Microsoft has backtracked on how the Xbox One will handle used games and offline play, following weeks of backlash.
GameStick Pushes $79 Game System Back to August
When GameStick put its $79 game console on Kickstarter last January, the projected April delivery date seemed a little too good to be true.
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Lytro’s Light-Field Camera Gets an iPhone App
The unique camera is no longer dependent on a PC for photo sharing.
Facebook Comments Can Now Have Images in Them
Now every comment can be worth 1,000 words. Facebook is rolling out the ability to pepper your comments with images in both the desktop and mobile web versions of the popular social network.
We Can Now Map Rooms Down to the Millimeter with a Finger Snap
Bats do it, dolphins do it — even short-tailed shrews do it.
You Can’t Do That with a Kindle: Library Builds Record-Breaking Domino Chain from Old Books
To promote its summer reading program, the Seattle Public Library did what any enterprising library would do: take a bunch of old books, set them up like dominoes and knock them over.
Apple TV Gets More Streaming Video with HBO Go and WatchESPN
Apple TV has come a long way since its 2010 revamp, when the only options for streaming video were iTunes, Netflix and YouTube.
Feedly Adds New Features Ahead of Looming Google Reader Shutdown
Feedly announces Feedly Cloud, an open API and a simple transfer process for Google Reader refugees.
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Review: Long Live the New MacBook Air
The one big new thing in Apple’s new portables is a doozy: far better battery life.
Hotline Miami 2 Is Everything a Sequel Shouldn’t Be (and That’s Good)
If you play a lot of video games, you’re probably used to cliffhangers, unresolved plot lines and an endless parade of origin stories. So it’s all the more refreshing that the makers of Hotline Miami are drawing the line at one sequel.
What Happened to the Mid-Range Chromebook?
Chromebooks are about to get a boost in exposure, with Walmart and Staples adding the cheap laptops to their stores. But the expanded availability has left me wondering what happened to the best Chromebook of all.
Texas Passes Strict New Email Privacy Law
Governor Rick Perry has signed HB 2268, a first-in-the-nation law that requires state and local law enforcement agents to seek a search warrant before accessing and reading Texans’ private email communications.