Microsoft’s second-generation Microsoft Band is a wearable fitness tracker with a new curved display, a Gorilla Glass 3 scratch-resistant screen, and a more flexible design, making it more comfortable to wear. It also has all the features of the original Microsoft Band, plus a barometer for real-time height detection. The new Microsoft Band costs $249, […]
New Microsoft Band wearable is like a smartwatch for fitness enthusiasts is a post from: Liliputing
Microsoft’s second-generation Microsoft Band is a wearable fitness tracker with a new curved display, a Gorilla Glass 3 scratch-resistant screen, and a more flexible design, making it more comfortable to wear. It also has all the features of the original Microsoft Band, plus a barometer for real-time height detection. The new Microsoft Band costs $249, […]
New Microsoft Band wearable is like a smartwatch for fitness enthusiasts is a post from: Liliputing
Microsoft’s HoloLens is a wearable computer that puts a semi-transparent display in front of your eyes, allowing you to to interact with virtual objects in real-world environments. This could be useful in medical, science, or industrial fields. But it also opens the door for new types of mixed-reality gaming… like the Project X-Ray game that […]
HoloLens dev kit coming in Q 2016 for $3000 is a post from: Liliputing
Microsoft’s HoloLens is a wearable computer that puts a semi-transparent display in front of your eyes, allowing you to to interact with virtual objects in real-world environments. This could be useful in medical, science, or industrial fields. But it also opens the door for new types of mixed-reality gaming… like the Project X-Ray game that […]
HoloLens dev kit coming in Q 2016 for $3000 is a post from: Liliputing
It’s not just Google Nexus devices that are starting to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow software this week. Google has also begun offering updates for phones that are part of the Android One program. These are low-cost phones with entry-level specs, but hardware that’s been confirmed by Google to offer a good user experience. The phones […]
Google is rolling out Android 6.0 for Android One smartphones is a post from: Liliputing
It’s not just Google Nexus devices that are starting to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow software this week. Google has also begun offering updates for phones that are part of the Android One program. These are low-cost phones with entry-level specs, but hardware that’s been confirmed by Google to offer a good user experience. The phones […]
Google is rolling out Android 6.0 for Android One smartphones is a post from: Liliputing
The new Amazon Fire TV isn’t the only media streaming box with support for 4K video anymore. Rival Roku has launched a new TV box with a quad-core processor, 802.11ac WiFi and support for 4K Ultra HD video. The Roku 4 is priced at $130 and it should start shipping October 21st. Roku’s box is […]
Roku goes 4K with the $130 Roku 4 media streamer is a post from: Liliputing
The new Amazon Fire TV isn’t the only media streaming box with support for 4K video anymore. Rival Roku has launched a new TV box with a quad-core processor, 802.11ac WiFi and support for 4K Ultra HD video. The Roku 4 is priced at $130 and it should start shipping October 21st. Roku’s box is […]
Roku goes 4K with the $130 Roku 4 media streamer is a post from: Liliputing
Most smartwatches on the market look like traditional watches: they’ve got a watch face and a separate wrist strap that holds the watch to your body. But the upcoming Wove Band is basically one big screen. That’s because it uses a flexible E Ink panel as its display. The entire screen can bend around the […]
Wove Band smartwatch has flexible E Ink touch display is a post from: Liliputing
Most smartwatches on the market look like traditional watches: they’ve got a watch face and a separate wrist strap that holds the watch to your body. But the upcoming Wove Band is basically one big screen. That’s because it uses a flexible E Ink panel as its display. The entire screen can bend around the […]
Wove Band smartwatch has flexible E Ink touch display is a post from: Liliputing
Most Chrome OS laptop and desktop computers are dirt cheap systems with low-power processors. Some are just moderately cheap systems with more powerful hardware. But what if you want dirt cheap and reasonably powerful? Every now and again you may get your wish. Today Groupon is selling the Asus Chromebox mini-desktop with a Core i3-4010U Haswell processor, […]
Deals of the Day (10-05-2015) is a post from: Liliputing
Most Chrome OS laptop and desktop computers are dirt cheap systems with low-power processors. Some are just moderately cheap systems with more powerful hardware. But what if you want dirt cheap and reasonably powerful? Every now and again you may get your wish. Today Groupon is selling the Asus Chromebox mini-desktop with a Core i3-4010U Haswell processor, […]
Deals of the Day (10-05-2015) is a post from: Liliputing
Want to run desktop Windows PC apps on your Android phone or tablet? We’ve seen developers porting classic games like Fallout to run on Android for years, and you can always install a DosBox app and try to run Windows 95 or something. But soon there may be a better way. WINE is a free […]
CrossOver and WINE to bring (some) Windows apps to (some) Android devices is a post from: Liliputing
Want to run desktop Windows PC apps on your Android phone or tablet? We’ve seen developers porting classic games like Fallout to run on Android for years, and you can always install a DosBox app and try to run Windows 95 or something. But soon there may be a better way. WINE is a free […]
CrossOver and WINE to bring (some) Windows apps to (some) Android devices is a post from: Liliputing
Happy Android 6.0 day. Google has released Android 6.0 Marshmallow factory images for the Google Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013) and Nexus Player. You can download them from the Android Developers site, or wait a little while for Google to start rolling out over-the-air updates. Factory images are basically the stock Android software for […]
Android 6.0 factory images available for the Nexus 5 and later is a post from: Liliputing
Happy Android 6.0 day. Google has released Android 6.0 Marshmallow factory images for the Google Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013) and Nexus Player. You can download them from the Android Developers site, or wait a little while for Google to start rolling out over-the-air updates. Factory images are basically the stock Android software for […]
Android 6.0 factory images available for the Nexus 5 and later is a post from: Liliputing
Google’s Android operating system may be open source software, but some of the most popular Android apps including YouTube, Google Maps, and the Chrome web browser are not. Neither is Google Play Services, which is a framework that many apps from Google and other developers tap into. So while any device maker can load up […]
Free and open source Android framework attempts to replace Google Play Services is a post from: Liliputing
Google’s Android operating system may be open source software, but some of the most popular Android apps including YouTube, Google Maps, and the Chrome web browser are not. Neither is Google Play Services, which is a framework that many apps from Google and other developers tap into. So while any device maker can load up […]
Free and open source Android framework attempts to replace Google Play Services is a post from: Liliputing
Google’s 2nd-gen Chromecast has 802.11ac WiFi for faster wireless connection than the original Chromecast media streamer that Google launched in 2013. But it turns out that’s not the only hardware difference. The original Chromecast was powered by a Marvell Armada 1500 Mini 88DE3005 processor, while the 2nd-gen Chromecast has an Armada 1500 min Plus 88DE3006 […]
Chromecast 2 has a CPU that’s 2.5x faster than the original is a post from: Liliputing
Google’s 2nd-gen Chromecast has 802.11ac WiFi for faster wireless connection than the original Chromecast media streamer that Google launched in 2013. But it turns out that’s not the only hardware difference. The original Chromecast was powered by a Marvell Armada 1500 Mini 88DE3005 processor, while the 2nd-gen Chromecast has an Armada 1500 min Plus 88DE3006 […]
Chromecast 2 has a CPU that’s 2.5x faster than the original is a post from: Liliputing