: it has a 7th-gen Intel […]
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10.1 inch Moto Tab Android tablet coming to AT&T for $300
It’s been a few years since Motorola released a tablet, but it looks like the Lenovo subsidiary is getting back into the tablet. Motorola and AT&T have announced that a new 10.1 inch Moto Tab will be available from AT&T starting November 17th. It’ll sell for $300 outright, or for $15 per month over 20 […]