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11 Mar 2015
Get Your Smartphone Photos Instantly With Prynt
Get Your Smartphone Photos Instantly With Prynt Do you take and post photos of yourself, family and friends, and pretty much about your everyday life a whole lot? Where do you store your photos when you are done? If you want a more tangible way of keeping snapshots of your life, rather than lose your
11 Mar 2015
Apple Watch Prices At A Glance (All 38 Models Compared)
Apple Watch Prices At A Glance (All 38 Models Compared) Apple’s long awaited Apple Watch is coming to stores in April but the prices and models have already been announced. As much fun as it is to dwell on the closeup “shots” of the 38 models of Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch
11 Mar 2015
Microsoft introduces the Surface Pro 3: A monster 12-inch tablet that ‘replaces the laptop’
Microsoft introduces the Surface Pro 3: A monster 12-inch tablet that ‘replaces the laptop’ Updated @ 12:05 pm: Microsoft has introduced the Surface Pro 3 — a 12-inch tablet, weighing in at 800 grams. There is a new “friction hinge” that allows for a free range of angles from 22 degrees all the way through
11 Mar 2015
How to download and install Windows 8.1 Update 1 for free (right now)
How to download and install Windows 8.1 Update 1 for free (right now) Windows 8.1 Update 1 is now available to download. If you’re already using Windows 8.1, the easiest way to download the update is to visit PC Settings (the new Control Panel, available from the right-hand menu bar) and click “Update and recovery.”
11 Mar 2015
How to bring back the Start menu and button to Windows 8
How to bring back the Start menu and button to Windows 8 You’ve just installed Windows 8.1 for the first time, or perhaps bought your first Windows 8 PC. After poking around for a bit you’ve finally found your way to the Desktop. What’s that in the bottom left corner? It sure looks like the
11 Mar 2015
In 2015 tablet sales will finally surpass PCs, fulfilling Steve Jobs’ post-PC prophecy
In 2015 tablet sales will finally surpass PCs, fulfilling Steve Jobs’ post-PC prophecy Back in 2010, a few months after the iPad’s release, Steve Jobs predicted that tablets would eventually overtake PCs. Now, according to updated figures from Gartner, after five years of rather crazy tablet growth and slowly declining PC sales, 2015 will be
11 Mar 2015
Apple iOS 8.2 fixes FREAK bug, but will it restore the iPhone and iPad’s stability?
Apple iOS 8.2 fixes FREAK bug, but will it restore the iPhone and iPad’s stability? Apple has released iOS 8.2, a much-needed point revision that will hopefully address some of the unusually large amount of bugs iPhone and iPad owners have experienced over the past few months. The new OS update includes support for the Apple
10 Mar 2015
Windows 9 technical preview, the first step towards fixing Windows, may appear next month
Windows 9 technical preview, the first step towards fixing Windows, may appear next month Windows 8 was supposed to finally unify the computing experience, bringing tablets and PCs together with Microsoft’s modern UI at its core. To say that hasn’t worked out would be a grotesque understatement. Consumers by and large have either avoided Windows
10 Mar 2015
Windows 9 may remove the Metro interface for desktop PC users, feature one-click upgrade process
Windows 9 may remove the Metro interface for desktop PC users, feature one-click upgrade process According to new Windows 9 leaks and rumors, it seems we could be in for some dramatic changes by the time the first public preview of Windows 9 rolls around (probably on September 30). The most recent leaked builds of Windows
10 Mar 2015
64-bit Chrome finally available to download: Faster, more secure, twice as stable
64-bit Chrome finally available to download: Faster, more secure, twice as stable At long last, Google has released a stable 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows. A download link is available at the bottom of this story. According to Google, 64-bit Chrome for Windows has three major advantages over its 32-bit cousin: It’s faster, more secure,