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Nov

New Apex Launcher Beta Brings KitKat Style


A good launcher can often be one of the best pieces of customization on our mobile devices. The newly released KitKat Google Experience Launcher makes your home screens beautiful, with various effects and animations. Unfortunately, it lacks some of the functionality and customization seen in …

22
Nov

Roadie tunes your guitar for you, tells you when your strings are about to break (hands-on)


Unless you’ve traded your guitar strings for an axe-shaped MIDI controller, tuning your guitar is probably one of those chores you’ve just learned to deal with. It’s hardly the bane of any guitarist’s existence, but sometimes it seems like there c…

22
Nov

Amazon could let Londoners pick up their packages from Tube stations


London’s Tube network is about to face some major changes that will not only affect its staff and passengers, but also — perhaps — Amazon shoppers. Plans are already afoot to shut down manned ticket offices across the Underground by 2015, in ord…

22
Nov

Deezer’s finally taking its music streaming service to the US in 2014


With 5 million paid subscribers in 180 countries, Deezer is such a ubiquitous presence that it’s easy to forget it’s not yet available in the US. That’s about to change, though, as the France-based online music service has told Le Figaro that it’d…

22
Nov

Some of iWork’s missing features return with the latest update


Some of the features culled during iWork’s 64-bit transition have reappeared with the productivity suite’s latest update. To start, Pages, Numbers and Keynote for OS X are regaining their sorely missed custom toolbars. Additionally, Apple’s Keynot…

22
Nov

MediaFire brings cloud storage integration to OS X and Windows


Up until now, you’d have to access MediaFire’s web interface if you want to use its cloud storage service on your computer. While the browser-based UI isn’t anything complex, the company’s new OS X and Windows apps make storing files in the cloud …

22
Nov

[Download] Google Wallet Gets Updated To Version 2.0, Lets You Save Cards With Just A Photo


Google Wallet has been seeing a lot more love lately, particularly when carrier devices finally got access to the app in September. Today, the app saw an update which brings its version number to version 2.0-R33-v14, and with it brings a few nifty improvements as well. As for what’s new in…

22
Nov

Husband and wife become unlikely Twitch.tv stars using just their PS4


Members of the PC gaming elite and console players with add-on hardware have been live streaming their gaming exploits for years, but a new generation of consoles means everyone’s 15 minutes of fame one step closer. While many gamers are unpacking…

22
Nov

Raspberry Pi becomes a math teacher through new Wolfram bundle


Raspberry Pi computers have already proven to be valuable educational tools, but they’re largely blank slates until teachers (and curious owners) find the right software. As of today, that software search just got a lot easier. The company has rea…

22
Nov

Stable Chrome OS update notches movable Shelf, Braille display support


Google has just released a stable version of Chrome OS, and while it’s (sadly) not as huge as Chrome OS 32, it still comes with feature boosts for your device. Perhaps most notable is its newly added initial support for USB-connected Braille displ…