| TRENDING STORIES IN TECH & GADGETS | | | | | | | ALL STORIES IN TECH & GADGETS | | |
| Hands On With Facebook Messenger's New Calling Feature | | Friday, January 18, 2013 11:21 PM | Emily Price |
| On Wednesday Facebook added the ability to make voice calls to its stand-alone Messenger app. The feature is only available for iPhone users, and only works if both the caller and the recipient have Facebook’s Messenger app installed on their phone. While the feature is definitely good news for Facebook users who use the app, Facebook isn’t the first company to offer free voice calls over data networks using your iPhone.
|
| Carbon Fiber: The Secret of the 2014 Corvette Stingray | | Friday, January 18, 2013 10:44 PM | Pete Pachal |
| The Corvette has been redesigned only six times since its debut 50 years ago, so for the seventh version that it unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show this week, GM brought to bear some of its most advanced car technologies. A notable one: the addition of carbon fiber into the construction of the sports car.
|
| Pandora Listeners Created 1.6 Billion Stations in 2012 | | Friday, January 18, 2013 10:27 PM | Emily Price |
| 2012 was a busy year for Pandora. Pandora users created over 1.6 billion stations over the course of 2012, and listened to over 1 million different songs by over 100,000 different artists. All that added up to an astounding 13 billion hours of songs listened to throughout the year by a pretty amazing amount of people — 10,000 of the artists who have songs on Pandora had more than 25,000 unique listeners.
|
| Never Forget This Naked Privacy Violation | | Friday, January 18, 2013 10:02 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Farewell, then, Rapiscan machines at airports. It's been genuinely horrible to know you (or rather to not know you, hidden TSA agents in back rooms). If we see invasive public technology of your kind in a hundred years, it'll be too soon. After quietly removing many Rapiscans late last year, the TSA admitted Friday it was junking all 174 of them, $40 million worth of machinery, from airports around the U.S.
|
| Windows 8 Will Cost You $120 After Jan. 31 | | Friday, January 18, 2013 6:13 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Microsoft launched Windows 8 in the fall with attractive pricing — just $39.99 for Windows 7, Vista or XP users — but come February the price goes up. Way up. After the promotional upgrade offer ends on Jan. 31, anyone running an older version of Windows will have to pay $119.99 for the privilege of running Windows 8, a Microsoft blog post reveals. And that's just the basic edition; if you want Windows 8 Pro, it'll cost you $199.99.
|
| Winter Warmers: 10 Gadgets to Keep You Cozy | | Friday, January 18, 2013 3:31 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| During the winter months we're especially grateful for the technology that keeps us cozy. We have found 10 great gadgets, gizmos and geeky accessories that will help you beat the chill. Whether you want to keep snug on the sofa or stay warm at your workplace, we think you'll find something to suit in our selection.
|
| 6 Gmail Labs That Will Make Your Life Easier | | Friday, January 18, 2013 12:06 PM | Alex Hazlett |
| With all that email you get these days, it's easy to get buried. For those millions of you who use Gmail as your main email client, either for your personal email, or through work or school, allow us to make some suggestions. SEE ALSO: 9 Things We Wish Gmail Could Do Whether you're chasing Inbox Zero or just want a little more efficiency, Gmail Labs may be your solution.
|
| |  |  | | | TOP STORIES TODAY TOP TOPICS | |
ليست هناك تعليقات:
إرسال تعليق