Asus planning to launch new PC on stick 'Chromebit'

Asus is planning to launch a new PC-on-a-stick version, called the Asus Chromebit, which has the new Chrome OS.

According to CNET, the Chromebit looks like a large USB thumb drive, and connects via HDMI to a monitor or television, giving users instant access to Chrome OS and all its features. The stripped-down, always on operating system is essentially a Chrome Web browser, augmented by some basic OS file functions. Read More...

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Duck-like US Navy drone can fly or swim to hunt submarines

There are plenty of flying and swimming drones, but you'd ideally have both at once for sub-hunting -- you want something that can poke its head underwater, but move quickly through the air when needed.

The US Navy certainly knows this. It's developing a duck-like drone, the Flimmer, that can both fly and swim. In addition to both a rear-facing propeller and wings, its latest incarnation has four fins that adapt to what the robotic craft is doing. In flight, they serve as stabilizers and canard wings; in the sea, they flap to give the machine a speed boost. Read More...

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Nikon's dive into 4K starts with the 1 J5 mirrorless camera

Nikon's bread-and-butter business may be its entry-level and high-end DSLRs, but the point-and-shoot and mirrorless models are equally as important to the company.

This is particularly true now more than ever, as these cheaper cameras begin to lose ground to smartphones with great photography features -- like the iPhone 6 or Galaxy S6. Still, Nikon isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet. Read More...

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Salesforce buys mobile 2-factor authentication start-up, adds its tools to cloud platform

Salesforce.com Wednesday added mobile-based two-factor authentication to its stable of identity and access control technologies with the acquisition of Toopher, a start-up born from the Austin (Texas) Technology Incubator.

Toopher, which immediately stopped selling its products after the announcement, uses a smartphone's location-awareness capabilities to provide two-factor authentication. The capabilities will be folded into Salesforce's cloud platform, according to a statement left behind on the now barren Toopher Web site. Terms of the deal were not announced. Read More...

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6 facts about Americans and their smartphones

Smartphones have become an important way for Americans to communicate, go online, and access and share information.

A new Pew Research Center report analyzes smartphone ownership and the attitudes and behaviors of smartphone owners, as well as how these mobile devices have become a primary way for some users to access the internet. Read More...

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Acer Announces 21.5-Inch Chromebase All-in-One With Touch Display, NVIDIA Tegra K1 SoC

Chromebooks based on Google’s Chrome OS are making some inroads in the notebook market — especially in education — but the same can’t be said for two other form-factors of Chrome OS-based computers.

The focal point of the Acer Chromebase is of course its massive 21.5-inch display, which packs in Full HD resolution (1080p). Acer also says that this is the first Chromebase to come with a touch display (10-point multi-touch). Read More...

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Woolworths to launch shopping app for Apple Watch

Woolworths is releasing its Woolies Shop app this month, one of the first apps to be available on the Apple Watch, which has been designed to help customers find their nearest stores and navigate the aisles according to their shopping lists.

Woolworths has announced that it will be releasing its Woolies Shop app for the Apple Watch in Australia on April 24. Set to be one of the first apps available on the Apple Watch, the Woolies Shop app has been in development since early December 2014. It was developed in conjunction with Bilue and Neoteny. Read More...

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Review: Samsung Galaxy S6 A thing of beauty

The very best thing about the Samsung Galaxy S6 isn’t the new design or the gorgeous high-res screen. (Those are nice, though.)

It’s the fact that no matter what you’re doing, no matter where you are on the phone, all you have to do is click twice on the Home button and you’re immediately launched into the camera. There’s no journey to the home screen, no swiping through a control panel menu; you just click-click, and tap to shoot. Read More...

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12 companies leading the way in digital health

Digital health is one of the most popular verticals in tech right now. Here are 12 companies doing super innovative research and offering revolutionary services.

The healthcare system in the US moves extraordinarily slow, which, of course, can be frustrating for everyone involved -- doctors, patients, caregivers, and all those people caught in between. Read More...

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Top 10 mad scientists from movies

Christopher Lloyd essays the wild haired, wild eyed Dr. Emmett Brown, whose time traveling DeLorean sends Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly on more than a couple trips into the past and future. Read More...

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