Microsoft made a splash during its Tuesday Windows 10 hardware event, as the company unveiled several interesting products, including its first Windows 10 Lumia handsets and also a new family of 2-in-1 laptop/tablets, including the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book.
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Samsung’s profits have been shrinking recently but the company says that trend is about to end… and it’s due in no small part to the success of the iPhone 6s. The Wall Street Journal brings us word that Samsung has “estimated its third-quarter operating profit rebounded sharply from a year earlier on robust sales of chips and displays used in mobile phones and other gadgets.” While this rebound in profits is certainly welcome news for Samsung, it must be a little bittersweet given that its reversal of fortune in large part from selling components to Apple and to rival Chinese smartphone manufacturers.
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Burger King’s special Halloween Whopper has a special trick for people unsuspecting consumers: It apparently turns their poop green. After seeing reports of green poop crop up all over the Internet from people who ate Burger King’s distinctive black Whopper, The Washington Post’s Rachel Feltman engaged in some educated speculation about why it seems to be causing an outbreak in off-colored feces.
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Anyone who used an iPhone 6s after the iPhone 6 can easily tell you that the speed difference is easy to see. The new Apple smartphone is faster than its predecessor by a considerable margin, and benchmark scores have indicated the phone can be as fast as the new Retina MacBook, leaving the main rivals from the competition in the dust.
However, Samsung is working on a new processor of its own, which will likely debut on the Galaxy S7 next year, and a first benchmark for it has already been leaked. According to it, the new Galaxy phone might be even faster than the iPhone 6s.
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Disappointed that the world escaped the impending doom it was supposed to hit Earth back in May 2011? Not to worry, you still have a chance to experience a doomsday in your lifetime, assuming the most recent prediction is true: the end is near, and it’s happening on Wednesday, October 7th.
Of course, that might not actually happen – after all, not all doom predictions come true – in which case this will be just a regular Wednesday, and I’ll see you all tomorrow. Whatever happens, at least we got to see Microsoft’s “ultimate” Surface Book laptop come to life.
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On the fourth anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death, ABC News obtained a never-before-seen video of Jobs which depicts a somewhat rare look at the former Apple CEO’s softer side. The video was provided by Apple and is perhaps intended to counteract some of the more negative depictions of the Apple co-founder that we’ve been seeing as of late in films such as Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.
In the video below, filmed before a gathering of Apple employees the day before the iPhone was officially unveiled, we see a smiling and laid-back Jobs casually talking about his personal theory of business management, the iPhone, and even why he was prone to wear ripped jeans.
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Keyboards often get in the way, but they sure are often easier to use compared to typing on your smartphone. How about having a keyboard that has the portable size of a smartphone? You get that with the EC Technology Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard on sale for $35 and free shipping on Amazon. That’s 50% off the regular price. And it’s got a 4.5-star rating from 177 customer reviews.
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After spending some time with Star Wars Battlefront at E3 earlier this summer, I came away far less enthusiastic about the wildly anticipated sequel than I expected to be. After all, the Battlefront series was one that I spent countless hours with growing up — how could a new game in the franchise fail to win me over?
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A new report from Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac finally pins down a few release dates for some upcoming Apple products. First off, we have the long-rumored 21.5-inch 4K iMac. A product that has been making its way through the rumor mill for quite some time, Gurman writes that revamped iMacs will at long last make their way into stores as early as Tuesday, October 13.
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Deservedly so, 3D Touch is being hailed as the standout feature on Apple’s new iPhone 6s. While the feature’s full potential will only be unleashed once developers have some time to play around with it, there’s no question that 3D Touch represents the most exciting advancement in mobile user interaction since Apple introduced multitouch to the mainstream back in 2007.
Not surprisingly, Android manufacturers want to get in on the fun and are already clamoring to add pressure sensitive displays to their own devices. In fact, we’ve already seen one example in the wild in the form of the Huawei Mate S, though the company’s implementation certainly leaves a lot to be desired.
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