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April, 2019

  • 11 April

    Acer’s new Helios 700 keyboard hides a big secret

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  • 10 April

    Apple rumored to split up iTunes in forthcoming MacOS release

    Evidence uncovered by two veteran programmers indicates that Apple may debut new dedicated apps for music, podcasts and TV shows in a forthcoming version of MacOS. According to the reports, Apple will continue to keep the iTunes app around, however, as it remains its only way of syncing data between older iPods and iPhones and Macs. Steve Troughton-Smith, who has …

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  • 10 April

    Amazon Go stores plan to start accepting cash

    Amazon Go stores are working on accepting cash, a company spokesperson confirmed to CNET on Wednesday. This follows a CNBC report about an an internal all-hands meeting in which Steve Kessel, who runs Amazon’s physical stores, said the company had plans for “additional payment mechanisms” in its stores.  The comment, CNBC reported, was in response to a question regarding discrimination …

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  • 10 April

    New Google Pixelbook devices reportedly in the works

    Looks like Google’s Pixelbook and Pixel Slate might be getting a new coworker.  At the company’s Cloud Next 2019 conference on Tuesday, Pixelbook Group Lead Product Manager Steve Jacobs discussed a device coming “down the road” for users to be “be productive on-the-go,” 9to5Google reports. The new hardware was mentioned as part of a session called “The Premium, Versatile, & Secure: Introducing …

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  • 10 April

    Your hotel check

    When your hotel automatically emails you your booking information, there’s a good chance that you’re not the only person with access to those documents. Symantec, a security company, found flaws on hundreds of hotel websites, which were leaking sensitive information like names, phone numbers, passport numbers and addresses in confirmation emails. Candid Wueest, a threat researcher at Symantec, said he …

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  • 10 April

    Democrats’ net neutrality bill passes House

    House Democrats have passed a bill that would restore Obama-era net neutrality protections. But the victory is likely to be short-lived as Republicans on Capitol Hill vow to kill it in the Senate. Democrats pushed through their Save the Internet Act in a 232 to 190 vote Wednesday. In spite of many Republicans saying they too want to see legislation …

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  • 10 April

    YouTube TV raises price to $50, adds Discovery channels and HGTV

    YouTube TV, a live TV streaming service designed to replace a traditional cable TV package, will raise its monthly price from $40 to $50. Subscribers billed through Apple will have to pay $55. To keep bringing you the best service possible, we’re updating our membership price to $49.99/month ($54.99 if billed through Apple). This price continues to include unlimited DVR space and …

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  • 10 April

    Carla Hayden has an audacious plan to make the Library of Congress available to you online

    Ambitious doesn’t begin to describe Carla Hayden’s plan to make the Library of Congress’ collection available to the world. Audacious may be closer to it. Hayden, the 14th person to steward the Library, wants to “throw open the treasure chest” by digitizing its vast collection and making it accessible online. The five-year plan’s understated name — Enriching the Library Experience …

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  • 10 April

    Over half of vacationers pick locales based on ‘Insta

    We’ve all taken our share of vacation photos or jealously scrolled through a friend’s pictures of a trip to an exotic beach. New data from online travel agency eDreams.net shows that pictures play a bigger part in where we’re traveling than we might’ve realized. More than half of US travelers chose their vacation destination based on how good the photos …

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  • 10 April

    Global PC market plunges at least 3% in first quarter

    The global market for personal computers continued its years-long downward spiral in the first quarter, according to preliminary numbers released Wednesday by market analysts. Worldwide shipments of PCs, including desktops, notebooks and workstations, declined 3% during the first three months of 2019, compared with the same period last year, market researcher IDC reported Wednesday. Market researcher Gartner tallied the same …

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