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Google's $399 Chromebook Plus With AI-Powered Tools Coming To Stores This Weekend
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 1:50am | 752Alphabet 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...
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Nvidia's 'Creepy AF' AI Tool Splinters Twitter: Is Eye Contact With Your Audience Worth The Chills?
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - 5:25am | 708Nvidia 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,...
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PC Shipments See Record Plunge In Q3 — What That Means For Apple, AMD, Intel And Others
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - 8:21am | 714PC 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...
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PC Market Isn't Out Of The Woods; Apple's Sour Statistics
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 10:24am | 547PC 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...
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Acer Unveils New Chromebook With Thinner Body, Faster Boot Times And Longer Battery Life
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 6:44am | 404Acer 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,...
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REVIEW: Acer Aspire M5-583P-6428
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 12:39pm | 999When 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...
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Google, Intel Team Up For New Chromebooks (GOOG, INTC)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 3:28pm | 473Google (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,...
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Windows 8.1 'Continues The Vision' For W8, Due October 17
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 1:59pm | 502This 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...
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Amazon Reduces Kindle Fire HD Price After Losing Market Share (AMZN)
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 11:15am | 638During 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...
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New Touch Screen Notebooks Could Suffer As Discounts Rise For Older PCs
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 10:52am | 460Intel (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...
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Slideshow: The History of Tablet Computers
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 11:47am | 137Love 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...
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New Chromebooks and Androidbooks Coming Soon
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 12:46pm | 523Chromebook 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...
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Acer Targets Schools and Students with New C7 Chromebook
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 2:47pm | 502Acer'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...
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Can a $99 Tablet Take Down the iPad Mini?
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 2:54pm | 523For 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...
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Hewlett-Packard Raised Notebook Shipments in November
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 11:30am | 528After 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...