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By Brian Heater For many, the Steve Jobs manila envelope trick was enough. Sure, it seems a bit silly with the benefit of nearly a decade’s worth of hindsight, but when Apple’s late CEO unwrapped the standard bit of office stationary to reveal what he’d enthusiastically declared “the world’s thinnest laptop” onstage at Macworld back…

By Joe Osborne The Chromebook Pixel just met its first worthy rival that’s actually another Chromebook, the HP Chromebook 13. Rather, I should say “frenemy”, as HP and Google collaborated quite closely to bring forth one of the most pristine and productive Chromebooks to market. What you see before you is a 13-inch, full-metal machine…

By Joe Osborne The Chromebook Pixel just met its first worthy rival that’s actually another Chromebook, the HP Chromebook 13. Rather, I should say “frenemy”, as HP and Google collaborated quite closely to bring forth one of the most pristine and productive Chromebooks to market. What you see before you is a 13-inch, full-metal machine…

By Jon Porter Square Enix has today revealed another trailer for its upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The trailer showcases new locations which the game will take place in, including Prague, as well as showing off some of the improved augmentations which will be available to protagonist Adam Jensen. Fans have had to wait for…

By Natasha Lomas Two and a half years ago Bitlock set out to crowdfund a smart bike lock at a time when hype around connected devices was surging and goodwill in crowdfunding platforms was buoyant. Since then both categories have taken some confidence knocks and served up disappointments aplenty. So what happened? Did Bitlock ship,…

By Jay Donovan Movidius has incorporated their Myriad 2 processor into a new USB device called the Fathom Neural Compute Stick. You can plug the Fathom into any USB-capable device and that device can begin to react cognitively and make its own decisions based on its programming. The key point is it can do this…

By Hugh Langley Virtual reality still has a few practical problems to work through, such as what to do about pets that get in the way while you’re violently flailing like an upturned beetle. It’s especially problematic for the HTC Vive and its room scale technology, which lets you walk around a small space. Ray…

By Stefan Etienne The just announced HP Chromebook 13 is a new take on the hardware side of Chrome OS — a premium system, with some specs reminiscent of Chrome OS laptops, but with the ultrabook spice seen on the market from Apple and Microsoft. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Darren Allan AOC has announced the first offering from its new Agon range, which is a premium 27-inch gaming monitor that will be on sale soon. The AG271QX has a TN panel with a resolution of 2560 x 1440, and it makes a play for super-smooth frame rates with a 1ms response time and…

It looks like Google has given up on the Nexus 9. The tablet has been delisted from the Google Store page. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Sarah Buhr You can now purchase August’s second generation Smartlock at Best Buy and Amazon, starting today. The much-anticipated Bluetooth-enabled device allows homeowners to lock and unlock their front door using an app and joins a host of other gadgets in the August Smart Home Access System, including a smart doorbell camera allowing you…

Tech enthusiasts will soon be able to create their own computer setups using the new Artik 10 eight-core board computer from Samsung. This new device will be available on online through Digi-Key beginning in May. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Romain Dillet Let’s be honest, the Philips Hue app has a horrible design. But this is just a bad memory now as the company has released a new major version of its iOS and Android app. The app is now more polished and comes with a bunch of extra features. Let’s start with the…

Intel revealed that it will replace the analog connector, the 3.5mm headphone jack, with USB-C. The decision was finalized at the developer’s conference this month where the company cited many advantages of such a transition. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Latest reports have surfaced claiming that HTC is presently baking the next two Android N Nexus devices with codenames M1 and S1. Here’s what we know so far. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones