Month: April 2014

EMC has announced upgrades to its data protection offerings that include integration with applications and hypervisor platforms for Avamar and Networker backup products, Data Domain disk backup hardware and VPLEX storage virtualisation software. Read the original post by Computer Weekly

Siri is potentially going to get a lot stronger, as Apple has quietly acquired yet another speech recognition company — this time a well-known firm called Novauris. Founded in 2002 and spun out of the better-known Dragon Systems, Novauris is one of the early pioneers of modern voice recognition. Although […] Read the original post…

BuyDig offers the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H400 20.1-Megapixel Digital Camera in Black, model no. DSC-H400/B, with Adobe Lightroom 5 for Windows and Mac and Lexar 16GB Platinum II UHS-I Class 10 SDHC Card for $298. During checkout, it falls to $279. With free shipping, that’s $149 under the lowest total price […] Read the original post…

AltaTac via Rakuten Shopping offers the Kensington AbsolutePower Charge and Sync Stand for iPhone / iPod, model no. K39765AM, for $19.99 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find by $18. It’s compatible with the iPhone 5, 5th generation iPod touch, and 7th generation iPod nano. Read the original post by dealmac…

Popular flight and travel app Expedia was updated recently with a new media lounge feature that brings exclusive deals and content to iPhone and iPod touch owners who use the app while traveling. Continue reading → Read the original post by Julie Drummond

Adult Swim has released version 1.1 of its popular game Castle Doombad. The update adds 15 new “slaycation” levels, new traps and minions. The new traps include the Iron Maiden and a new manual trap called the Giant Boulder of Death. The new minion is a “spark” minion who zips […] Read the original post…

As one of its daily deals, Tanga offers the Samsung 32GB Class 6 Secure Digital High-Capacity Memory Card 2-Pack for $25.99 plus $4.99 for shipping. That’s $15.49 per card, $3 under our per card price in our February mention, and the lowest total price we could find for this quantity […] Read the original post…

Nest has put a halt to sales of their connected Nest Protect smoke detector over concerns that the alarm could be unintentionally deactivated. Protect smoke alarms have a “Protect Wave” feature which allows users to deactivate the alarm when it’s activated under not dangerous conditions (say, smoke from cooking) by […] Read the original post…

The iTunes App Store offers DataMan Next for iPhone or iPod touch for free. That’s $2 off and the best price we could find for this data usage manager app. Read the original post by dealmac – Today’s Edition

Brendan Eich’s anti-gay-marriage stance incited a public backlash. Mozilla says Eich’s successor is unclear, and it will share news next week. Read the original post by Valerie Richardson

Windows 8.1 Update is geared towards pleasing mouse and keyboard users while simultaneously deepening integration with its touch-friendly interface. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

As a reader discovered, A4C offers the refurbished Soul by Ludacris On-Ear Ultra Dynamic Headphones in Blue, model no. SL100, for $29.95. Coupon code “SPRING10″ cuts it to $26.95. With free shipping, that’s $3 under yesterday’s mention and $50 below the lowest total price we could find for a new […] Read the original post…

If you have an Apple TV but find it difficult or impossible to see and navigate the menu system VoiceOver is there to help. An accessibility option meant to help those with visual challenges, VoiceOver “speaks” the controls to you, letting you hear what you can’t see. You can even […] Read the original post…

Amazon’s Fire TV and the battle for the living room, why cord cutting won’t work for sports fans, the new HTC One phone, and Cortana versus Siri versus Google Now. Read the original post by Dan Moren, Jason Snell

A new patent application from Apple describes a method of adding pressure sensitivity to a touchscreen using a combination of capacitive touch, infrared light and other sensing technologies. The patent was first reported by AppleInsider. Continue reading → Read the original post by Julie Drummond