Month: March 2014

NEW YORK — Despite persistent revenue declines over the past couple of years, the Street has always had a love-affair with IBM . Read the original post by TheStreet.com

Microsoft will start shipping the battery life-boosting version of it keyboard-cover for Surface tablets next week, perhaps in time for the rumored launch of the Surface 2 with LTE. Read the original post by Gautam

Though it was only released yesterday morning, iOS 7.1 has already been installed on 5.9 percent of iOS devices in North America, according to a new report from analytics firm Chitika. To get its numbers, Chitika measured ad impressions from tens of millions of iOS-based devices in the U.S. and […] Read the original post…

With iOS 7.1 Apple’s added a new feature to Siri, their personal digital assistant — the ability to manually control how long Siri listens. The concept is remarkably similar to the old push-to-talk systems, just hold down the Home button, start talking, and then let go of the Home button […] Read the original post…

Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen spoke to Rolling Stone Magazine in a lengthy interview that sheds some light on Nguyen’s background and explains why he pulled the app from the App Store. Continue reading → Read the original post by Julie

NEWS ANALYSIS: Google’s Sundar Pichai, in an on-stage interview at the SXSW show, drops broad hints that his company is working on home mesh networking for multiple applications. Read the original post by Julie

Microsoft Office for Mac hasn’t seen a refresh in a few years now, but all that looks set to change in 2014. First reported from CeBIT by German site Computerwoche, Microsoft will finally update its office suite for Mac before this year is out. The folks at Macworld then followed […] Read the original post…

Microsoft Office for Mac hasn’t seen a refresh in a few years now, but all that looks set to change in 2014. First reported from CeBIT by German site Computerwoche, Microsoft will finally update its office suite for Mac before this year is out. The folks at Macworld then followed […] Read the original post…

The Apple Store still offers a selection of its current-generation Apple iMac desktops as factory-refurbished models, with deals from $1,099 and free shipping. That tied with our mention from two weeks ago as the lowest total price we’ve seen for these models. (Each is also at least $100 less than […] Read the original post…

According to the World Health Organization, there were approximately 207 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2012, 627,000 of which proved fatal. Read the original post by Gizmag

According to a recent anecdote shared by former Apple engineer Abraham Farag, the introduction of the no-button Apple Pro mouse was the result of a misunderstanding between the product design team and Steve Jobs. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

B&H Photo-Video offers the Canon EOS 70D 20.2-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera bundled with the Canon EF-S 18-135mm IS STM f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens, model no. 8469B016, Ruggard Commando 36 DSLR Shoulder Bag, extra battery, $25.98 Adorama Credit, and SanDisk 16GB SDHC Extreme Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card for an in-cart price […] Read the original post…

Apple updated iOS 7.1 and rolled into the update some major improvements to the iBeacon platform, claims BEEKn.net. The biggest improvement is the ability of the operating system to detect iBeacons even when an iBeacon-compatible app is shut down or running in the background. This functionality persists even when the […] Read the original post…

Google Play offers downloads of Tame Impala’s Backwards MP3 Single for free. That’s the best price we could find for this track. (Amazon and iTunes each charge $1.29.) Read the original post by dealmac – Today’s Edition

Newegg discounts select 2.5″ Internal SSDs as listed below. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find for any of these SSDs by at least $4 and yields an all-time low for the ADATA SP900 SSD. The deals: ADATA SP600 128GB SATA 6Gbps 2.5″ SSD for $64.99 […] Read the original post…