October 19, 2015 'Bird' gadget lets you control a drone with your finger A man holds up his finger. A drone, rising slowly in a conference room, hovers in place. He pushes his finger out a bit, and the drone moves forward. He pulls back, and the drone follows his gesture perfectly. He lowers his finger, and the drone lands softly on the ground.
October 19, 2015 IBM goes Apple: Helpdesk calls way down compared to Windows IBM, at one time a Windows PC heavyweight, is now deploying Macs internally and is seeing a precipitous drop in helpdesk calls.
October 16, 2015 Microsoft will pay you to switch from Mac Windows 10 has not been the boost PC vendors were hoping for. Reports from both Gartner and IDC earlier this week suggested that PC sales fell between 7% and 11% year over year in the third quarter, which is a huge hit considering the wave of new hardware that has been released over the past few months. With vendors seemingly running out of options in their attempts to stir up interest in their wares, Microsoft has stepped in with a new offer aimed at incentivizing users to upgrade to a new Windows 10 desktop or laptop.
October 16, 2015 What a Southeast Asian tech boom means for US firms It may be the least well-known tech boom in the emerging world. From Indonesia to Thailand, consumers in Southeast Asia, are getting online for the first time through smartphones - creating an Internet boom in the region.
October 16, 2015 Where do we draw the line on cell phones in our lives? Dr. Chuck Williams talks dependency
October 15, 2015 Tech is forcing us to redefine how we work The definition of “work” is starting to change.
October 14, 2015 First-look review: Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Microsoft has become the leader in hybrid tablet design. That’s significant because Microsoft only got into the PC-making business in 2012. Its Surface Pro tablet has evolved from the heavy 10.6-inch brick introduced back in October 2012 to the highly-refined 12.3-inch Surface Pro 4 we have today. I’ve used all of the of the earlier Surface Pro versions extensively and I can say that Surface Pro 4 handily beats the already-impressive Surface Pro 3.
October 14, 2015 Revelations from a visit to Apple's top-secret design lab Earlier this week, Apple announced a number of new products, including a brand new 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K Retina Display and a refreshed 27-inch iMac with 5K display. On the accessories side of the equation, Apple unveiled a new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad.
October 14, 2015 7 Products on Deep Discount in September Back-to-school deals may be waning, but end of summer sales are just underway.
October 13, 2015 Mattel reintroduces View-Master as a virtual reality device Hopes system will become popular