Microsoft has announced plans to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, giving Microsoft control of a major player in the social networking space… but it’s probably just as significant that Microsoft’s big social networking play is for LinkedIn, a company that caters towards professionals.
While Microsoft would certainly like everyone to use its products, some of the company’s core business has historically been catered toward business and enterprise users… and recently the company announced that it was shifting focus with its Windows Phone software to focus more on enterprise.
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Microsoft has announced plans to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, giving Microsoft control of a major player in the social networking space… but it’s probably just as significant that Microsoft’s big social networking play is for LinkedIn, a company that caters towards professionals.
While Microsoft would certainly like everyone to use its products, some of the company’s core business has historically been catered toward business and enterprise users… and recently the company announced that it was shifting focus with its Windows Phone software to focus more on enterprise.
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Just a few months after launching a $92 smartphone with a 64-bit, octa-core processor and a 5 inch HD display, Chinese phone maker Meizu has unveiled a slightly better model with a slightly higher prices.
The new Meizu M3S looks a lot like the Meizu M3, but the updated model has a fingerprint scanner and a larger battery.
The phone features an all-metal chassis and comes in gold, silver, grey, or pint colors.
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Just a few months after launching a $92 smartphone with a 64-bit, octa-core processor and a 5 inch HD display, Chinese phone maker Meizu has unveiled a slightly better model with a slightly higher prices.
The new Meizu M3S looks a lot like the Meizu M3, but the updated model has a fingerprint scanner and a larger battery.
The phone features an all-metal chassis and comes in gold, silver, grey, or pint colors.
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Microsoft is holding a press event at the E3 gaming conference tomorrow, and rumor has it that the company could launch a new line of Xbox TV media streamers and some other products. But one new product seems to have leaked a little early.
According to images shared by members of the NeoGAF forum, it looks like there’s a new Xbox console on the way.
The Xbox One S is said to be about 40 percent smaller than the original Xbox One.
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Microsoft is holding a press event at the E3 gaming conference tomorrow, and rumor has it that the company could launch a new line of Xbox TV media streamers and some other products. But one new product seems to have leaked a little early.
According to images shared by members of the NeoGAF forum, it looks like there’s a new Xbox console on the way.
The Xbox One S is said to be about 40 percent smaller than the original Xbox One.
Continue reading Xbox One S leaked: Smaller, faster and more storage at Liliputing.
With a list price of $50, the Amazon Fire is already one of the cheapest halfway decent tablets on the market. But every now and again Amazon offers it for an even lower price… and today is one of those times.
Right now you can pick up an Amazon Fire tablet for $40 and up… and Amazon is also offering discounts on a bunch of its other devices, including tablets, eReaders, and Fire TV media streamers.
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With a list price of $50, the Amazon Fire is already one of the cheapest halfway decent tablets on the market. But every now and again Amazon offers it for an even lower price… and today is one of those times.
Right now you can pick up an Amazon Fire tablet for $40 and up… and Amazon is also offering discounts on a bunch of its other devices, including tablets, eReaders, and Fire TV media streamers.
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Pay $99 per year for an Amazon Prime subscription (or $10.99 per month) and you get a lot of things: free 2-day shipping on millions of items, access to thousands of streaming movies and TV shows, the ability to borrow some Kindle eBooks (if you have a Kindle reader or Fire tablet), and the option of streaming thousands of songs from Amazon Prime Music.
But soon Amazon may launch a different streaming music option with a much better selection of songs.
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Pay $99 per year for an Amazon Prime subscription (or $10.99 per month) and you get a lot of things: free 2-day shipping on millions of items, access to thousands of streaming movies and TV shows, the ability to borrow some Kindle eBooks (if you have a Kindle reader or Fire tablet), and the option of streaming thousands of songs from Amazon Prime Music.
But soon Amazon may launch a different streaming music option with a much better selection of songs.
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Intel’s Apollo Lake processors will be the first chips to use the company’s new Goldmont CPU architecture. They’re expected to launch later this year, and they’ll replace the low-power Pentium and Celeron chips in the Braswell family which use Intel’s older Airmont CPU cores.
While we know that Intel is promising that Goldmont will offer up to 30 percent better performance than Airmont, we don’t have a lot of details about the new chips yet.
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Intel’s Apollo Lake processors will be the first chips to use the company’s new Goldmont CPU architecture. They’re expected to launch later this year, and they’ll replace the low-power Pentium and Celeron chips in the Braswell family which use Intel’s older Airmont CPU cores.
While we know that Intel is promising that Goldmont will offer up to 30 percent better performance than Airmont, we don’t have a lot of details about the new chips yet.
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The Android-x86 project has been providing a way to install Google’s mobile operating system on desktop and notebook computers for years, and now the team is just about finished with the first build based on Android 6.0.
A release candidate for Android-x86 6.0 is now available for download, and it’s designed to run on most computer with 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64 processors.
This isn’t an emulator that lets you run Android within Windows or another operating system.
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The Android-x86 project has been providing a way to install Google’s mobile operating system on desktop and notebook computers for years, and now the team is just about finished with the first build based on Android 6.0.
A release candidate for Android-x86 6.0 is now available for download, and it’s designed to run on most computer with 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64 processors.
This isn’t an emulator that lets you run Android within Windows or another operating system.
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Sure, Asus sells a line of affordable ultrabooks under the Zenbook UX305 brand… but sometimes you can get one of the company’s higher-end UX303 models for around the same price.
Case in point, right now NeweggFlash is selling the 3.2 pound Zenbook UX303UA-DH51T with a Core i5 Skylake processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, a full HD IPS display, and a backlit keyboard for $800.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
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Sure, Asus sells a line of affordable ultrabooks under the Zenbook UX305 brand… but sometimes you can get one of the company’s higher-end UX303 models for around the same price.
Case in point, right now NeweggFlash is selling the 3.2 pound Zenbook UX303UA-DH51T with a Core i5 Skylake processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, a full HD IPS display, and a backlit keyboard for $800.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (6-10-2016) at Liliputing.
The latest version of Linux Mint is coming soon, but if you want to take it for a spin a bit early, there are now beta version of Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon and Linux Mint 18 MATE available for download.
Linux Mint 18 will be a long term support release, which means it’ll be officially supported through 2021, and the new version has a new theme called Mint-Y, updated software, packages, and a new set of default apps called X-Apps.
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The latest version of Linux Mint is coming soon, but if you want to take it for a spin a bit early, there are now beta version of Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon and Linux Mint 18 MATE available for download.
Linux Mint 18 will be a long term support release, which means it’ll be officially supported through 2021, and the new version has a new theme called Mint-Y, updated software, packages, and a new set of default apps called X-Apps.
Continue reading Linux Mint 18 beta released with new apps, theme, and more at Liliputing.
Motorola’s new Moto Z smartphones are have high-res displays, speedy processors, and other features to help them compete with other 2016-era flagship phones. But what really makes them stand out is their support for MotoMods, which are optional accessories you can slap on the back of the phone to add functionality.
When the phones start shipping this summer, Motorola expects to have four MotoMods available: a projector, speaker, battery, and “style shell” which lets you change the color or texture of the phone’s back.
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Motorola’s new Moto Z smartphones are have high-res displays, speedy processors, and other features to help them compete with other 2016-era flagship phones. But what really makes them stand out is their support for MotoMods, which are optional accessories you can slap on the back of the phone to add functionality.
When the phones start shipping this summer, Motorola expects to have four MotoMods available: a projector, speaker, battery, and “style shell” which lets you change the color or texture of the phone’s back.
Continue reading These are some MotoMods that aren’t ready for prime time (yet) at Liliputing.