It’s not much of a secret at this point, but HTC and Verizon have finally made their king-sized smartphone official at today’s press event: the Droid DNA, which is essentially Big Red’s variant of the J Butterfly released in Japan a few weeks ago, will be offered in stores and online starting the day before … Continue reading
Daily Archives: November 13, 2012
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7, download the preview now
We’ve known for some time that Microsoft was working on bringing Internet Explorer 10 to Windows 7 — in fact, the company published a blog post promising the preview version would be ready sometime in mid-November. Then, we heard it could be available today. Well, looky here! It is! The Release Preview is indeed now … Continue reading
Nexus 4 and 10 hit Australian and European Google Play store first, $20 Nexus 4 bumpers appear
While we wait for Google’s latest to hit the virtual shelves in our neck of the woods, Australian buyers have already seen the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 go on sale, appearing around noon locally. AusDroid reports the 16GB Nexus 4 went out of stock in just 22 minutes, followed by the 8GB version and … Continue reading
Google Play Music adds gapless playback, automatic Instant Mixes
Google is expanding its media umbrella to cover more countries, and it’s marking the occasion with a new version of the Google Play Music app for Android and Google TV. While there’s no explicit mention of the newly opened regional access, the update does add long-requested support for gapless audio playback: Jelly Bean users will … Continue reading
Meizu to unveil MX2 flagship smartphone in Beijing on November 27
It’s that time of the year again. Meizu’s just sent out invitations for the upcoming launch of its new flagship device which, according to founder Jack Wong, will be dubbed MX2. While details are scarce, Wong previously mentioned that he’s still not interested in making tablets, but he’ll certainly be making a larger phone. In … Continue reading
Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft, Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller take the Windows reins
It’s an eventful month for Microsoft in more ways than one — its long-serving executive (and Windows lead) Steven Sinofsky is leaving the company, effective immediately. Internet Explorer, Office and Windows interface veteran Julie Larson-Green will be taking on most of his duties by heading up all Windows development, including hardware “opportunities” like Surface; CFO … Continue reading
Asus 13.3-inch U38N Windows 8 VivoBook clears FCC packing AMD A8 Trinity internals
After launching a line of Intel packing VivoBook’s, Asus is letting AMD in on the action with a Trinity APU A8-4555M-powered model that’s just scored an FCC ticket to ride. The 1.55 kg (3.41 lb), 13.3-inch, 1920 x 1080 multitouch model looks to be targeted to the multimedia crowd with a 128GB SSD, 500GB HDD, … Continue reading
Acer unveils C7 Chromebook, portable cloud computing for just $199
We found ourselves quite enamored with Samsung’s latest entry into the Chromebook line, mostly thanks to its incredibly low price of $250. Now Acer’s done gone even lower: $199 for its new C7 Chromebook. It’s an 11.6-inch (1,366 x 768) machine with a 320GB HDD and an Intel processor, rated for 3.5 hours of battery … Continue reading
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