HTG Reviews The Kindle Fire HDX: Amazon Finally Releases a Tablet Worth...
The tablet market is bursting at the seams with new models and innovations. One of the newest arrivals is the refresh of Amazon’s Kindle Fire lineup: the Kindle Fire HDX 7″ and 8.9″. We’ve been...
View ArticleEurope’s billion-pixel camera blasts into space to snap the galaxy
When thinking about powerful cameras, most gadget nuts would be happy with a Lumia 1020 or a 5D Mark III, but neither of those can match what’s just left the planet. The European Space Agency has...
View ArticleZeebox update for iOS lets you follow TV show news before the air date
Zeebox’s value as a TV show companion usually fades quickly once the credits start rolling, but it should be useful around the clock in the wake of the latest iOS app update. A fresh My TV feature...
View ArticleEarly Valve Steam Machine easily torn down by team iFixit
It looks like tearing apart a Steam Machine apart is infinitely easier than getting your hands on one. Luckily iFixit had one of few fortunate beta testers on its crew, so they naturally proceeded to...
View ArticleUK adult content filters inadvertently block online education and medical...
We’ve all fallen victim to the pedantic e-mail filter that denies the existence of Scunthorpe and refuses to let you order Shiitake Mushrooms, but the situation just got a whole lot worse in the UK....
View ArticleWired’s LED-powered Moto X ad lets you try custom colors before you buy
Designing compelling interactive ads for web is hardly a challenge for experienced marketers, but engaging print magazine readers in a similar way requires significant creativity. One method is...
View ArticleLivestream arrives on bigger iOS screens with new iPad-optimized app
Yes, Apple’s mobile platform lets you use iPhone apps on the iPad, but there’s nothing like having one that’s designed to take advantage of the excess real estate found on a tablet’s display. With...
View ArticleAvenger Reflex aims to improve Xbox One and PS4 input times, looks bananas
Those Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gamepads you’ve got look a little underdressed, and not nearly enough like Batman. Thankfully, the Avenger Reflex is here to fix both issues in one fell swoop,...
View ArticleMotorola shows how it could make smartwatches with flexible displays
Motorola has already filed for patents on both wrist-worn gadgets and flexible displays. Today, we’re seeing what happens when the company merges the two technologies. A newly published patent...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s first Xbox-exclusive documentary is digging up Atari’s past
Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios will launch its first original documentary production next year, a film exploring the rise and fall of game industry legacy Atari. You read that right: a modern...
View ArticleCyanogen gets serious about its OS aspirations, ponders a future in TV and...
It’s been three months since Cyanogen announced it was stepping out as a profit-seeking business. Flush with $7 million in funding, the company has been pushing harder than ever to achieve its goal of...
View ArticlePPLConnect makes physical phones virtual, is now available via open beta to...
Your phone is a prisoner. No, it’s not chained to a particular cell, but it is confined to whatever handset your SIM is stuffed into. PPLConnect wants to free your phone from that confinement through...
View ArticleHow to Make Black Forest Hot Chocolate
Black Forest Hot Chocolate, usually referred to as a “warmer”, is a cocktail made with hot chocolate. Enjoy one when it’s cold and snowy outside. Edit Ingredients 3/4 oz (22.5 mL) Chambord (see Tips)...
View ArticleNokia Black update brings imaging enhancements to Lumia 1020
Nokia likes to bundle Microsoft’s Windows Phone updates with a set of its own improvements specific to the Lumia line, and the latest such version — known as the Black update — is finally making its...
View ArticleDolphin Zero Android browser protects your privacy, hides your shame
The latest mobile browser from the team at Dolphin promises “the highest level of privacy possible.” A big claim, to be sure, but privacy is unquestionably Dolphin Zero’s central focus, auto deleting...
View ArticleFacebook Home update to bring new lockscreen and gestures to select Android...
Facebook hasn’t forgotten Home, the Android launcher that originally came out this past April and has trickled out to a few select handsets since. The social network just posted a video showing an...
View ArticleVerizon’s 2013 Droid line now does KitKat
Maybe it was the marketing or the battery life, or just an aggressively convincing Verizon rep — but whatever the reason, you chose a 2013 Droid over Motorola’s fine Moto X. And then, maybe you kicked...
View ArticleBitTorrent’s peer-to-peer Chat service will use strong encryption to protect...
In the NSA age, being paranoid really doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you, so placating your fears has suddenly become a cottage industry. BitTorrent, for one, has just spilled more beans about...
View ArticleShazam for iPhone can now listen for songs and shows in the background
Ever rush to identify a song with Shazam with your phone, only to be frustrated as the tune ends before you’ve even reached into your pocket? That won’t be a concern with the latest update to Shazam’s...
View ArticleNew Facebook Data Strategy: Pushing Out Video Ads
When Facebook announced last August it wanted to connect the rest of the world with Internet access, the company emphasized that its goal was one of “making Internet access affordable by making it more...
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