From The Verge: Images of an upcoming fitness-focused virtual reality headset from HTC, dubbed the Vive Air, have leaked online. Details about the product were published by the World Design Guide (which we spotted via Engadget) as part of its annual awards. It seems likely the product will be...
From PC Mag: Social media is so 2010s. We're entering the age of social audio, and Facebook won't be left out. The company this week introduced a handful of tools and formats "that connect people with the things they care about"—in stereo.
"Just like we did for photos and videos, we want everyone...
From CNET: Venmo on Tuesday is rolling out the ability for people to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies within the social payments app. The app will support four types of digital coin: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash.
"Our goal is to provide our customers with an easy-to-use platform...
From PC Mag: The most popular browsers continue to try and get us to switch with impressive new features, and Microsoft is the latest to entice us with a new "Performance mode" for Edge.
As The Verge reports, currently Performance mode is still in development, but in a post on the Microsoft Tech...
From CNET: Facebook said Monday it's rolling out a way for users to transfer their posts and notes to Google Documents, Blogger and WordPress.com, a move that could help ease concerns that the social network uses its monopoly power to squash rivals.
The world's largest social media company, along...
From The Verge: Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) will officially arrive on iOS and PC tomorrow, April 20th. The service will arrive on devices via browsers, allowing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to play Xbox games on iPhones, iPads, and PCs. Microsoft is keeping this beta rather limited...
If there is one thing I do not like having to do, it would be making calls. Recently, I had to do it twice, once for the prepayment of my mortgage and another to renew my contract with my cell phone provider. Thankfully, both of these calls were quite seamless for similar reasons. For one, neither of them had a long wait time. Conversely, my calls to my internet service provider are often met with hours upon hours of waiting with their background...
In my review of the Antec P10 FLUX, I discussed a product that solely focused on performance, omitting any bling or glitter found in most PC hardware components today. Of course, the lack of colors was not an issue, since the P10 FLUX was going for performance only. On the other hand, it does get me thinking on the topic of RGB in PC components these days. My initial surprised reaction at a PC case with no RGB fans or tempered glass made me...
From TechCrunch: GM and LG Chem announced Friday plans to build a second U.S. battery cell factory — a $2.3 billion facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee that will supply the automaker with the cells needed for the 30 electric vehicle models it plans to launch by mid decade.
Construction on the plant...
From PC Mag: Amazon's Kindle e-reader has been available in various forms for 13 years now, but owners are only just gaining the ability to set a book cover as their lock screen wallpaper.
As Engadget reports, Amazon is enabling the option for most, but not all Kindle devices. The supported models...
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