The Star64 is a single-board computer aimed at developers and early adopters who want to get their hands on a system with a RISC-V processor that offers reasonably fast performance. Pine64 first announced the board this summer, and now the company has revealed that it’s on track to go on sale next month. Pine64’s Star64 […]
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Luna Display turns iPads into Windows PC second screens and graphics tablets
Luna Display is an iPad app that lets you use Apple’s tablets as a second screen for a computer with the help of a wireless display dongle . Originally a Mac-only app, Luna Display 5.0 brings support for Windows, allowing you to use an iPad as a second screen or graphics tablet for PCs.
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Intel discontinues WiGig hardware for laptops
Intel has been pushing the idea of wireless homes and offices for years. Bring your laptop into your workspace and it’ll automatically connect to your display, printer, mouse, and other hardware without the need to plug anything in. And wireless charging means you don’t even need to plug in a power cable. But now it […]
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Lenovo Cast is a $49 wireless display adapter
Lenovo has introduced a new wireless display adapter that you can use to stream content from your tablet, phone, or PC to a TV. It’s called Lenovo Cast, and it’s coming in August for $49. That means the Lenovo Cast will be more expensive than Google’s $35 Chromecast, but it’ll also be able to do […]
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Acer wireless HDMI dongle hits the FCC
Acer appears to be preparing to launch a wireless display adapter which you could connect to a TV to beam content from a PC or mobile device… or something. An Acer device called the MWIR1 showed up at the FCC this week, and it’s described as a “Wireless for HDMI 60 GHz” device, but there […]
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Intel announces Wireless Display improvements, $40 WiDi adapter
Intel WiDi is a wireless display technology that lets you beam content from recent Intel-powered devices to a TV or monitor without an HDMI cable. WiDi has been available for a few years, but with the launch of Intel’s 5th-gen Core and Intel Core M processors, the chip maker is unveiling WiDi v5.1 for Windows […]
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Medion Life ZoomBox is a 35€ media box for your TV (in Europe)
German electronics company Medion is now offering an inexpensive box that lets you stream content from your phone or table to a TV. It’s called the Medion Life ZoomBox P89230, and it’s available in France or Germany for 35 Euros, which is about $44 US. While it’s tempting to think of the ZoomBox as a […]
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Microsoft Surface wireless display dongle might be in the works
Microsoft might be preparing to launch a wireless display dongle. Plug it into your TV’s HDMI port and you can stream content from your tablet, laptop, or phone to the big screen. It’d be sort of like Google’s Chromecast… but probably more limited in scope different (see comments below for discussion on this point). Windows […]
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Intel looks ahead to a world without wires
Once upon a time when we talked about wireless capabilities for notebook or tablet PCs, we were only talking about connecting to the internet or a home (or business) network without an Ethernet cable. These days there are plenty of devices shipping with wireless display technology that lets you connect to a TV or monitor […]
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Tronsmart T1000 Miracast wireless display adapter giveaway
The Tronsmart T1000 Mirror2TV is a tiny adapter that you can plug into a TV or monitor to turn it into a wireless display for your phone, tablet, PC, or other devices. Geekbuying sells the T1000 for $30, and they sent me a demo unit to review recently. Now that I’m done testing the Tronsmart […]