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LG Optimus Vu hands-on photos
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The LG Optimus Vu is not a shy phone / tablet. Like the Galaxy Note, it has a large 5-inch screen, but its 4 by 3 aspect ratio makes it a very difficult device to hold in one hand. Being only 8.5mm thin certainly helps the phone-tablet hybrid feel...
The Revenge Of The Black Bar
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The Revenge Of The Black Bar: I started seeing an updated Google nav bar earlier today and figured it was a mistake or bug related to the new Chrome beta that shipped today. The new (and much delayed) Google Bar actually looked good — but this was a step back....
Clipix Wants To Be A Pinterest For The Real World
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Does the world really need another visual bookmarking service? After all, we already have Pinterest and all of its clones. Clipix, however, believes that it has found a way to differentiate itself from the competition. The service, which is coming out of beta today, feels a bit like a hybrid...
Samsung reveals lineup, pricing on Windows 8 hybrids & ultrabooks (photos)
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NEW YORK CITY — Korean electronics giant Samsung has been steadily revenaling details about its lineup of Windows 8 PCs and tablet hybrids, but tonight we finally have what appears to be the finalized lineup and prices of the new devices. “Tablets and smartphones are ushering in a new...
Samsung confirms Pink Galaxy Note coming soon, we go hands-on (video)
www.engadget.com
Sure, you can personalize your Galaxy Note by sketching with the 5.3-inch phablet's S Pen, but there's no better way to express your mobile-obsessed self than by dressing your device in a flashy new color. Pink is the flavor of the month over at Samsung, which just gave us...
Running Windows 8 on old or new hardware?
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Neil wonders if he could save money by installing the Windows 8 operating system on a Windows 7 tablet?I'm after a Windows 8 tablet/hybrid. Looking at the prices of these beasts, however, shows that they tend to be expensive. Is it possible to buy a Windows 7 tablet - which...
Google cancels Android event over Hurricane Sandy
www.electronista.com
Google has sent out an email to press participants informing them that the Nexus event scheduled for Monday, October 29, has been canceled. The cancellation comes as New York prepares to take the brunt of a "perfect storm," in which Hurricane Sandy is predicted to strike the city as a...
Samsung Ships Five Million Galaxy Notes, a.k.a "Phablets"
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Samsung says it has shipped five million units of its Galaxy Note, a $300 smartphone-tablet hybrid with a 5.3-inch screen that hit the market last October. It’s unclear exactly how many units of the device have been sold; in February, Samsung said it had sold more than two million units...
On China's Twitter, telling lies will get you kicked out
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Sina Weibo, one of China's most popular microblogging sites, introduced new rules for participation this week that discourage anonymous speech and punish spreading falsehoods based on the number of people that falsehood reached. According to The International Business Times, Sina Weibo—which is something of a Twitter/Facebook hybrid and counts more...
N-trig release teases that Fujitsu's Stylistic Q702 will come with active pen support
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Stylus maven N-trig has revealed that Fujitsu's Stylistic Q702 laptop/tablet hybrid will be the first to shop with the company's new G4 DuoSense pen and multi-touch digitizer. As such, it'll be able to use a new active pen stylus that the company, perhaps unsurprisingly, promises will provide a "pen-on-paper...
Birst Enables Roll-Your-Own Business Intelligence
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Birst, the business intelligence startup I first wrote about last fall is back today with an interesting new capability that combines data that resides in the cloud or on premise into a single customized view. We’ve all seen how attention to the business intelligence sector is quickening. There are scads...
True/Slant-- Hybrid of the Future?
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The BlackBerry Q10 Is Now Available For Pre-Order In The UK
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Good news, Steve O’Hear. The physical QWERTY isn’t dead! The BlackBerry Q10 is now available for pre-ordering in the UK and ships at the end of the month. BlackBerry’s second BB10 device will be available on Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Three, EE, and TalkMobile. Carphone Warehouse lists the device at...
Facebook tests automatic 'Photo Sync' uploads on Android
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Facebook has begun testing a new feature for Android owners that syncs photos you shoot on your phone straight to your Facebook account. It's a hybrid of Google+'s mobile photo-uploading features and Apple's Photostream, which uploads any picture you take to the cloud and syncs it with your other...
Microsoft slashes prices on Windows 8 hybrids and tablets
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Now's a good time to buy a Windows 8 tablet or hybrid for cheap, with Microsoft slashing prices on several PCs in its online store. The Microsoft Store's reduced prices apply to standalone tablets, hybrid PCs with detachable keyboards, and convertibles with built-in keyboards. And these are full Windows...
Land Rover confirms a diesel-electric hybrid for 2013
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Along with details about its 2013 Range Rover, Land Rover teases with an announcement about an upcoming diesel-electric hybrid drivetrain for its signature SUV. [Read more]...
Five Minutes on The Verge: Emily Gould
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Emily Gould (pictured right) is 1/2 of Emily Books and the author of an essay collection, And The Heart Says Whatever. She was previously an associate Editor at Hyperion Books, and an Editor at Gawker. Tell me a little bit about what Emily Books is, and what your aim...
White Samsung ATIV Smart PC launches in South Korea, remains the same inside
www.engadget.com
There's obviously something about gadgets dressed in white livery that attracts plenty of consumers, and thus it shouldn't come as a surprise to see Samsung introduce a bleached model of its own ATIV Smart PC. Unfortunately for some, however, the maker of the Galaxy line is keeping this particular...
Mobile Device That's Better for a Jotter Than a Talker
allthingsd.com
Lots of folks carry a smartphone, and, at least some of the time, tote a second mobile device—an iPad or other tablet. But some people might prefer a product that combines the two. Similarly, many have come to love the finger-controlled interface popularized by Apple, but might prefer at times...
EPFL mixes graphene and molybdenite to make very efficient, flexible flash memory
www.engadget.com
We've seen graphene chips, and we've seen molybdenite chips. What would happen if we combined the two? If EPFL's experimental flash memory is any clue, we might get one of the better blends since chocolate met peanut butter. The chip uses graphene's high conductivity for the memory itself, as...
Android Is Fading Into The Background--And That's A Good Thing
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This week's Google I/O conference is promising to be an anticlimactic event when it comes to new products running Android, Google's mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets. And that may be a good thing. The Year of Android was 2011. That was the year that Android became a...
Five top gas-saving (non-electric) cars
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You can get excellent mileage for a hybrid or an electric, but automakers are still wringing good fuel economy from conventional engines. Here are five of the top gas-sippers. [Read more]...
Toshiba's Portege Z10t detachable Ultrabook available now for $1,499
www.engadget.com
When Toshiba first teased the Portege Z10t business Ultrabook at IDF Beijing last month, our initial hands-on went as smoothly as things usually go at trade shows: we bum-rushed the stage to take a few photos, while company reps declined to answer any of our questions. Fortunately for all...
Week in tech: Windows 8 on the desktop, child porn honeypots, and Oracle v. Google
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Windows 8 on the desktop—an awkward hybrid: With its two distinct interfaces, what is Windows 8 like as a desktop operating system? Our 8,000-word answer: better than feared, worse than hoped. Get ready for some Metro in your desktop. "The hidden side of your soul": How the FBI uses...
David Karp: Facebook and Twitter pushes more traffic to Tumblr than Google
thenextweb.com
Tumblr’s CEO David Karp spoke to Crunchfund’s MG Siegler today at Techcrunch Disrupt about the current status of the company he founded in 2007 and dropped some interesting knowledge. One of the interesting things to note is that the pair announced that Crunchfund is now an investor in Tumblr, which...
Look Out, Lyft: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Says It Will Do Ride Sharing, Too
techcrunch.com
This morning at TechCrunch Disrupt, I interviewed Uber CEO Kalanick backstage and got him to elaborate on a few things he mentioned during his interview earlier in the day — mainly on competition that Uber is seeing from new low-cost ride-sharing services like Sidecar and Lyft. One key takeaway...
Can a touchscreen fix Windows 8 on the desktop?
arstechnica.com
If you followed our coverage of the IFA trade show last week, you’ll know that the most intriguing Windows 8 and Windows RT hardware on display came with a common mantra: available October 26, pricing information to follow. While that was true of just about every one of the not-very-tablety...
Is LinkedIn Really Growing Faster Than Twitter?
regulargeek.com
When the Mashable post on social media traffic was published, I read it without much surprise. Facebook is huge and getting huger. Then I saw the same charts on another blog, and then another. That last time I noticed something hidden in the charts. My first thought was that the...
Samsung throws Galaxy Note 2 launch party on Oct 24
www.cnet.com
We already know that five carriers will get the 5.5-inch phone/tablet hybrid, but Samsung wants to hold a grand opening anyway. [Read more]...
Samsung to stop sale of Windows RT tablets in Germany due to weak demand, according to MobileGeeks
www.engadget.com
We already know that Samsung was too timid (or maybe too sensible) to launch its Windows RT-based ATIV Tab hybrid in the US, but now it appears the manufacturer is having doubts about European demand too. Our friends at MobileGeeks are reporting that Samsung will stop selling its ATIV...
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