Unless you’ve spent every waking moment with Windows 10 since it launched last week, there are still likely plenty of new features and software additions you have yet to explore on your upgraded computer. One of those new apps is the Phone Companion, which should be installed by default on your machine after you apply the update.
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With a 64.8% market share as of July 2015, Google Chrome is by far the most widely used web browser on the planet, easily dwarfing competing browsers from the likes of Microsoft, Apple, and Mozilla.
While there’s much to appreciate in Chrome’s streamlined interface and rather snappy performance, using Google’s web browser on your Apple laptop may impact how much battery life you can enjoy while on the go.
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Your busy work schedule and complex lifestyle take a massive toll on your body: You’re often exhausted during the day and feel like you have to revert to various tricks to bring your mind back in the game. More often than not, increased amounts of caffeine and sugar do the trick, but that kind of energy boost might not be what you really need long-term. Instead, there are plenty of simple life hacks to perform that can help you stay motivated during the day, even when you’re exhausted.
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If you live in the United States, there’s a high probability that you missed EA’s Gamescom 2015 press briefing at 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning. Although no new games were announced at the briefing, EA had plenty of new footage to show off from the games it spotlighted at E3 2015.
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Have you ever seen a product online whose price mysteriously increased from the time you first spotted it to the time you added it to your cart and proceeded to checkout? WiseBread explains that many online retailers use “dynamic pricing” systems in which they will “change the price of a product depending on factors like your browsing or purchase history, operating system, and even your zip code.” Thankfully, however, there are some simple ways to beat this system that mostly involve being smart with how you search for things to buy online.
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So you’re one of the millions of Windows users who have upgraded to Microsoft’s latest operating system and you’ve heard that the company tracks and collects a boatload of information about you. Don’t be afraid, though, there are things you can do to prevent that.
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Yes, the Lexus Slide hoverboard is real. And yes, the teaser videos showed an actual skateboard-like gadget that hovers above the ground, just like Marty McFly’s hoverboard from the Back To The Future trilogy. But the teasers didn’t do the hoverboard justice – so now the company finally released a video that shows the amazing device in action.
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Sometimes our devices make horrifying, nightmare-haunting noises before the screen goes black—and that’s when you take it to a repair shop. But for screen replacements, battery switches, cleaning, noisy fan repairs, and other hardware fixes? Believe it or not, you can DIY. Especially when you have the right tools, aka this iFixIt Pro Tech screwdriver set and jimmy bundle, now $59.95 at the BGR Store.
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Microsoft bought Nokia’s handset division thinking it could use the company’s considerable hardware talent to build phones capable of going head-to-head with the iPhone. It was clear at the time of the deal that this was never going to happen and that’s why we weren’t surprised to see that Microsoft last month was forced to eat a $7.6 billion writedown related to the deal. But now TechCrunch has taken a look at some of the numbers Microsoft posted in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that reveal the Nokia deal was an even bigger disaster than we realized.
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Apple will have its iPhone 6s smartphones in stores in mid-September, but a new announcement from a pair of leading hardware suppliers seems to shed some light on what we can expect from the iPhone 7 that Apple will launch next year.
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