This article was published in the August 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. May you never know the agony of losing vital data files Some people have been driven nearly to suicide when their only working copy of an unpublished novel, dissertation, business plan, or photo archive…
David Marcus, Vice President of Messaging Products at Facebook, revealed on Wednesday that America’s number-one social network is currently developing a genderless virtual personal assistant called “M.” This new AI will be located within Messenger, the company’s stand-alone chat client. So far there’s no indication when—or if—this virtual assistant will be released to the Facebook…
Free Apps from Amazon For a long time, Amazon offered the Free App of the Day promotion for Android tablets and smartphones. The catch was that customers needed to sideload Amazon’s Appstore onto their device to take advantage of the daily promotion. Those days are gone, replaced by a new Amazon service called Underground. Like…
Long-time Transformers fans know that every single robot-in-disguise has a very specific personality. Grimlock, for instance, probably wouldn’t be described as “neighborly” and Sideswipe isn’t always interested in playing by the rules, but both have a fondness for combat. Optimus Prime, on the other hand, would always prefer a diplomatic solution. Platinum Games, the developer…
Windows 10 to the rescue? When it comes to the PC market, analysts tend to err on the side of gloom and doom. We wondered if that would still be the case once Windows 10 released to the public, and though it’s been installed on 75 million devices to date, at least one market research…
Can’t beat free It’s been a month since Microsoft released Windows 10 to the public and during that time the OS has found its way onto 75 million devices. That’s according to Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Group, who posted the figure on Twitter today. “More than 75 million devices…
At A Glance (+) Tasty: Great UI;packed with features;accessible from anywhere. (-) Not so tasty: A little expensive, weird app design. Big features, small footprint Over the last several weeks, we’ve taken a good look at a couple of network attached storage (NAS) solutions including the beastly Synology Diskstation DS2515+ NAS and the smaller eight-bay…
Build your next PC like a pro We all know that PC stands for “personal computer,” and the best way for it to be truly personal is to actually build it yourself. This is the ideal route for those of us who want to choose and optimize each of the components, so that the rig…
Hi everyone! PAX Prime is almost upon us, and we’re celebrating one of the gaming community’s biggest events with deals on retro games and movies. From cult classics to fan favorites, PS Store’s Retro Sale offers some of the most memorable titles from years past — all for up to 80 percent off. PlayStation Plus…
Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group recently published news of a new prototype keyboard the company is working on called DisplayCover. The peripheral is designed for tablets and provides a “thin film” E-ink display with a resolution of 1280×305 pixels. Given this device is merely a prototype, there’s no telling when we’ll see the peripheral actually on…