Tablets Prove Popular Among Holiday Shoppers as Retina iPad Mini Supplies Improve
Tablets have proven to be the most popular consumer electronics item on buyers’ early holiday shopping lists, with a new research note from Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White citing numbers from the Consumer Electronics Association revealing that 39…
CyberMonday 2013: Discounts on iPads, MacBook Pros, and More
The Monday after Black Friday has been dubbed Cyber Monday to reflect a large number of online purchases that takes place on that day. As a result, many retailers continue or begin online sales on Monday. Here’s a selection of Apple-relevant Cyber Monday sales.
Accessories, iTunes Gift…
Dell’s UltraSharp 32 and new UltraSharp 24 4K monitors are available now, 28-inch model on the way
4K is here to stay, what with a vast number of companies ramping up production on all types of different panels. Today, Dell is the latest one ready to join the frenzy in full force, announcing availability details for some new, super high-res mon…
Next Windows release reportedly codenamed ‘Threshold,’ set to further unify Microsoft operating systems
Microsoft’s on the, erm, threshold of something big — something that’s likely to make its three major operating systems even more similar. Queen of Microsoft leaks Mary Jo Foley has caught word from some unnamed contacts that the next major updat…
German police may use a song recognition app to fight neo-Nazi music
Song recognition apps like Shazam primarily exist to name catchy tunes on the radio, but Germany could soon use one to fight crime. Police in the state of Saxony have developed a smartphone app that identifies neo-Nazi music playing at social even…
High demand for discounted Moto X brings site down
Motorola’s discounted Moto X is apparently in high demand. So high, in fact, that the handset maker has seen its website taken down due to high traffic. Swing by their website today to pick up the Moto X and you may run into a little pop-up advising to check back later. In the interim,…
iPhone 5c Broadens Apple’s Customer Base, but Android Continues to Lead in Smartphones
Research firm Kantar Worldpanel has released a new report (via TechCrunch) highlighting global smartphone sales over the August-October period, finding that Apple’s market share in most regions is unsurprisingly now higher when compared to the months leading up to the release of the iPhone…
Steam sets a new record as over 7 million gamers log in at once
Assuming Steam’s user base is still around the 65 million mark, as Valve reported at the end of the October, over 10 percent of the gaming platform’s patrons were logged-in at the same time yesterday, setting a record in the process. More than sev…
BenQ rejoins the smartphone market with two tepid Android models
Contrary to what the execs told us back in September last year, BenQ has now decided that it should re-enter the smartphone business, and it’s done so in Taiwan with two affordable quad-core models: the recently-launched, MediaTek MT6589-powered F…
Amazon knocks $50 OFF Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX (Cyber Monday)
Amazon has dropped the price of the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX by $50 today as part of the Cyber Monday sales promotion. Indeed, this is the cheapest price that either 7-inch device has been sold for to date and is an incredible savings. If you’re looking to get your parents or…
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