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Opinion: A New Personal Computing Paradigm

By Robert Snow How soon before most personal computing can be done with a phone? With a 64-bit iPhone, perhaps quite soon. Imagine the phone as your take everywhere computer: “Never”, you say, the screen’s too small, even a phablet. When you need a better display, just pull out your touchscreen. It would look like […]

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Xbox One to feature improved iOS device, SmartGlass integration

Microsoft announced its upcoming Xbox One console yesterday. And threw in some interesting iOS cooperation with it. Per Mac|Life and Wired, Microsoft’s new gaming console will be “fully integrated” with Xbox’s SmartGlass application, thus allowing users of iPhones and iPads to connect seamlessly with the next generation of Microsoft’s popular console series. Introduced last year […]

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Leaked Blackberry product roadmap shows potential iPad competitor on the horizon

You may not love and adore Blackberry, but it looks like the company intends to stick around long enough to release a tablet competitor to the iPad. Per @BB10Leaks and TechnoBuffalo, Canadian manufacturer BlackBerry appears to be readying another go at the tablet sector, as an image purporting to be a leaked product roadmap shows […]

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Apple TV updated to 5.2, Bluetooth keyboard support, other features added

This smacks of the nifty. The Apple TV set-top box was updated to software version 5.2 on Monday, adding enhanced support for iTunes in the Cloud and the ability to connect a Bluetooth keyboard, while also hinting at a minor hardware refresh. Per AppleInsider, users can download the update directly to their device by choosing […]

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Apple exploring wireless charging, over-the-air electricity technology

This could lead to something interesting. Per FreePatentsOnline, a new patent application reveals Apple’s interest in a “realistic and practical approach” to wireless power, providing over-the-air electricity to low-power devices within a distance of one meter. Apple’s interest in wireless charging technology was detailed in a new patent application published this week by the U.S. […]