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This unprecedented collaborative PC ad campaign reeks of desperation

In a move that reeks of desperation, some of the biggest names in the PC market have joined forces to launch an ad campaign that's supposed to drive more people...

Facebook and Twitter may come to replace news websites entirely

Online publishing has almost completely replaced physical magazines and newspapers, but now it may be in danger of being replaced itself. A more accurate way to describe it is that the current form...

The city that defeated Comcast now offers ten gigabit Internet service

Who needs Google Fiber? By itself, the Chattanooga Electric Power Board was able make Tennessee the home of the first city in the United States to offer city-wide gigabit Internet service, but it's...

Valve wants to crowd-source the Steam Controller's design

Is there anybody who knows what you want better than you do? Valve doesn't think so, which is why it wants the people using the Steam Controller to help improve the...

Having your smartphone nearby might improve your cognitive abilities

It's no secret that most Americans have an unhealthy connection to their smartphones, but this connection isn't without its benefits. A group of researchers from Florida State University, Indiana University, and the University of...

Yahoo has decided to do away with passwords entirely

It's been proven numerous times that passwords are pretty unreliable, although this is mainly because people like to pick crappy passwords. That's why companies like Google have been working on...

Huawei is reportedly working on its first-ever laptop

Xiaomi isn't the only Chinese smartphone maker that's reportedly preparing to enter the laptop market, as a recent trademark filing from Huawei suggests the the company is working on something called...

Bethesda has released a live-action trailer for Fallout 4

Bethesda has been doing an excellent job of getting people hyped for Fallout 4 with its series of amusing explanation videos for the SPECIAL system, but he haven't had an actual...

The annoying Chrome Notification Center is finally being killed off

At best, the Chrome Notification Center was a feature that you weren't even aware of, at worst, it was an annoying popup that you'd much rather not have to deal...

Google and Nintendo helped invest $30 million into Niantic Labs

Before it was helping the Pokémon Company develop its new augmented reality game, Niantic Labs was working as a division of Google on its own augmented reality game called Ingress, and even though...

LG and Samsung are almost ready to release foldable smartphones

South Korean companies like to get creative with their smartphone displays, but we haven't seen anything revolutionary in a while. Curved displays and dual screens are cool and all, but they're...

Microsoft's unique approach to messaging uses photos instead of texts

Messaging apps are a dime a dozen nowadays, which is companies like Yahoo have been forced to get creative when releasing their own messaging apps. Putting the Yahoo branding on...

A Will Smith movie helped inspire Elon Musk's self-driving car ideas

I, Robot is one of the many decent action movies starring Will Smith that have been released in the past fifteen years or so, but there's nothing especially noteworthy about it,...

Huawei has beaten Xiaomi as China's top smartphone maker

Xiaomi may get most of the attention in the Chinese smartphone market, but it's actually Huawei that reigns supreme. With a market share of 18.7%, the Shenzen-based company is the...

Steam users aren't as excited about virtual reality as Valve is

Google Cardboard has been enough to satiate our virtual reality cravings for the time being, but the real fun won't begin until companies like HTC and Oculus start releasing their...

Microsoft's biggest partners aren't happy about the Surface Book

The reason Microsoft was so hesitant to release its own computers in the past was because it would mean competing directly with its partners in the PC market, such as Dell and...

CBS will more than likely sign on to Apple's online television service

Everything we've heard about Apple's long-rumored online television service recently has been about how the company is struggling to get content providers to sign on, but now we know at...

Swatch's new smartwatch is even more disappointing than expected

I honestly wasn't expecting much from Swatch's answer to the Apple Watch, but the Swiss watchmaker still managed to disappoint me. Rather than equipping its smartwatch with all the bells...

Uber's delivery service is expanding to more cities

Uber already has thousands of drivers that bring people from one place to another, so why not have them bring packages from one place to another as well? That's the idea...

Facebook is working on a real-time news app called Notify

Even though Facebook and Twitter compete in a number of ways, they aren't direct competitors, but it looks like that's about to change. Facebook is apparently developing a new app...