Last month Samsung and Google announced plans to merge their smartwatch platforms into a single, unified platform bringing the best of Google’s Wear OS and Samsung’s Tizen. Now Samsung is giving us an idea of what next-gen Galaxy smartwatches running the new software will look like. Among other things, Samsung is promising updates to the […]
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Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ launches for $25
Raspberry Pi’s latest computer is a smaller, cheaper alternative to the version the organization released earlier this year, but it features the same processor and integrated support for WiFi and Bluetooth. The new Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ is now available for $25. That makes this model about $10 cheaper than a Raspberry Pi Model […]
Hacker gets Windows 10 up and running on a Raspberry Pi 3 (sort of)
The Raspberry Pi line of computers can run a wide range of software including a variety of GNU/Linux distributions and Google Android. But while Microsoft’s Windows 10 IoT Core can also run on a Raspberry Pi, there’s officially no way to run a full-fledged desktop version of Windows on the tiny, low-power computer. Unofficially though… […]
Raspberry Pi 3 Slim is a modified mini PC that’s just 7mm thick
The Raspberry Pi 3 is already a pretty tiny computer, taking up about as much space as a deck of cards. But if you don’t need the full-sized Ethernet and USB ports, you can make it smaller. And that’s exactly what hacker NODE has done. His Raspberry Pi 3 Slim design packs a modified Raspberry […]
$52 Pi Desktop kit turns a Raspberry Pi into a (more) complete PC
The Raspberry Pi line of single-board computers are basically tiny, cheap, low power PCs. But they tend to lack of some of the features you get with a normal desktop computer, like a case… or storage. You can use a microSD card and/or USB drives for storage and there’s no shortage of third-party cases for Raspberry […]
Hardware kit turns Raspberry Pi into a DIY Google Home (kind of)
Just a few days after Google released a software development kit for Google Assistant, allowing developers to bring Google’s voice assistant service to third-party hardware, there’s a new hardware kit that lets you turn a Raspberry Pi into an Assistant-enabled device. The AIY Projects voice kit includes a speaker, microphone, cables, arcade-style button, and a cardboard case […]
Deals of the Day (3-15-2017)
Need a new desktop computer… that doesn’t take up much space? Newegg is offering deals on a couple of Intel NUC barebones mini PC kits today, as well as deals on a few complete systems including the Acer Revo Mini and HP EliteDesk 800 G2. You can even save a few bucks on a Raspberry […]
Raspberry Pi launches new ÂŁ99 starter kit, marks 10 million tiny PCs sold
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has sold more than 10 million tiny, inexpensive, low-power PCs since the first Raspberry Pi launched in February, 2012. First envisioned as a system to help students learn to program, Raspberry Pi devices have been turned into home media center PCs, home automation systems, brains for robots, and many other things. […]
Raspberry Pi 3 Compute Module coming this year
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module is a tiny computer that looks like a stick of laptop memory, but which has the same processor, memory, and storage as a first-gen Raspberry Pi. Now a new model’s on the way, and it’s based on the newer, more-powerful Raspberry Pi 3. Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton tells IDG News that […]
Coming soon: Android TV for your Raspberry Pi 3
It looks like Google is getting ready to release Android for the Raspberry Pi, but a group of Pi enthusiasts aren’t waiting for that to happen. They’ve already got Android 6.0.1 running on it and they’re almost ready to share a stable version of Android TV, too. YouTuber ETA PRIME has shared a video of […]