If you happen to be using a Windows Phone in the US, you may have noticed that the voice recognition capabilities on your phone have grown a whole lot faster recently. Over the last several weeks, Microsoft has been rolling out a series of updates to improve the speed and accuracy of voice to text… Continue reading Microsoft’s New Bing Voice Recognition Ad Claims It’s Twice as Fast, But Looks It’s From the 80s
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Why iOS 7 Hasn’t Converted Me to the iPhone
Yesterday during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference we were left open-mouthed by the beautiful simplicity of iOS 7. We’ll find no more green felt in Games Center, no more lined yellow paper as a backdrop to our notes. Instead, iOS 7 implements a new clean, modern design that features crisp white backgrounds, translucent boxes, and two-dimensional… Continue reading Why iOS 7 Hasn’t Converted Me to the iPhone
Let the Battle Bing-in: Apple Shafts Google out of Mobile Voice Search
When Google announced conversational voice capabilities for Search and Chrome, it declared the first serious competitor to Apple’s chattering iOS assistant, Siri. Google Voice Search is now available on iOS through Chrome and the Google Search app and, for the first time, iOS users have the option to bypass Siri and ask a new personal… Continue reading Let the Battle Bing-in: Apple Shafts Google out of Mobile Voice Search
Xbox’s E3 Keynote: Everything You Need to Know [Including 13 New Game Trailers]
Xbox sparked off its E3 Keynote Monday launching a trailer for Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain for the Xbox One. Microsoft promised the event would be full of games, and they delivered, touting a plethora of new titles for the Xbox One and even the aging 8-year old Xbox 360. Xbox 360… Continue reading Xbox’s E3 Keynote: Everything You Need to Know [Including 13 New Game Trailers]
Intel Introduces 4th-generation Processors Offering 3X Faster Speeds and Increased Battery Life
Are you ready for the future of computer processing and superior visual graphics? Intel is releasing an exciting new line of 4th-generation processors (codename “Haswell”) that will deliver a significant increase in battery life, with improved peak performance and incredible integrated graphics for Windows PCs and tablets. These chips for the i3, i5 and i7… Continue reading Intel Introduces 4th-generation Processors Offering 3X Faster Speeds and Increased Battery Life
Helping Students Afford the Cost of a New PC for College
Microsoft has launched Chip In, a new Kickstarter-style crowdfunding program to help students raise money toward the cost of a new Windows PC for college. The first program of its kind, Microsoft hopes Chip In will compete with others’ back-to-school promotions (such as the $100 gift card to the Mac App Store Apple offers with… Continue reading Helping Students Afford the Cost of a New PC for College
Why Social Sites are Dancing the Two-Step Verification
When it comes to dancing with danger, major sites seem to prefer a less hip but more stable partner while shuffling to the two-step verification beat: your mobile phone. See, when internet accounts tend to get compromised, they are oftentimes illegitimately accessed from a new computer (or unknown device). Google Google provides a 2-step verification,… Continue reading Why Social Sites are Dancing the Two-Step Verification
14 Funny Xbox One Comics, Parodies and GIFs
Xbox gamers waited with baited-breath for the big reveal at Microsoft’s Tuesday announcement, however what was actually revealed immediately stirred some geeks into a frenzy. See Microsoft only demoed a fraction of the promised 15 exclusive titles and then dropped the bomb that the Xbox One will not be backwards compatible with any of those… Continue reading 14 Funny Xbox One Comics, Parodies and GIFs
