If you’re hankering for more of Microsoft’s Surface tablet, you’re in luck. Per AppleInsider, Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it will expand its Surface tablet lineup next month with the new “Pro” model running Windows 8, as well as a new “RT” version with 64 gigabytes of storage. Surface Windows 8 Pro will be available […]
Sometimes you’re dead-on, other times it’s time to head back to the drawing board. Per AppleInsider, Taiwanese publication Digitimes on Tuesday backpedaled on its previous claims that Apple would be launching a cheaper, yet larger-screened, iPhone variant in 2013 to combat a growing low-end “phablet” market. While DigiTimes reversed its original take on big-screen iPhone […]
You can’t knock a decent web browser update. Late Tuesday, Google released version 24.0.1312.56 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 46.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Fixed performance of mouse wheel scrolling. [Issue: 160122] – Fixed visited links regression. [Issue: 160025] Google Chrome 24.0.1312.56 requires an Intel-based Mac with […]
This could lead to some interesting stuff. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a patent discovered on Tuesday outlines a system in which displays like the iPhone and iPad’s Retina panels are automatically dimmed based on what type of content is showing on screen, allowing for portable devices to conserve energy. The U.S. […]
It never hurts to have a wider array of web browser choices for your iOS device. Per Pocket Lint and AppleInsider, Opera Software on Friday unveiled its latest project, a WebKit-based mobile browser called “Opera Ice” that is specifically designed for screen formats seen on popular smartphones and tablets, including the iPhone and iPad. In […]