Microsoft has a lot to answer for in the world of cheap laptops. I’m not convinced Windows 10, as it stands, is fit for the realities of budget netbooks. The likes of Google’s basic but ever-improving Chrome OS and the ...
Qualcomm has announced that Windows 10 laptops running on its Snapdragon 835 chipset won't be arriving until late-2017. Microsoft revealed last year that it would start supporting ARM processors with Windows desktop apps, but it seems ...
Last year, I attended Computex for the first time, and for all its flaws I’m super-excited about returning with a year’s worth of knowledge under my belt. Taking place between May 29 and June 3, the show is spread all over ...
Tags: Asus ZenFones, Acer, AMD
Electronics Flight Ban: What do the new US and UK rules for taking electronics on flights mean for travellers and their devices? Which airports, airlines, and countries are affected? Here's all you need to know about the ban, including all ...
Samsung Electronics' Exynos processors have been selected to revolutionize Audi’s next-generation in-vehicle infotainment. Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced its participation in the ...
The influential Consumer Reports website has now awarded the 2016 model a ‘Recommended’ tag; after initially deciding against it due to what it deemed ‘wildly unpredictable’ battery expectancy. Apple fought back ...
Tags: Macbook Pro, battery
Remember the black MacBook that was on sale from 2006-2008? It was the first Mac I'd ever considered buying. It made the company look like a rebel at a time when Apple was anything but. (It was during the height of the "Apple white" design ...
Apple on Thursday introduced a new MacBook Pro design for the first time in over four years. As rumored, the new models -- available in 13- and 15-inch sizes -- offer an all-new design, an OLED "Touch Bar" that replaces the function key ...
Tags: Apple, MacBook Pro, Touch ID
Apple's revamped line of MacBook Pro laptops -- its first major update in more than four years -- will keep the standard headphone jack as one of the ports. That means you'll be able to plug in any pair of headphones -- except for Apple's ...
Tags: Apple, MacBook Pro, iPhone 7
Apple's new Touch Bar adapts to show custom controls for any app, and Adobe Photoshop will take advantage of the technology by the end of the year. The new MacBook Pro's Touch Bar can be used for things like controlling paintbrush size or ...
Tags: Apple, Touch Bar, Adobe Photoshop
Apple on Thursday revealed its newest MacBook Pro laptop, which includes a new interactive, customizable touch strip above the keyboard called Touch Bar. "The Mac is more than a product to us," CEO Tim Cook told the crowd at the Town Hall ...
Tags: Apple, MacBook Pro, Touch Bar
Sure, Apple could make software that powers both Macs and iPads. Yes, it could put touchscreens in its laptops. And yeah, it could make a hybrid device that's both a tablet and a notebook. But that would be taking the easy route. At ...
"We are the company that stands for the builders, the makers, the creators." Sounds like a thing Apple might say, no? But those are the words of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella -- the guy who just ate Apple's lunch. I'm not saying the new ...
Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Surface Book
Someday we'll live in a truly wireless future, where everything is interconnected. Speeds will be so fast -- 5G and WiGig -- and the chipsets so cheap and plentiful that everything from your coffee maker to your garage door opener will have ...
Tags: Apple, MacBook Pro, iPhone 7
The first time I saw the Touch Bar on Apple's new MacBook Pro laptops, I thought: hey, there's a little strip of an iPad grafted onto that Mac. Macs don't have touch. At this point, they're the outliers in the computing world. Windows and ...
Tags: Apple, MacBook Pro, iPad