When Google first launched Gmail on April 1st, 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools’ joke. The company best known for its search engine was offering 1GB of email storage at a time when competitors offered just a few megabytes. But Google had a strategy: the company would automatically scan your email messages […]
Eve V Windows hits the FCC, should ship soon
The Eve V is a Windows tablet with a Microsoft Surface-like display and built-in kickstand. But it has a few features the Surface lacks, including two USB Type-C ports and a backlit keyboard. Eve Tech designed the tablet after seeking input from potential customers, and raised money to develop the tablet through a crowdfunding campaign […]
Asus VivoBook S15 laptop now available for $699 and up (3.7 pounds, 15.6 inch FHD display)
The Asus VivoBook S15 is a reasonably compact laptop with a reasonably large display. And while it’s neither the cheapest nor the most powerful thin and light notebook on the market, the laptop does strike a pretty good balance between price and performance. First introduced in May, the Asus VivoBook S15 is now available for […]
Google brings new 180-degree video format to YouTube
Watching 360-degree videos can be a pretty immersive experience… but sometimes it can be easy to miss out on the action because you’re looking the wrong way. More importantly, it can take an expensive camera system to shoot the videos. So in order to encourage more people to shoot immersive videos, Google’s cutting 360 degree […]
The next TCL/BlackBerry phone has a 1080p display (no word on the keyboard)
The latest BlackBerry-branded smartphone to hit the streets features a classic BlackBerry design with a physical keyboard placed below a 1620 x 1080 pixel display. But the next BlackBerry device might look a bit more like the BlackBerry DTEK50, DTEK60 and Priv smartphones. Members of the CrackBerry forums noticed user agent profiles for an unannounced device […]
LG introduces 77 inch flexible, transparent OLED display
LG Display’s latest OLED screen combines a bunch of buzzwords: it’s big. It’s flexible. It’s transparent. And if you add all of those things up you’ve got a display that will most likely be really expensive (albeit really cool). Don’t expect to see the company’s new 77 inch transparent, flexible OLED display in home TVs […]
Windows Task Manager is finally getting a GPU tab
The Windows Task Manager lets you keep an eye on CPU, memory, and disk usage as well as your computer’s Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth performance and stats. But one feature that’s been notably absent from the performance tab is the graphics processor. That will change soon though. Microsoft’s latest Windows Insider Preview build adds a […]
Deals of the Day (6-22-2017)
There’s no shortage of cheap Chromebooks on the market. But cheap Chromebooks with full HD displays, 4GB of RAM, quad-core processors, and at least 32GB of storage? Those are less common. But today you’ve got two options: Staples is selling a 13 inch Asus model with those specs for $250, while Amazon has a deal […]
Alexa Voice Service goes visual with launch of Display Cards
Amazon is getting ready to ship its first Echo device with a built-in display. Powered by the company’s Alexa Voice Service, the new Amazon Echo Show will be able to do everything other Echo products can, plus let you make voice and video calls, monitor security camera feeds, and view text and images to go […]
A few more things Windows 10 S can’t do
Windows 10 S is a streamlined version of Windows that only runs apps downloaded from the Windows Store. Microsoft says the operating system was designed with the education market in mind, where it will compete with Google’s Chrome OS (which is popular due to a combination of performance, security, management features and the relatively low […]
Want to buy a chip designer? Imagination is up for sale after losing Apple deal
Imagination Technologies is a British company that’s responsible for a wide range of chip designs including MIPS processors and PowerVR graphics. In recent years, it’s the company’s graphics solutions that’s taken the spotlight, as Imagination has provided the graphics technology for every Apple iPhone released to date. But earlier this year Apple announced it will […]
Lenovo’s 25th anniversary ThinkPad will feature retro style design (a few more details)
Lenovo recently confirmed that a 25th-anniversary ThinkPad laptop is coming later this year, but the company hasn’t provided many details about what that means. Now we have (a little) more information. About two years ago Lenovo’s chief design officer David Hill started hinting that the company was considering releasing a “retro ThinkPad” that combines modern […]
