Earlier this year a few companies started showing off motherboards based on Intel’s new mini STX standard. Now ASRock has launched a tiny desktop with a mini STX board… making the new ASRock DeskMini one of the smallest computers with a a socket that lets you swap out one CPU for another.
The mini STX platform features an LGA 1151 socket which should support the next few generations of Intel processors.
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Earlier this year a few companies started showing off motherboards based on Intel’s new mini STX standard. Now ASRock has launched a tiny desktop with a mini STX board… making the new ASRock DeskMini one of the smallest computers with a a socket that lets you swap out one CPU for another.
The mini STX platform features an LGA 1151 socket which should support the next few generations of Intel processors.
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Google may have sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo only a few years after acquiring the company. But the company held onto a number of key patents… and Google also apparently liked some of the leadership team.
Recode reports that Google has hired former Motorola CEO Rick Osterloh to head up a new hardware division.
Osterloh will report to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, but he’ll basically be in charge of all of the company’s hardware products.
Google may have sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo only a few years after acquiring the company. But the company held onto a number of key patents… and Google also apparently liked some of the leadership team.
Recode reports that Google has hired former Motorola CEO Rick Osterloh to head up a new hardware division.
Osterloh will report to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, but he’ll basically be in charge of all of the company’s hardware products.
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant software lets you speak commands and questions to Amazon hardware including the Echo, Tap, and Echo Dot devices as well as Amazon Fire TV products. But Amazon offers tools that let third-party developers tap into is Alexa Voice service platform, and last year a company called Invoxia introduced the first device to do just that.
Now it’s available for purchase. You can order the Triby connected speaker from the Invoxia website for $199 or save $30 and place an order at Amazon.com during a launch sale.
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant software lets you speak commands and questions to Amazon hardware including the Echo, Tap, and Echo Dot devices as well as Amazon Fire TV products. But Amazon offers tools that let third-party developers tap into is Alexa Voice service platform, and last year a company called Invoxia introduced the first device to do just that.
Now it’s available for purchase. You can order the Triby connected speaker from the Invoxia website for $199 or save $30 and place an order at Amazon.com during a launch sale.
Amazon is running a sale on Fire TV Stick media streamers today, which means you can pick one up for as little as $35.
That’s $5 off the list price, and while a $5 discount isn’t usually anything to write home about… but when it’s $5 off a $40 product, that’s actually a 12.5 percent discount.
The Fire TV Stick with voice remote is also $5 off today, bringing the price down to $45.
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Amazon is running a sale on Fire TV Stick media streamers today, which means you can pick one up for as little as $35.
That’s $5 off the list price, and while a $5 discount isn’t usually anything to write home about… but when it’s $5 off a $40 product, that’s actually a 12.5 percent discount.
The Fire TV Stick with voice remote is also $5 off today, bringing the price down to $45.
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BlackBerry has no short-term plans to launch any new phones running BlackBerry OS. But the company is expected to launch a new Android phone or two this year, and now we may have an idea of what they’ll look like.
Leaked photos of two phones, allegedly code-named Hamburg and Rome, are making the rounds. The Rome has a physical keyboard beneath the screen, and looks a lot like the BlackBerry Passport… if that phone had a widescreen display instead of a square one.
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BlackBerry has no short-term plans to launch any new phones running BlackBerry OS. But the company is expected to launch a new Android phone or two this year, and now we may have an idea of what they’ll look like.
Leaked photos of two phones, allegedly code-named Hamburg and Rome, are making the rounds. The Rome has a physical keyboard beneath the screen, and looks a lot like the BlackBerry Passport… if that phone had a widescreen display instead of a square one.
Continue reading BlackBerry’s next two Android phones leaked (allegedly) at Liliputing.
Chromebooks have a reputation for being cheap laptops with entry-level specs. But sometimes you want a little more power. And HP is the latest company to give it to you.
The company has launched a new Chromebook with premium specs and a starting price …
Chromebooks have a reputation for being cheap laptops with entry-level specs. But sometimes you want a little more power. And HP is the latest company to give it to you.
The company has launched a new Chromebook with premium specs and a starting price of $499, and as expected, the HP Chromebook 13 is available with up to 16GB of RAM, up to a 3200 x 1800 pixel IPS display, and up to an Intel Core M7 Skylake processor.
Motorola has scheduled an event for May 17th in India, and a lot of folks seem to think that’s when the Lenovo-owned company will launch its latest Moto G smartphones.
The Moto G line of phones have a reputation for offering decent specs and build quality at low prices… or at least they did when the first models launched.
These days there are a number of companies offering high-quality, low-cost phones on the market, making it a bit harder for Motorola’s phones to stand out.
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Motorola has scheduled an event for May 17th in India, and a lot of folks seem to think that’s when the Lenovo-owned company will launch its latest Moto G smartphones.
The Moto G line of phones have a reputation for offering decent specs and build quality at low prices… or at least they did when the first models launched.
These days there are a number of companies offering high-quality, low-cost phones on the market, making it a bit harder for Motorola’s phones to stand out.
Continue reading Motorola to unveil next-gen Moto G phones May 17th? at Liliputing.
Apple may have had a decline in iPhone shipments for the first time since launching the first model in 2007. But Apple wasn’t the only company to see a slump in smartphone sales: According to a new report from IDC, the smartphone market only grew by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2016, with total shipments of 334.9 million, up from 334.3 million during the same period in 2015.
That’s the smallest amount of year-to-year growth since IDC started tracking smartphone sales, and the research firm figures it’s because of market saturation in developed countries (most people who want a smartphone already have one, and may not feel the need to upgrade to a new model frequently).
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Apple may have had a decline in iPhone shipments for the first time since launching the first model in 2007. But Apple wasn’t the only company to see a slump in smartphone sales: According to a new report from IDC, the smartphone market only grew by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2016, with total shipments of 334.9 million, up from 334.3 million during the same period in 2015.
That’s the smallest amount of year-to-year growth since IDC started tracking smartphone sales, and the research firm figures it’s because of market saturation in developed countries (most people who want a smartphone already have one, and may not feel the need to upgrade to a new model frequently).
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It’s been more than two years since Samsung launched its Gear Fit activity tracker, and now it looks like the company is getting ready for round two.
Venture Beat has published a series of images of a device that’s said to be the Gear Fit 2, as well as photos of another unannounced product: a set of cordless Bluetooth earbuds that are reportedly names Samsung Gear IconX.
Like its predecessor, the new Gear Fit seems to have a 1.84 inch curved AMOLED display, although the new model is designed with a greater curve to make it more comfortable and built-in GPS support.
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It’s been more than two years since Samsung launched its Gear Fit activity tracker, and now it looks like the company is getting ready for round two.
Venture Beat has published a series of images of a device that’s said to be the Gear Fit 2, as well as photos of another unannounced product: a set of cordless Bluetooth earbuds that are reportedly names Samsung Gear IconX.
Like its predecessor, the new Gear Fit seems to have a 1.84 inch curved AMOLED display, although the new model is designed with a greater curve to make it more comfortable and built-in GPS support.
Continue reading Samsung Gear Fit 2 activity tracker, IconX earbuds leaked at Liliputing.
Rumors have been making the rounds that at least one of Google’s next-gen Nexus devices could be built by HTC. Now expert leaker Evan Blass says that “HTC is building a pair of Android N devices for Google” which are code-named M1 and S1.
Website Android Police quickly followed up with a few more details, and WinFuture.de blogger Roland Quandt spotted some benchmark results that tell us a little more.
So if all of these leaks are accurate, here’s what we know:
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Rumors have been making the rounds that at least one of Google’s next-gen Nexus devices could be built by HTC. Now expert leaker Evan Blass says that “HTC is building a pair of Android N devices for Google” which are code-named M1 and S1.
Website Android Police quickly followed up with a few more details, and WinFuture.de blogger Roland Quandt spotted some benchmark results that tell us a little more.
So if all of these leaks are accurate, here’s what we know:
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