Crossing the border Microsoft today announced that its Cortana digital assistant is now officially available for select iPhone and Android devices, including some that are running Cyangon OS. This is an important step for Microsoft, which is making its services available on multiple platforms. It’s especially important in mobile where Microsoft’s share of the market…
Choose your Cherry MX key switch It wasn’t too terribly long ago when the field of mechanical keyboards was pretty sparse. Not anymore. There are lots of options out there, the newest of which is the Attack X3 from Cougar. Cougar says the Attack X3 will appeal to “purist gamers,” ones who want a high-quality…
Hi, this is Jakub from Grip Games and I’m back on PlayStation.Blog to show you our newest upcoming game — McDroid, which is coming to PS4 in early 2016 and combines action and tower defense genres. It’s developed by the super-creative team at Elefantopia. You’ll play as a cute little robot named — you guessed…
Today, we’re releasing update 1.07 for Sharefactory, which includes several highly requested features based on your feedback. One of the biggest features we’re proud to add is Time Bender, which enables players to add slow motion and time lapse effects to their Sharefactory videos. This has been the most popular feature request for Sharefactory —…
It took a community to build Communities for PS4. Clan support on a console sounds easy enough to do, but consider… it’s never been done before, and maybe for good reasons. It’s big. It’s messy. It impacts everything. It’s not easy. That’s why building Communities for PS4 appealed to Khoi Do, a senior engineer on…
Google announced on Tuesday that its Pixel C (Convertible) tablet is now available on Google Play. This model made its debut two months ago, a tablet that was built from the ground up by the same team that’s responsible for the Chromebook Pixel laptops. That means no third-party manufacturers were involved in the design process….
Everything you need for a great time lapse experience Building PCs is an expensive hobby, but there is no shortage of other hobbies that are just as (or more) expensive. Photography ranks supreme among pricey pastimes. Buying a few lenses and a body can easily max out a moderate credit limit. When I was in…
Perfect Black is the Next Step Before LCDs came around, we watched movies and TVs on sub-par CRT screens (don’t judge us—it was the best we had at the time!). But times change, and plasmas and LCDs revolutionized the home entertainment experience with super-wide, thin screens with much higher quality display. Now we’re on the…
Top Deal: We’re obviously huge proponents of building your own rig, but in cases where that’s not possible — short on time, recommending a system for someone else, etc. — there are valid reasons to buy a pre-built machine. If that’s the boat you find yourself in, paddle over to today’s top deal for an…
Hello, Iris Pro! We’ve been intrigued with Intel’s Next Unit of Computing (NUC) since its first iteration, which packaged general purpose computing capabilities in a small size box. There have been several followup releases since then, but its most powerful configuration is right around the corner. Slated for an early 2016 launch, Intel is teasing…