Month: March 2014

AltaTac via eBay offers the refurbished Sony Pulse Elite Edition Wireless Stereo Headset, model no. CECHYA-0086, for $79.99 with free shipping. That’s $35 under the lowest total price we could find for a new model. Features include 7.1-channel virtual surround sound, preset modes for different gaming genres, a noise-cancelling microphone, […] Read the original post…

BenQ offers its factory-refurbished BenQ 1080p 3D DLP Projector, model no. W1070, for $677 plus $4.77 for shipping. That’s $68 under our January mention of a new model and the lowest total price we’ve seen for this projector in any condition. (It’s a current low of $217.) This projector features […] Read the original post…

Windows XP isn’t the only product Microsoft is putting out to pasture. It’s also the end of the line for Office 2003. Read the original post by Valerie Richardson

The history of the first iPhone is an interesting tale and no matter who tells it, it often involves some never before heard situations. This time around, it’s one of the original iPhone engineers, Greg Christie who was made available to the WSJ ahead of the latest Apple vs. […] Read the original post by…

Emoji – pictographs used in instant messaging – have become a popular way to express emotion and ideas. Once unique to Japan Support for emoji in Unicode has standardized the way that emoji are displayed on devices worldwide, including iPhones, iPads and Macs. But there’s a lack of ethnic diversity […] Read the original post…

Following the tsunami that hit Japan in March, 2011, designer Chris Robinson was inspired to create an escape pod to ensure he and his family could survive if such a disaster were to occur in his home city of Palo Alto, California. Read the original post by Gizmag

The acquisition is the latest step for the chip maker, which views the wearable device space as a key growth market. Read the original post by Valerie Richardson

Although Apple may have had some issues with grabbing Sebastien Marineau-Mes, BlackBerry’s SVP of Software, it seems they have no issues as of yet in adding Delta Vice President of Marketing, Bob Kupbens to their employee list. Kupbens, joined Delta back in 2010 and became responsible for their marketing strategy, […] Read the original post…

A few new insider details on the development of the original iPhone have come to light thanks to Apple senior software engineer Greg Christie, who gave an interview with The Wall Street Journal with permission from Apple, ahead of a new patent infringement trial against Samsung that is set to […] Read the original post…

Lenovo offers its Lenovo N800 SmartTouch Wireless Mouse in Black, model no. 888014849, for $39.99. Coupon code “USP1MR424849″ cuts the price to $14.14. With free shipping, that’s $2 under last month’s mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen. (It’s a current low of $19.) It features an integrated touch […] Read the original post…

The Oculus Rift is an amazing piece of technology and the company behind it all, Oculus VR, has become a leader in the immersive virtual reality space with a ton of attention being sent their way and it’s about to increase Oculus has now announced an agreement to be […] Read the original post by…

Popular Hedge Fund Stocks in Free Fall Monday’s market sell-off hit hard many of the stocks that are most popular among hedge funds – especially the Internet and media stocks that have driven the returns of some of the top long-short managers in the business, the so-called Tiger Cubs and […] Read the original post…

Apple has plans to expand its emoji set to include emojis that are non-caucasian, according to Apple’s vice president of worldwide corporate communications, Katie Cotton, who spoke to MTV Act (via The Verge). The company says it is working with the Unicode Consortium to add more characters to its emoji […] Read the original post…

Meritline offers the refurbished Logitech Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard and Case for Apple 2nd through 4th Generation iPads, model no. 920-003402, for $17.99. Coupon code “MLCKS25YNL1″ cuts the price to $14.99. With free shipping, that’s a buck under our December mention and $8 below the lowest total price we could find […] Read the original post…

I’m live at the TWiT studios this week with Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell, and we’re talking Apple and Comcast, rumors of a 12 inch retina MacBook Air, is time ticking for Apple to announce the iWatch? And more. Download and subscribe: TWiT.TV      Read the original post by Rene Ritchie