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NVIDIA Shield tablet and wireless controller launching this month for $299 (leaks)

The NVIDIA Shield Tablet is an 8 inch Android tablet with a full HD display, an NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor, and an emphasis on gaming. We’ve heard a lot about the tablet over the past few weeks, even though NVIDIA hadn’t officially introduced the device yet. Now a series of leaked slides tell us just […]

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This could be the NVIDIA Shield Tablet (leaks)

NVIDIA’s expected to launch an Android tablet with an emphasis on gaming this year. Now @evleaks has posted what may be the first good picture showing us what the NVIDIA Shield tablet will look like. Update: A French retailer has given us another look at what could be the upcoming Shield Tablet. The tablet has stereo, front-facing […]

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Next-gen, faster Raspberry Pi probably coming around 2017

The Raspberry Pi Foundation launched an updated version of their tiny single-board computer this week. The $35 Raspberry Pi Model B+ has more USB ports and more GPIO pins than its predecessor, as well as a few other tweaks: but it doesn’t have a faster processor or more memory. It’s been more than 2 years since […]

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Lilbits (7-14-2014): Another NVIDIA Shield tablet report

NVIDIA’s working on a tablet with a Tegra K1 processor. It’ll probably run Android and let you play Android games or stream PC games over the internet from your computer, letting you play desktop-class games on the couch or on the bus. We’ve known all of that for a while, even though NVIDIA hasn’t had […]

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Deals of the Day (7-01-2014)

The Toshiba KIRAbook is a 13 inch thin and light laptop with a 2560 x 1440 pixel touchscreen display, an Intel Haswell processor, a 256GB solid state drive, and 8GB of RAM. It weighs just under 3 pounds. While the KIRAbook has a list price of $1500, you can pick one up today for just […]

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This could be what Android TV game controllers look like

Google’s Android TV platform is the company’s next attempt to bring internet video, search, and apps to the biggest screen in your house. Unlike the largely-failed Google TV initiative though, Android TV will also place an emphasis on gaming. While you can use a phone, smartwatch, or other device for basic Android TV functions such […]

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Lilbits (6-26-2014): Android L is here and the Moto 360 is coming

It’s been a Android kind of week, what with Google launching a developer preview of the next version of Android, introducing Android for cars and TVs, and selling the first smartwatches based on the Android Wear platform. Motorola’s smartwatch isn’t available just yet, but it’s one of the nicest looking smartwatches announced to date, and Motorola […]

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Lilbits (6-24-2014): Verizon cancels free data for Chromebook Pixel LTE users, Google responds with $150 credit

When Google launched the Chromebook Pixel, the company partnered with Verizon to offer 100MB of free data per month for two years to customers who bought 4G LTE version of the premium, touchscreen Chromebook. This week Computer World noted that Verizon was no longer honoring that deal, claiming that the free data was only good […]