October 16, 2015 Microsoft will pay you to switch from Mac Windows 10 has not been the boost PC vendors were hoping for. Reports from both Gartner and IDC earlier this week suggested that PC sales fell between 7% and 11% year over year in the third quarter, which is a huge hit considering the wave of new hardware that has been released over the past few months. With vendors seemingly running out of options in their attempts to stir up interest in their wares, Microsoft has stepped in with a new offer aimed at incentivizing users to upgrade to a new Windows 10 desktop or laptop.
October 14, 2015 Revelations from a visit to Apple's top-secret design lab Earlier this week, Apple announced a number of new products, including a brand new 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K Retina Display and a refreshed 27-inch iMac with 5K display. On the accessories side of the equation, Apple unveiled a new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad.
October 13, 2015 iPhone 6s Plus vs. Galaxy Note 5: Real world performance test (it's not even close) Enthusiastic Android fans have historically relied pretty heavily on benchmark test scores when making the case against Apple’s iPhone lineup. This “fight” is ridiculous to begin with, of course, but relying on benchmark scores that don’t even represent real world performance is even sillier. Of course, many of these fanboys came around to agree with that line of thinking on benchmarks once iPhones started to crush the competition in benchmark performance tests, beginning with the iPhone 5s and continuing right up to this year’s iPhone 6s.
October 12, 2015 10 best 3D Touch apps for the iPhone 6s So you bought yourself a shiny new iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus. Congratulations, you now own the fastest smartphone on the planet, which according to our in-depth iPhone 6s review also provides the smoothest user experience in the world by a wide margin. Of course, Apple’s new iPhones are about much more than just speed and performance. There are a wide range of new features that make the new 6s and 6s Plus fantastic upgrades; in our review we said this was easily Apple’s biggest iPhone upgrade ever.
October 9, 2015 Elon Musk: Apple is a 'Tesla graveyard' that only hires the engineers he fires Say what you will about Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the man is not one to pull any punches. During a recent interview with the German business
October 9, 2015 How to tell if your iPhone 6s has the A9 chip impacted by 'Batterygate' Following Apple’s iPhone 6s release less than two weeks ago, I posted a little joke on Twitter about how great it was that we had seemingly made it through an iPhone launch without a “gate” scandal of some kind: Sadly, it appears as though I spoke too soon.
February 5, 2015 Battery life champs: Longest-lasting gear of 2013 You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much battery life. Your phone, tablet or laptop can have a gorgeous screen, stunning design and powerful performance, but when it runs out of juice at 2 p.m., it will be the ugliest gadget you’ve ever seen. LAPTOP tested a number of gadgets with strong endurance during the past 12 months. From a tablet that lasts more than 12 hours to a laptop that can keep going through a trans-Pacific flight, these are the 13 longest-lasting mobile tech products of 2013. - Avram Piltch
February 5, 2015 Sneak peek at 2014’s best smartphones Smartphones are going bigger, better, more powerful and bendier this year, but what should you be slipping into your pocket? We wade through the best handsets heading our way in 2014. - James Billington for News.com.au
February 5, 2015 Bored? The best games for your iPhone Need a quality time-waster? We weeded through the thousands of titles in the iTunes store to bring you the cream of the crop. For even more gadget guides, check out Digital Trends.
February 5, 2015 11 science and tech artifacts that are up for grabs From one of the earliest Apple computers to letters from Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, collectors can buy a piece of history on Oct. 22 when Bonhams holds its history of science auction. For an estimated $300,000 to $500,000, you could walk away from the New York auction with an Apple-1 computer built by Steve Wozniak in 1976. Also up for grabs is the extensive archive of pioneering astronomer, photographer, and telescope designer George Willis Ritchey, with an estimated auction value between $450,000 and $550,000. Other hot items include the Charles Darwin letter on Barnacle sex, with an estimated value between $20,000 and $30,000. A 6-inch thick Manhattan Project viewing window, valued at $150,000 to $250,000, will also be auctioned. The auction house estimates that the 288 items in the sale will raise around $2 million when they go under the hammer. Follow James Rogers on Twitter @jamesjrogers