This is the Xbox One’s blueprint for steamrolling the PS4 in 2015
Despite clawing its way back into the conversation at the end of the year, the Xbox One still hasn’t caught up with the PlayStation 4. The best-selling console of the generation is holding fast to its lead, but Sony knows that it wouldn’t take much to rock the boat.
And rocking the boat is exactly what Microsoft plans to do.
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Apple’s latest invention is an iPhone nightmare waiting to happen
Like any other tech company, Apple patents all sorts of technologies that it may or may not use in upcoming products, and Patently Apple has spotted a new patent application the company submitted that details a wild iPhone design concept that would cause plenty of headaches in the future.
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A requiem for Google Glass
It seems like just yesterday that Google released an exciting teaser video for a new product that delivered important information by projecting images directly to your eyeballs — no more staring at your smartphone! Less than three years after that video tantalized the tech world, the product in question has become one of the biggest jokes since the days when Segway users were regularly laughed at as they scooted up and down sidewalks.
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Samsung might do the unthinkable to keep its Galaxy S6 launch on track
One of the common features of this year’s high-end Android handsets will be processor options, with top manufacturers likely to choose Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 System-on-Chip (SoC) for some of their best handsets scheduled to hit stores in 2015. But Qualcomm has been rumored more than once to have encountered certain performance issues with the Snapdragon 810 that are serious enough to cause significant launch delays for many flagship devices, including Samsung’s highly anticipated Galaxy S6 beast.
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Can this man save Google Glass?
For the past year, Google Glass has been on its way to being remembered as nothing more than a joke. Many of its early adopters have alternately been brutally ridiculed or have sworn off the device all together… and at least one early adopter had to be hospitalized because he used the device too frequently. However, Google isn’t scrapping its once promising project just yet as it’s decided to hand responsibility for it over to Nest CEO Tony Fadell.
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If you are a programmer, you already know that it pays to stay current and be knowledgeable in all software development languages. That can be difficult to do when there are so many programming languages available and training being so expensive and time consuming.
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Google’s latest invention is fantastic – and a little scary
Google on Tuesday was granted an interesting new patent that describes a highly advanced piece of Internet browsing technology that might also be a bit scary to some extent, as it only proves how powerful the company’s artificial intelligence will become.
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This close-up video of molten lava spilling into the ocean is mesmerizing
As Internet-addicted shut-ins, many of us don’t spend enough time exploring nature in all of its glory. Thankfully, YouTube gives us a window through which we can view the outside world, as is the case with this unbelievable video of molten lava spilling into the ocean.
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Glimpse is a cool iPhone app that turns any webpage into a Notification Center widget
Apple’s mobile platform may never support widgets on the home screen, which will always leave some of the more enthusiastic users out there wanting more. For most iPhone and iPad owners though, home screen widgets aren’t a huge loss, especially since developers are getting so creative with their Notification Center widgets.
We’ve seen some great stuff over the past few months, and you can check out a list of 10 of the best iOS apps with Notification Center widgets for a good place to start. Now, a new app called Glimpse can be added to the list, and it introduces some cool new functionality that no other app has offered.
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Comcast accused of illegally pulling credit reports despite being explicitly told ‘no’
Another day, another unhappy Comcast customer. The International Business Times reports that Chicago resident and Comcast subscriber Keith Santangelo has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging that it ran an unauthorized credit check on him despite the fact that he paid the company a $50 fee to waive the check and that he explicitly told the company he didn’t want them to pull his credit report.
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