Yahoo confirms $640M purchase of video ad startup BrightRoll

From CNET: The web company announced Tuesday it had paid $640 million in cash for the San Francisco startup, which helps customers buy and sell video ads on websites, mobile devices and connected TVs. In a blog post confirming the acquisition Tuesday, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer predicted that...

Lollipop Arrives for Unlocked Second Generation Moto G Smartphones

From DailyTech: While Nexus smartphone owners are sitting around waiting for an official Android 5.0 Lollipop update from Google, it appears that owners of Motorola’s second generation Moto G smartphone are now receiving their OTA update. The news comes courtesy of Ars Technica, which states that...

Nadella gives away the store with new 'Microsoft everywhere' strategy

From InfoWorld: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella boldly goes where no Ballmer has gone before. No longer hampered by the glacial Windows dev cycle, Nadella's trying hard to change the "Windows everywhere" meme into "Microsoft everywhere," by almost literally giving away the store.

Step 1. Two weeks ago...

Apple's new deregister tool prevents iMessages from being lost in limbo

From PC World: Apple is at last offering a simple way for former iPhone users to receive text messages sent into limbo by the company’s iMessage service.

The problem affects former iPhone users who transferred their SIM card or phone number to a non-Apple phone. If they had set up their iPhone to...

Raspberry Pi gets even tinier with new Model A+ board

From CNET: Raspberry Pi, the programable microcomputer, has become even more micro. A newly unveiled board adds a few tempting hardware tweaks, as well as reducing the overall size of the Pi.

Raspberry Pi represents an effort to strip a computer down to its most basic elements, providing only a...

LG to Initiate Lollipop Upgrades for G3 Users in Poland This Week

From DailyTech: Do you have an LG G3? Do you live in Poland? Well, you’ll start receiving the Android 5.0 Lollipop over-the-air (OTA) update this week.

LG announced the news in an official post on its website and claims to be the “first global smartphone manufacturer to offer the Lollipop upgrade...

SilverStone Raven RV05 Review (Page 1 of 4)

In many cultures, ravens do not carry a whole lot of positive connotation. In western literature, this bird seems to always carry an overtone of bad omen. There is even an old Chinese saying that roughly translates to -- no doubt with a negative overtone -- "All ravens are black under the sky." Basically, this Chinese saying is suggesting there are no exceptions in this world; as long as something is in a bad category, it is bad. But why are we...

Silicon Power Blaze B05 64GB Review (Page 1 of 8)

Pink is one of the many traditions here at APH Networks. Starting off with the FSP NB Q90 laptop power adapter reviewed by Jeremy To back in 2011 and the SilverStone Air Penetrator SST-AP121-USB by my colleague Kenneth in 2012, both products added a hint of pink in some way or another. This is not to mention we talk about how our Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kwan is a fan of the color pink; judging by his T-shirt collection and Windows Live Messenger...

Microsoft slates Windows' touch Office for mid-2015

From InfoWorld: Among a blizzard of announcements about Office Thursday, Microsoft also snuck in a loose release date for the touch-centric Office it has long planned to ship for Windows.

"We will deliver touch-optimized Office apps for Windows with Windows 10," Microsoft said in one of several...

LG's G Watch R lands on Google Play atop the Android Wear heap

From PC World: LG's G Watch R started racking up solid reviews a couple weeks ago, but now you can actually buy one.

The Android Wear-based smartwatch is available now through the Google Play Store for $299. AT&T is selling the LG Watch R as well, as announced earlier this week, but there's no...

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