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Microsoft to launch flagship Nokia device this fall

Microsoft to launch flagship Nokia device this fall

  It’s been a slow 2014 for mobile company Microsoft, but it now seems that big plans are on the horizon with reports that a flagship Nokia device is on its way.It has been a slow year for Microsoft following its acquisition of Nokia which was only recently finalised, but now it seems that a flagship […]

Digital Home Entertainment to Exceed Physical by 2016, St...

Digital Home Entertainment to Exceed Physical by 2016, Study Finds

  Box office and digital revenue will climb steadily over the next five years, but rentals and sales of DVDs and other discs will fall sharply, according to a report released Wednesday by PwC. In a sign that the future will be streamed and downloaded, the study projects that electronic home video revenue will exceed that of […]

Here’s what we learned from Apple’s WWDC

Here’s what we learned from Apple’s WWDC

Apple sets up a second half of 2014 filled with product announcements — or a lot of disappointment. There was nothing truly groundbreaking, with the announcements amounting to either nice-to-have improvements to its mobile and desktop experiences or developments with grander implications down the line. Apple’s diehard fans might salivate over today’s news, but casual […]

What’s new? – iPhone 6 leak shows plastic coa...

What’s new? – iPhone 6 leak shows plastic coated rear shell

Apple’s iPhone 6 has been cropping up online in a series of leaks recently with the latest photo revealing the purported rear shell of the 4.7-inch version. Australian website MacFixit originally posted the photo of the iPhone 6 rear shell in a green protective coating. Although on further analysis, you can see that the metal […]

Top five affordable NAS servers: Home backup made easy

Top five affordable NAS servers: Home backup made easy

CNET editor Dong Ngo picks his top five advanced affordable NAS servers for home networking backup. I can’t stress enough how important it is to have backups of your data. If you have a single computer at home, getting one of these great external drives will get the job done. But if you have multiple […]

Apple Testing ARM Based Mac Prototypes with Large Magic T...

Apple Testing ARM Based Mac Prototypes with Large Magic Trackpad?

French site MacBidouille revives rumors that Apple is actively developing ARM processor based Macs. According to a source that they describe as reliable, Apple has prototypes of several ARM-based machines, including an iMac, Mac mini, and 13″ Notebook with 4-8 64-bit ARM Quad-core processors. These machines are reportedly far along in development, and come with […]

Pavtube Studio announces its new official website –...

Pavtube Studio announces its new official website – multipelife.com

Pavtube Studio recently unveiled its new official website – www.multipelife.com and has transferred all disc ripping tools to the new website with new product names. Pavtube Studio recently launched its new official website – multipelife.com. The Pavtube website is being separated to be a corporate website while Multipelife.com is the customer facing one where all […]

HTC unveils the not-so-small One mini 2

HTC unveils the not-so-small One mini 2

Not too long ago, a 4.5-inch display was considered to be on the large side for a smartphone. Manufacturers which dared to go past it were few and far between. Yet here we are today, in a time when that screen size only appears to be associated with small versions of flagships, like HTC’s new […]

Surface Pro 3 may be announced next week, support page su...

Surface Pro 3 may be announced next week, support page suggests

This article originally published at 8:30 A.M. PT 5/14/14, but has been updated with comment from a Microsoft representative. It’s no secret that Microsoft is holding a “small” Surface event next Tuesday, but exactly what’s going to be revealed is still shrouded in mist. Numerous leaks suggest that the long-rumored Surface Mini will get an […]

Microsoft extends Windows 8.1 Update deadline

Microsoft extends Windows 8.1 Update deadline

When Microsoft launched Windows 8.1 Update last month, the company noted that current Windows 8.1 users would need to download and install the update by May 13 (tomorrow) in order to be eligible to receive future patches. Unfortunately, a number of Windows 8.1 users ran into issues almost immediately while trying to install the update. […]

4 Cool Apple Announcements You May Have Missed

4 Cool Apple Announcements You May Have Missed

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past several months, you’re probably aware that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled two new iPhones at this week’s much-hyped media event. The Cupertino-based company unveiled the iPhone 5C — a plastic smartphone that is available in five bright color schemes that are reminiscent of Apple’s classic iMac G3 […]

Five things we want to see in iOS 8

Five things we want to see in iOS 8

Summary: As a heavy iOS user, I could give Apple a whole shopping list of new features that I’d like to see baked into iOS, but with time running short, I thought it better to limit my wishlist to the really important features that I’d like to see included. With less than a month until Apple’s […]

How to set up your Galaxy S5 for better one-handed use

How to set up your Galaxy S5 for better one-handed use

If you’re finding the Galaxy S5 to be a little too big for comfortable one-handed operation, there is something you can do about it. TouchWiz comes with a handy feature that makes one-handed use more comfortable and less awkward. Here’s how to enable and start using it: How to enable One-handed Operation on the Galaxy […]

Mid-2014 MacBook Air hard drives run slower than last yea...

Mid-2014 MacBook Air hard drives run slower than last year’s models, benchmarks show

If you think that the newest version of Apple’s MacBook Air has been improved on in all areas, you might want to hold on to that thought. Some storage benchmark results indicate that the hard drives in Cupertino’s latest super-light laptops, which were made available just last week, run significantly slower compared to the 2013 […]

Twitter tests out mute feature, may soon let you silence ...

Twitter tests out mute feature, may soon let you silence annoying tweets

If you use a third-party Twitter client like Tweetbot, you might already be familiar with the idea of muting Twitter accounts. It’s a useful feature if you’re sick of seeing a specific topic show up in your timeline but don’t want to block or unfollow someone, and it looks like Twitter might finally be catching […]

Android surging in global tablet market

Android surging in global tablet market

AFP File  Photo: Hugo Barra, Director of Google Product Management, introduces the Nexus 7 tablet computer at Google I/O, Google’s annual conference, on June 27. The Nexus 7 is designed to showcase the latest Android software and be a window into its online shop for films, music and more. WASHINGTON: The Google Android platform extended its dominance […]

Samsung blurs the line between phone and camera (again) w...

Samsung blurs the line between phone and camera (again) with the Galaxy K zoom

Last year, Samsung tried something a little kooky: it made a mash-up of a middling smartphone and a solid point-and-shoot camera (you know, the kind smartphones have nearly driven to extinction). The resulting chimaera was called the Galaxy S4 Zoom, and it was… not great. To absolutely no one’s surprise, though, Samsung’s fixation on fusion […]

IPhone 6 Size Compared to Galaxy S5 and Other Android Pho...

IPhone 6 Size Compared to Galaxy S5 and Other Android Phones

With a large bulk of the rumors for the iPhone 6 revolving around its purported increased screen size, there have been a healthy amount of iPhone 6 renderings exploring what the phone could look like and how big it would be compared to the current iPhone 5s. MacRumors forum member deuxani decided to take it […]

Tech news: Wearable device battery could last 10 years

Tech news: Wearable device battery could last 10 years

Researchers have designed a battery that could keep wearable and health care devices running for 10 or more years without a recharge. The new design, based on the lithium carbon fluoride (CFx) chemical formula, could also lead to batteries that are safer than current ones. A prototype battery based on the formula was tested by […]

HTC One M8 mini reportedly coming to Verizon

HTC One M8 mini reportedly coming to Verizon

Reports indicate that a possible 4.5-inch version of HTC’s flagship smartphone could be available on Verizon as soon as May. HTC introduced three sizes of its original One last year. The rumor mill for the HTC One M8 mini is heating up and the newest tidbit of information points to the smartphone being carried on […]

20% off on iMedia Converter for Mac to Celebrate 2014 Eas...

20% off on iMedia Converter for Mac to Celebrate 2014 Easter Day

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate costs $65, but Pavtube Studio puts it on 2014 Easter sale with 20% off to show our gratitude. To win this 20% discount all you need to do is follow AND Like us on Facebook. If your friends who are interested in Video Converter Ultimate/iMedia Converter for Mac or other Pavtube programs, […]

Pavtube Easter Sales 2014 – Get DVD Ripper Windows/...

Pavtube Easter Sales 2014 – Get DVD Ripper Windows/Mac + $14 Coupon

Description: This is a great opportunity to get 40% off Pavtube DVD Ripper on Pavtube Easter Day Facebook Promotion, which is capable of converting, transcoding, compressing and editing DVD movies for almost all mobile devices. This Easter Sunday, people will be able to convert and watch DVDs using this powerful software from Pavtube Studio. DVD Ripper, […]

Let’s celebrate “Earth Day 2014 Festival”!

Let’s celebrate “Earth Day 2014 Festival”!

This year on April 22nd, get out and participate in Earth Day. All it takes is one person to get the ball rolling to keep our world clean and pollition free. Here are some great activities you and your family can do to make our planet a better place to live. Plant a tree – […]

Dropbox brings Mailbox to Android, launches Carousel

Dropbox brings Mailbox to Android, launches Carousel

NEW DELHI: Mailbox, which claims to give users ability to manage emails better, has finally arrived for Android phones. The app, which debuted for iPhones and iPads in February last year, can be downloaded from the Android Play store. For now the app will allows users to link their Gmail or iCloud account to Mailbox. […]

Apple unveils CarPlay iPhone system at Geneva show

Apple unveils CarPlay iPhone system at Geneva show

The US technology firm launches its new iPhone technology for cars at the Geneva Motor Show. Apple has unveiled its new iPhone technology for cars at the Geneva Motor Show. CarPlay allows iPhones to plug into cars so drivers will be able to call up maps, make calls and request music with Siri voice commands […]

News for Official Nexus Wireless Charger for Nexus 5, Nex...

News for Official Nexus Wireless Charger for Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Nexus 4

Here is a quick look at the official Nexus Wireless Charger from Google which works with the Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and Nexus 4. Did you pick up the official Nexus Wireless Charger that went on sale through Google Play yesterday? I can imagine that the $49.99 price tag made some of you hesitate on pulling on the trigger, […]