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How to Create Portable Versions of Applications in Windows 8.1 Using Cameyo
Portable applications are useful if you use many different computers. You can take your library of applications with you and use any Windows computer to run them. However, what if there is an...
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Sprint sends out invites for April 29th event, may talk about HD Voice
Well, here’s a noodle-scratcher to start your day with. Sprint has just sent out invites to an event on April 29, and it’s being characteristically coy about what’s going down. The carrier’s chosen...
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Catch our Amazon video event liveblog right here!
Today’s the day when Amazon unveils…something to do with video (or so we’re told). Let’s not beat around the bush here: this is almost certainly Amazon’s long-rumored video streaming device, and may...
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Nokia Lumia 930 picture leak hints at a Lumia Icon for the rest of the world
There have been rumblings about Nokia unveiling a Lumia 930 in the near future, but its actual design has remained elusive. However, frequent tipster @evleaks claims to have a press image of the new...
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Netflix could launch in France on a technicality
Netflix could soon arrive to the streaming-deprived netizens of France, but looks set to use a Luxembourg loophole to dodge stringent film industry laws, according to Les Echos. The US company has a...
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Windows Phone 8.1 will automatically sign in to trustworthy WiFi
Tired of having to slog through web portals on your Windows Phone just to sign on to a coffee shop’s WiFi? That won’t be a problem once Windows Phone 8.1 arrives. Its Wi-Fi Sense feature can...
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Windows 8.1 update aims to win over mouse-and-keyboard users, arrives April...
The whole point of Windows 8 was to make Microsoft’s aging OS easier to use on touchscreen devices. Mission accomplished, we’d say (more or less). But now the folks in Redmond have a new challenge...
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Using Amazon’s Fire TV gamepad (surprise: it’s pretty good!)
Surprising no one, Amazon’s Fire TV gamepad is exactly what we already saw pass through the Brazilian FCC recently. In those pictures, however, it looked rough. In real life, thankfully, it’s a much...
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Amazon’s first Fire TV games include in-house titles and Minecraft
Amazon’s new Fire TV media hub may be focused on video, but it’s going to have a significant game roster — including some examples from the company itself. Amazon Game Studios is building more than a...
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TiVo co-founders’ new Qplay web video service is now available for everyone
A little over a month ago, TiVo founders Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton announced Qplay, a service that lets users curate personalized video streams, or “Qs,” from a variety of different sources. At the...
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Microsoft unveils Cortana, its answer to Siri and Google Now
Microsoft has just announced Cortana at Build 2014, a new voice search tool for Windows Phone 8.1 powered by Bing. It will eventually replace the search function in Windows Phone, and you’ll be able...
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Windows Phone 8.1 and Cortana officially revealed at Build 2014
As predicted, Microsoft is using its Build developer conference to launch Windows Phone 8.1, the latest and (we hope) greatest version of its mobile OS. The company’s fed us a bunch of information...
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Here’s Amazon’s gamepad: standard controller layout, media functionality for $40
We all expected this, right? Yes, Amazon has a game controller, and it works with the company’s newly announced Fire TV. Sure, you could use the set-top box’s remote or an upcoming custom app to play...
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Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, WatchESPN, Plex and more services launch on...
After announcing its new Fire TV set-top box today, Amazon naturally revealed a content lineup to go along with the $99 streaming device. That includes the new Amazon Video series we’ve been hearing...
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Microsoft’s opening-day Build keynote is happening now, get your liveblog here!
It’s technically called “Build Windows.” But this year, the biggest news coming out of Microsoft’s annual developer conference might not have much to do with Windows at all. Sure, we’re expecting a...
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Amazon launches Fire TV, an Android-powered streaming and gaming set-top box...
We’ve been waiting for it for quite some time, but now Amazon is finally ready to make its play for the living room. Fire TV is not a barebones device like the Chromecast, it’s a powerful...
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Imperial Tobacco Sues Lorillard, NJOY, Vapor Corp and Others
Imperial Tobacco Sues Lorillard, NJOY, Vapor Corp and 6 Others Fresh off their acquisition of Dragonite International, which was founded by e-cigarette inventor Hon Lik, Imperial Tobacco is making...
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Kitchen smart scale will weigh food in calories as well as ounces
When critics become creators, the results can vary wildly, but the work always requires attention. Former TUAW (full disclosure: one of our sister sites) scribe Michael Grothaus is the latest, having...
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Gmail’s mobile app may soon let you snooze and pin messages
As useful as the mobile Gmail client can be, it hasn’t always stacked up well against third-party apps with special tricks up their sleeves. If features that Geek.com spotted in a test version of...
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Nokia announces the budget Lumia 630 and 635 with Windows Phone 8.1
Nokia’s had a rough time with its high-end Windows Phones over the years, but it’s excelled with its cheaper handsets that cater to emerging markets and anyone interested in a budget smartphone....
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