As you might expect, most of our favorite videos from The Fine Brothers’ REACT channel on YouTube have revolved around technology and video games. Over the weekend, the latest reaction video featured a group of teenagers playing Mario Kart 64 for the first time.
Most of them had played at least one game in the Mario Kart series before, but they’d never had to contend with a Nintendo 64 controller before. Needless to say, hilarity ensued.
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Microsoft announced on Monday that its next Nokia device will be one of the cheapest ever released. The Nokia 215 is a $29 Internet-ready phone designed specifically for newcomers to the world of mobile devices. Equipped with the Opera Mini browser, Bing search, MSN Weather, Twitter and Facebook, this dirt-cheap device has many smartphone essentials at just a fraction of the cost.
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It’s never a bad idea to have an extra pair of headphones, especially when you can grab them for an enormous discount. Today’s Gold Box deal on Amazon features a wide selection of colorful in-ear and on-ear headphones from MEElectronics, one of the best reviewed brands on the site.
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Samsung on Monday announced at CES 2015 a variety of new products including a new line of highly portable storage drives. The new Portable SSD T1 models will offer users access to plenty of storage on the go, in a stylish format.
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Big news for anyone hoping to buy a full unlocked SIM-free iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus: 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is going to start selling them in the United States starting on Tuesday.
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Netflix’s streaming service is so popular that many Internet users would do anything to be able to access the U.S. version of the service, which has a lot more content available for immediate streaming than local versions in other countries where Netflix is present. Accessing the U.S. store through a VPN connection from overseas is common practice for some Internet users, including frequent U.S. citizens traveling to other countries, or those looking to protect their privacy. But Netflix is no longer willing to ignore this practice, Torrent Freak reports, and seems ready to take action against subscribers to meet the needs of movie studios and rights holders.
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The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is bigger and better each year, and themes shift from year to year as new technologies take center stage. Tablets were huge for a while, for example, and then focus shifted gradually to wearables and the “Internet of things” this year.
One thing has remained constant in recent years, however: Samsung always has a massive presence. And at CES 2015, the company’s press conference will likely be the most action-packed event of the show.
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The prospect of streaming an entire back catalog of a game console over the Internet sounds like a dream come true, but, as Sony has discovered, finding a fair price for that service can be a bit tricky.
Up to this point, the only way to play PlayStation 3 games on PlayStation Now has been to rent them for a limited amount of time, but starting on January 13th, Sony will add subscriptions to the service.
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The idea of Apple releasing a 4-inch iPhone in 2015 might not be as farfetched as it sounds, but the latest report from the Wei Feng Network indicates that the rumors may have been just that. Citing supply chain sources, the Wei Feng Network states that Apple has not made any orders which would indicate a 4-inch device is in the works.
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There have been a dizzying number of iPhone and iPad accessories unveiled so far at CES 2015 but thankfully MacRumors has done an outstanding job of keeping track of all of them for us. For your enjoyment, we’ve posted our favorite iPhone and iPad accessories highlighted by MacRumors below so you’ll know which ones to keep your eyes out for in the coming weeks.
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