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…
Top Deal: Unless you live in one of the desert states, you can feel summer packing up its bags so that autumn can move in. There’s a chill in the air that wasn’t there before, and rather than go outside to enjoy the sunshine, you may find yourself preferring to stay inside to play some…
Wi-Fi woes The parents of a 12-year-old student attending a private elementary school in Southboro, Massachusetts believe the school’s recently upgraded Wi-Fi setup is making their son sick, the Telegram reports. In a lawsuit related to the claim, the parents have asked for an injunction that would force the school to either switch to Ethernet…