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Google Calendar gets smarter with automatic events, iPhone version coming
Google Calendar is becoming a closer companion to Gmail by automatically pulling in events from users’ inboxes. The latest update expands on Gmail’s ability to recognize confirmation emails for flight reservations, concert tickets, and restaurant reservations. In addition to showing … Continue reading
Southwest Airlines adds free Beats Music streaming to its list of perks
Beats Music is getting some promotional support from an unlikely source: Southwest Airlines. The Dallas-based budget airline is now throwing in free Beats streaming complete with curated playlists to round out its on-board entertainment options. Southwest is known for its … Continue reading
Intel finally agrees to pay $15 to Pentium 4 owners over AMD Athlon benchmarking shenanigans
Intel will pay customers who purchased Pentium 4′s a $15 refund over alleged benchmark shenanigans — but the evidence for such actions is both fairly strong and still ongoing to some extent.
Google Nexus 9 review: A powerful tablet made for everyone
There are many wonderful things about Google’s Nexus 9. Its 64-bit Tegra K1 processor is extremely powerful, its big hi-res display and front-facing speakers make it a mini entertainment theater, and its preloaded stock Android 5.0 is the most handsome … Continue reading
Nexus Player review: Google’s third attempt at TV is a fine first draft
It didn’t take long for Google’s Nexus Player to realize I was hooked on the Food Network. Within just a few days, the strip of recommendations on top of the screen ballooned from a single cooking show to three of … Continue reading
LG G Watch R’s $299 price from AT&T will make it Android Wear’s most expensive watch to date
AT&T has outed the price of LG’s G Watch R at $299, likely making it the most expensive Android Wear smartwatch to date. The price briefly appeared on an AT&T product page , where it was spotted by Android Police. … Continue reading
ET deals: 50% off Lenovo Y40 Core i7 1080p gaming laptop with R9 M275 graphics
Gaming laptops don’t have to bust your budget. One of our favorite values in gaming, the Lenovo Y40, is now on sale for just $650, the lowest price we’ve ever seen and a huge 50% discount. This sale pricing ends … Continue reading
MIT astronomer says NASA’s focus on ‘capturing asteroids in baggies’ is misguided
One MIT scientist says NASA’s ARM mission is doomed to irrelevance, and that we could use asteroids much better on our path to the Red Planet.
Expect the Apple Watch to launch next spring
The Apple Watch’s release date is still under wraps, but now we know that January and February are out of the running for the “early 2015” time frame Apple has teased. Angela Ahrendts, the company’s senior VP of retail and … Continue reading
RealPlayer Cloud heads to Xbox One to take on Plex’s personal video streaming
With RealPlayer Cloud, Xbox One users now have another option for streaming their personal video collections to the console. The new app lets users access videos that they’ve uploaded to RealPlayer’s cloud storage service, or have stored on other connected … Continue reading
