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Fitbit Crushes Expectations In Q3, But A Follow-On Equity Offering Drags Its Shares Down

Fitbit Crushes Expectations In Q3, But A Follow-On Equity Offering Drags Its Shares Down

By Alex Wilhelm,Drew Olanoff Following the bell, Fitbit announced its third-quarter financial performance, including revenue of $409.3 million, and earnings per share using normal accounting methods of $0.19. The company’s adjusted profit totaled $0.24 per share. The results are notably strong. Investors had expected the company to report a far-slimmer $0.10 adjusted per-share profit off…

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Xbox One will get its mega Windows 10 makeover in 10 days

Xbox One will get its mega Windows 10 makeover in 10 days

By Nick Pino Starting November 12 the Xbox One will be a very different system. The long-awaited autumn update which rearranges the Xbox One’s UI, adds backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 titles and speeds up the system is almost here. Xbox One evangelist Major Nelson released a new video on his blog today explaining the…

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Xbox One will get its mega Windows 10 makeover in 10 days

Xbox One will get its mega Windows 10 makeover in 10 days

By Nick Pino Starting November 12 the Xbox One will be a very different system. The long-awaited autumn update which rearranges the Xbox One’s UI, adds backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 titles and speeds up the system is almost here. Xbox One evangelist Major Nelson released a new video on his blog today explaining the…

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Google Self-Driving Car Update From October: No Crashes, Halloween Helpful

Google Self-Driving Car Update From October: No Crashes, Halloween Helpful

By Drew Olanoff Today, Google shared their self-driving car project monthly report. Good news, there were no accidents. There were however, some interesting learnings that the team shared about how they’re training their software. Apparently, Halloween was a big help: Halloween’s a great time to get some extra learning done. This week, lots of little…

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Google: Chrome OS Is Here To Stay

Google: Chrome OS Is Here To Stay

By Frederic Lardinois By now you have probably seen the WSJ report that says Google plans to fold its Chrome operating system into Android and phase it (and the “Chromebook” name) out over time. Google today published a story on virtually every blog it owns that denies this. “While we’ve been working on ways to…

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The Czur Scanner Can Build A Digital Library Five Minutes At A Time

By John Biggs When the Visigoths burned Library Of Alexandria you can bet that old Ptolemy I Soter would have loved to have had a Czur (pronounced “Cesar”) scanner in his palatial marble-clad staterooms. The Czur is basically a book scanner on steroids that allows you to scan a 300-page book – or priceless scroll…

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Apple TV App Store Tops 1,000 Apps: Games And Video Apps Dominate, But Discovery Is A Challenge

Apple TV App Store Tops 1,000 Apps: Games And Video Apps Dominate, But Discovery Is A Challenge

By Sarah Perez Developers have been digging into the Apple TV App Store data in the absence of category listings and a Top Charts section on Apple’s newly launched version of its media player device, which now, for the first time ever, has opened up to third-party applications. Apple had “hundreds” of applications live at…

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Gallery: Out and about with the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy

Gallery: Out and about with the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy

By Hugh Langley Introduction Fallout 4 is just a matter of days away, and we are SO ready to return to the Wasteland. This time we’ll have two companions that will be helping us on our quest – Dogmeat the dog, and the trusty wearable Pip-Boy. Unfortunately Bethesda wouldn’t let us take Dogmeat for an…

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Gallery: Out and about with the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy

Gallery: Out and about with the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy

By Hugh Langley Introduction Fallout 4 is just a matter of days away, and we are SO ready to return to the Wasteland. This time we’ll have two companions that will be helping us on our quest – Dogmeat the dog, and the trusty wearable Pip-Boy. Unfortunately Bethesda wouldn’t let us take Dogmeat for an…

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This Cube Robot Can Climb Up Little Hills Thanks To Its Springy Tongues

This Cube Robot Can Climb Up Little Hills Thanks To Its Springy Tongues

By John Biggs Imagine you’re a squishy cube. Imagine you need to climb a hill. How do you do it? With your tongue(s), of course. Researchers at CSAIL at MIT have created a little cube robot that can propel itself around by swiping at surfaces with metal tongues. The tongues turn around an axis and…

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Buying guide: 10 best 3D Printers 2015

Buying guide: 10 best 3D Printers 2015

By Alastair Jennings best 3d printers Note: Our best 3D printers round-up has been fully updated. This feature was first published in May 2015. 3D printers print 3D models, in a process called Additive Manufacturing or AM. This process uses computer control to lay successive layers of material to build a 3D model. ABS (Acrylonitrile…

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Buying guide: 10 best 3D printers 2015

Buying guide: 10 best 3D printers 2015

By Alastair Jennings best 3d printers Note: Our best 3D printers round-up has been fully updated. This feature was first published in May 2015. 3D printers print 3D models, using a process called additive manufacturing or AM. This process uses computer control to lay successive layers of material to build a 3D model. Two plastics,…

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Microsoft Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL Get Further Price Cuts In Europe Before Retail Launch

Microsoft Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL Get Further Price Cuts In Europe Before Retail Launch

The Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL just got new price cuts in Europe, although they are still in the preorder stage. Following discounts in the UK, the two Windows 10 flagships now sport lower prices in France. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

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This Apple iPhone 7 Concept Allows Users To Display Images Full Screen

This Apple iPhone 7 Concept Allows Users To Display Images Full Screen

Joining a slew of leaks and rumors that have already cropped up over the Web, a new concept video have surfaced, showing off the Apple’s iPhone 7 could come equipped with a gorgeous feature that enables users to display images full screen. This video was uploaded on YouTube. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

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68 Percent Of US Adults Own A Smartphone Or Tablet: Pew Research Center Survey

68 Percent Of US Adults Own A Smartphone Or Tablet: Pew Research Center Survey

Study shows that smartphone ownership in the U.S. increased almost two times in the past four years. Around 68 percent of all adults in the nation now have a smartphone while 45 percent now owns a tablet. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

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