Apple Wins 2014 'Outstanding Commercial' Emmy Award
Think back to last holiday season, families gathering for the holidays, Christmas trees being decorated and snow falling. It's a memory that makes you all warm and fuzzy inside, no matter what time of the year it is. Apple captured the essence so well that the company was awarded an Emmy for Misunderstood as outstanding commercial of 2014.
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Oculus VR wins Best Hardware of Gamescom 2014
The Oculus Rift VR wave is growing larger and larger and it's still in the Development Kit stage. Just imagine the impact the VR headset will have when it has all of its bells and whistles all going off at the same time and the unit is in full production mode. To show the impact of its presence, the DK2's have just been released and it already won Best Hardware of Gamescom.
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Turn Any YouTube Video into A GIF
When you get bored and looking for a fun time project, amble on over to YouTube, pick out a video you would like to make parts of into a GIF and follow the bouncing ball. Pretty simple and cool, so you know YouTube will not let it stay too long, there's no money in it.
Here's a handy, easy to remember trick: just add "GIF" to the beginning of the URL. After "www." and before "youtube.com"
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Chrome Browser May Soon Be Much More Like Chrome OS
Google Chrome (browser) is getting wiser as it gets older and has opted to take several of the best features from Chrome (the OS) and incorporate them into the browser for added speed and ease of operation. I hope at some point in the future the plan is for the two to merge to avoid further confusion in the naming schema.
Google is essentially taking user features found in Chrome OS and making them front and center in the browser as well.
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Pokémon Trading Card Game Coming to your iPad
Nostalgia for the 80's and 90's games are all the rage these days and now you can add the Pokémon Trading Card Game to that list of playables on portables.
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The Highest-Paying Jobs at Google
If you are planning on joining the ranks at Google, but you're not a software engineer, there are still plenty of high paying jobs available at the company for non-engineering types that rank well on the pay scale. Glassdoor has put together a list of the 20 highest paying jobs within the Google organization.
Salary data on Glassdoor is based on anonymous salary reports that were voluntarily shared by both current and recent employees.
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Deep iPad Discounts at Staples and Target
No, we're not trying to boost the sales of Staples and Target, but would like to get you the best deal possible if you are in the market for iPad Minis, Airs and AC models. Quantities are limited, so time is of the essence in snagging one of these bad boys.
Also, Apple is widely expected to update its iPads again in October but these prices are at or below what we expect current models to drop to.
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Microsoft Issues Hotfix for Internet Explorer Slowdowns
Microsoft is having a bad week for security updates, but the good news is that the company is getting better about fixing the messes they create. I guess practice makes perfect. Microsoft has issued a remedy for a slowing Internet Explorer as an out of hand Hotfix.
There are two Internet Explorer updates that, when applied to any iteration of the browser between Internet Explorer 7 and 11 (yikes), could eventually cause the browser to grind to a halt.
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Destiny: Mars Gameplay Trailer Released
Due to be released on September 9th, Bungie is beginning to ramp up its promos for the upcoming Destiny on PS3/4 and Xbox360/Live platforms. The latest trailer shows action on the red planet, Mars.
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Microsoft Introduces Surface Pro 3 Docking Station
Want to do a little more with your Surface Pro 3 but are limited by the number of USB ports and other missing connectors? Microsoft has your back. Surface Pro 3 Docking Station is now available for online purchase directly from Microsoft.
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Adtran Lays Groundwork for Superfast Broadband Over Copper
If you live in a small town or rural area where fiber lines are cost prohibitive, your chances of receiving high speed broadband might be sometime right before we colonize Mars. New technology by Adtran may be your new best friend in getting high speed Internet to your area over copper lines cheaply and very soon.
VDSL2 with vectoring, which improves speeds by reducing noise and can deliver up to 150Mbps, is currently being rolled out by operators, while G.fast, which is capable of 500Mbps, is still under development.
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Major Xbox One update Rolls Out to Preview Members
If you are a member of the Xbox Live preview program, your feature loaded update for your Xbox Live console should be on the way to you right now. Check out the confirmed new features described by Major Nelson.
The update is making its way to Xbox Live consoles now. However, it's targeted only to people who are part of the Xbox Live preview program, which lets you test out the latest updates ahead of the general Xbox One population.
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Samsung Seals SmartThings Startup Deal
Looks like the rumors of Samsung venturing into the smart home automation market were right on target. SmartThings has confirmed that the company has been acquired by Samsung for an undisclosed price.
Samsung's acquisition of SmartThings follows close behind Google's US$3.2 billion acquisition of smart home sensor maker Nest Labs at the beginning of the year — a move that saw the software giant substantially expand its internet of things (IoT) device footprint.
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Microsoft Brings Back-and-Forth Conversations to Bing
Microsoft has incorporated a new feature into Bing to let you carry on extended 'conversations' with the search engine. The new feature will allow users to explore additional questions within a subject by merely typing in the additional query and Bing will take it from there.
"By combining conversational understanding with our knowledge repository containing information on billions of people, places and things, you can dive and learn more about a topic or interest."
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