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Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google’s $399 Chromebook Plus will hit store shelves on Oct. 8, offering a budget-friendly computing solution with basic productivity features. What Happened: To simplify the Chromebook shopping experience, Google on...

Nvidia Corp’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) latest update to its Broadcast software has set social media ablaze with a devising discussion surrounding its “creepy AF” Eye Contact feature. What Happened: Nvidia has released version 1.4 of its NVIDIA Broadcast software. With this update,...

PC market slackness that was hinted at by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), when it preannounced last week, has been confirmed by a new report that showed a sharp decline in shipments in the third quarter. What Happened: Worldwide PC shipments plunged 19.5% year-over-year in the third...

PC shipments have been on the wane for the eighth consecutive quarter, marking the longest duration of decline in the history of the PC industry. A release on market research firm Gartner's quarterly PC tracker survey showed that third quarter PC shipments fell 5.7 percent year-over-year, a faster...

Acer has unveiled the newest member of the Chromebook family -- the C720 Chromebook. Powered by Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) hugely popular Haswell line of processors, the new laptop promises to deliver eight and a half hours of battery life. The machine is 30 percent thinner than the previous model,...

When Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) created the "Ultrabook" brand nearly two years ago, the company had one competitor in its sights: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Known for building MacBook Pros and other sleek-but-heavy laptops, Apple surprised the world when it revised the MacBook Air in the fall of 2010. The...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have teamed up build better Chromebooks. The search engine giant announced that Intel's fourth-generation Core i processors -- commonly known as Haswell -- will be featured in a number of new machines. In a post on Google's official Chrome blog,...

This fall, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will release its long-awaited update to Windows 8. Previously known as Windows Blue, the new update is officially named Windows 8.1. On Thursday, October 17, users around the world can begin downloading the upgrade immediately at 4:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight...

During the second quarter of 2012, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) celebrated an important win against its competitors. The online retail giant overtook Acer, Asus and many others to become the third most successful tablet manufacturer. According to IDC, Amazon gained five percent of the market after...

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) may be getting rave reviews for its Haswell-based notebooks, but consumers and retailers could be too distracted to notice. According to DigiTimes, most channel retailers had expected the penetration of touch screen notebooks (specifically those using Haswell) to fall within...

Love them or hate them, tablet computers are here to stay. With over 100 million units sold in under three years, the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has become a cultural icon and its domestic competition has established itself as well: Words like "Kindle Fire" and "Nook" have entered the American...

Chromebook manufacturers are gearing up for their next round of upgrades. According to DigiTimes, Acer will release a new 11.6-inch model in July. The new machine is expected to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, the C7, and will be geared toward students. Acer's new Chromebook is set to...

Acer's newest Chromebook (C710-2055) comes with six hours of battery life, an Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Celeron 847 processor (2MB L3 cache, 1.10GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz) and 4GB of RAM -- all for $80 more than the original. For the sake of comparison, the previous model (C710-2847) comes with 2GB of RAM and...

For most individuals, Santa brought a cornucopia of electronics, gift cards and items to exchange or return. Tech bloggers found an extra surprise in their stockings: reports of another iPad upgrade and an Acer tablet priced at $99. The products sound promising -- Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will...

After enduring an overall decline of 16.4 percent during the third quarter, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) increased notebook shipments slightly in November. According to DigiTimes, the top five notebook brands experienced a combined one month drop of four percent. Asus, which recently released a...