The Dell Venue 8 7000 is a statement product. Hey world, it says: remember that company that made crappy laptops you hated seven years ago? Well, it can make great things now. The post Review: Dell Venue 8 7000 Tablet appeared first on WIRED.
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Microsoft and Samsung agree to stop dispute over royalty payments
Remember when Microsoft was filing a lawsuit over a patent deal and demanding Samsung to pay interest due? According to Microsoft, the South Korean giant owed the Redmond compay a total of $6.9 million interest aside from the $1 billion payment by Samsung the previous year. The case started in 2013 …
Realmac’s Typed.com Indiegogo campaign: Building a sustainable blogging service
Back in the early days of December 2014, TUAW ran a review of Typed (US$19.99), a very minimalist blogging app for OS X from Realmac Software that works with a number of blogging platforms including WordPress and Blogger. Now the company has launched…
Prezi’s Nutshell iPhone app animates your photos
Presentation platform Prezi has launched its first standalone app and it’s got nothing to do with wowing your bosses. Nutshell is an iPhone app that turns your photos into mini-movies. If…
Nikon Coolpix AW130, S33 rugged cameras launch in March
Among Nikon’s new cameras this week are a pair of rugged compacts, the Coolpix AW130 and the S33. The latter of the two is bid as a family-friendly option, while the AW130 is targeted at the more adventurous outdoorsy types with more demanding needs. Both are able to withstand …
Make Your Show Shovel Easier on Your Back by Adding a Dowel
Shoveling snow may be a good workout, but it’s no fun, especially on your back, if you have a shovel that’s too short. Instructables user homemadeisgood has a simple solution: Add a dowel to the handle to bring it up to head-height. It’s easier to manage, and easier on …
Alibaba Stakes $590 Million in Meizu
Meizu is going through perhaps its most successful spell in the smartphone market. The Chinese company has announced huge sales for the month of January, said that its new budget M1 has sold out in seconds (twice), while goodwill towards its high end devices is surging. 2015 is set to bring…
Deception IV: Another Princess trailer highlights new elements
Koei Tecmo has released a new trailer for Deception IV: Another Princess highlighting the game’s new additions. New to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita upgrade includes new main character Valgyrie and her automaton servant Ephemera, a number of new traps, the heroines of previous Deception games, new modern …
California’s submitted a plan to the EPA to bring it into compliance with federal safe drinking stan
California’s submitted a plan to the EPA to bring it into compliance with federal safe drinking standards, after 2,5oo instances where the state authorized oil and gas operations in protected water aquifers. 140 of 2,553 injection wells were actively injecting oil-field fluids into "good water quality" aquifers. [New York Times]Read …
Best Buy reveals the next Moto E gets 4G and a price cut
Motorola’s tactic when launching last year’s Moto E was to let it appear on Brazilian retailer FastShop for a few hours, and then whip it away as soon as people began to notice. Looks like it’s another case of history repeating with the refreshed ver…
2014’s sleekest Android phone finally starts getting Lollipop
It might not have been the best-selling Android phone of 2014, but there’s little room to argue that the HTC One M8 isn’t the best-looking Android phone of 2014. And now, on the dawn of the HTC One M9’s debut, last year’s flagship smartphone is finally starting to receive …
1942 Pacific Front brings us back to childhood
This new game 1942 Pacific Front is something I’ve long been waiting for to come to Android. It’s a childhood favorite of mine right on the Nintendo Family Computer. In fact, I saw the game 1941 being played on an arcade game just a couples of weeks ago. And now it’s here …
Tetris creators talk virtual reality, touch screens, history, e-sports
Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers Sam Machkovech LAS VEGAS—As the second and final day of the 2015 DICE Summit came to a close, Alexey Pajitnov took the stage in a rare public appearance to talk frankly about the history and legacy of Tetris, his most famous creation. Seated next to longtime…
Review: Toshiba Chromebook 2
While it’s not perfect, the new Toshiba Chromebook 2 manages to do what other Chromebooks could not: deliver a really nice 13.3-inch 1080p screen while keeping the price reasonable. The post Review: Toshiba Chromebook 2 appeared first on WIRED.
There’s magic everywhere
The past couple of articles I’ve written about Apple may paint the company in a negative light. One might misinterpret those posts as saying “Apple is doomed.” I think given profitability, cash on hand and product pipeline, that is a ridiculous state…
Manchester City launches the Premier League’s first Android Wear app
We reported last year on Manchester City’s feature-packed Matchday app for iOS and Android. Now the Premier League champions have become the first club to bring that data to Android Wear. The…
Samsung Sells 630,000 Galaxy Note Edge Handsets
Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge is not really giving its props as an innovative smartphone, at least not in the opinion of yours truly. Launched at IFA last September, the device is the first folded screen smartphone and it packs much of the performance oomph of the fantastic Galaxy Note 4. The…
Space Tourism is still a distant dream
If you’re anything of an Elon Musk or SpaceX fan, or have just been following the two’s high-profile news and announcements, your imagination may have been tickled pink by the prospect of regularly flying into space for leisure or business. In other words, space tourism. But despite the growing …