Allura Alforsdotter

Allura Alforsdotter

First Xbox One update of the year brings Game Hubs and much more

First Xbox One update of the year brings Game Hubs and much more

By Hugh Langley Microsoft has just detailed its first Xbox One update for 2015, and it’s packed with a few more features than usual. The headline act is the Game Gub, which gives every Xbox game its own little one-stop hub where you’ll be able to view relevant content including in-game stats, leaderboards, video streams,…

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Tech Bargains: TechRadar Deals: PS Plus, laptops, TVs, Star Wars, MacBooks + more

Tech Bargains: TechRadar Deals: PS Plus, laptops, TVs, Star Wars, MacBooks + more

By Deal Robertson TechRadar has a team of tech-savvy super-elves putting together our daily deals, and today we’ve got some great ideas for some January bargains. We’ve got TV deals, gaming deals, phones, speakers and more! Let’s kick today’s post off with some awesome quick deals! With the secret code JANOFFER10 you can get £10…

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Review: Asus Vivobook X200MA

Review: Asus Vivobook X200MA

By Desire Athow Introduction and design Netbooks, it seems, are making a remarkable comeback thanks to the likes of Asus. The Taiwanese manufacturer single-handedly kickstarted that revolution back in 2007 when it launched the Eee PC range. Over the next five years, millions of these low-cost, small form factor laptops were sold until Android tablets…

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Review: Asus Vivobook X200MA

Review: Asus Vivobook X200MA

By Desire Athow Introduction and design Netbooks, it seems, are making a remarkable comeback thanks to the likes of Asus. The Taiwanese manufacturer single-handedly kickstarted that revolution back in 2007 when it launched the Eee PC range. Over the next five years, millions of these low-cost, small form factor laptops were sold until Android tablets…

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Hands-on review: Swarovski Shine

Hands-on review: Swarovski Shine

By Lily Prasuethsut The latest from Misfit is undoubtedly its trendiest fitness tracker yet. Misfit has always strived for fashion, similar to the approach Withings has taken with its Activité and Activité Pop, but with the new Swarovski partnership, Misfit has taken it one step further. By combining the Shine with nine different accessories, the…

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Hands-on review: Swarovski Shine

Hands-on review: Swarovski Shine

By Lily Prasuethsut The latest from Misfit is undoubtedly its trendiest fitness tracker yet. Misfit has always strived for fashion, similar to the approach Withings has taken with its Activité and Activité Pop, but with the new Swarovski partnership, Misfit has taken it one step further. By combining the Shine with nine different accessories, the…

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The Hovertrax Is Like Two Dumb Little Segways For Your Feet

The Hovertrax Is Like Two Dumb Little Segways For Your Feet

By Josh Constine If laziness was a sport, the equipment would be the Hovertrax. You step up onto the foot pads, tip your feet forward, and two motorized wheels carry you around while gyroscopes auto-balance the Hovertrax so you don’t fall off. What’s hilarious is just how casual you look riding it. You’re basically standing…

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Hands-on review: ces 2015: Canon ImageClass MF820Cdn

Hands-on review: ces 2015: Canon ImageClass MF820Cdn

By Juan Martinez If you’re in the market for a home office or enterprise printer that can handle anything you throw at it, the Sharp MX-C301W printer is a 72.8 lb. unit that handles copying, printing, scanning, and faxing, all with a footprint of just 17″ (w) x 22½” (d) x 18½” (h) (prices vary).…

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Hands-on review: ces 2015: Canon ImageClass MF820Cdn

Hands-on review: ces 2015: Canon ImageClass MF820Cdn

By Juan Martinez If you’re in the market for a home office or enterprise printer that can handle anything you throw at it, the Sharp MX-C301W printer is a 72.8 lb. unit that handles copying, printing, scanning, and faxing, all with a footprint of just 17″ (w) x 22½” (d) x 18½” (h) (prices vary).…

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Apple Watch Companion App Features Said To Include Activity Reminders, Phone Unlock

Apple Watch Companion App Features Said To Include Activity Reminders, Phone Unlock

By Darrell Etherington A new leak of details from within the upcoming companion app for the Apple Watch claims to show some unannounced features we can expect from the wearable when it arrives sometime early this year. The dump of the app’s settings screens from 9to5Mac show panels that let users tweak how it handles…

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Why Is Apple Going To Have A Better Time Launching A Wearable?

Why Is Apple Going To Have A Better Time Launching A Wearable?

By Kyle Russell At some point in the next few months (“Early 2015″ can’t push much past March, can it?), Apple will release its Watch, likely defining the high end of the wearable category. The Apple Watch is, in hindsight, exactly what Apple would make when entering a new category: a general purpose computer trimmed…

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Apple Patents A Wireless Action Camera And Wrist-Based Remote

Apple Patents A Wireless Action Camera And Wrist-Based Remote

By Darrell Etherington Apple has been awarded a patent by the USPTO based on IP it acquired from Kodak in a deal from 2013, which details a remote digital camera system that can be controlled from a smartwatch (Apple Watch fantasists should note that this patent was originally created in 2012). The Apple patent specifically…

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The PC Market Stabilizes

The PC Market Stabilizes

By Alex Wilhelm Is the PC market growing or shrinking? It depends on who you ask. As TechCrunch wrote yesterday, tracking firm Gartner reports that PC sales were up 1 percent globally in the final quarter of 2014. However, IDC, another company that keeps tabs on the sales of electronics, noted a 2.4 percent decline.…

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Elon Musk Talks Seattle Satellites For Mars, Teases Model X Autonomy Features

Elon Musk Talks Seattle Satellites For Mars, Teases Model X Autonomy Features

By Darrell Etherington Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk held a press conference today at SpaceX HQ (via Bloomberg) to discuss a number of his company’s upcoming initiatives, including a new engineering office in Seattle, as well as next-generation autonomous driving features for Tesla, and the progress of SpaceX’s reusable rocket program, in light of…

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Review: In Depth: ZTE Kis 3 Max

Review: In Depth: ZTE Kis 3 Max

By Matt Hanson Introduction and design The ZTE Kis 3 Max is a budget Android smartphone with an incredibly low price of just £54.99 SIM free. It can even be had for less, with Argos offering the handset with a Virgin Media SIM card for just £30, though you do need to buy a £10…

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