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ePad Femme, Because Tablets Were Too Manly
ArsTechnica has brought back up the favorite topic of tech and gender roles due to the Eurostar ePad Femme, an Android tablet marketed to women. This tablet has been out since October, was promoted circa Valentine’s Day, and is for some reason, just now causing a media firestorm. The Femme is a fairly unremarkable […]
Live Tweet: Samsung Galaxy S IV Announcement
Techcitement will be live at Samsung Unpacked in New York Thursday evening for the announcement of the Galaxy S IV. You can follow the full coverage as it happens on our Twitter feed, starting at 7 PM EST.
Google Soon To Expand Google Now To More Platforms
There are a depressing number of non-Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) handsets in the wild, so it could be that many are unfamiliar with Google’s impressive virtual assistant, Google Now. While other virtual assistants require that you talk to them, Google Now passively collects data on you and learns a surprising amount. For example, opening Google Now on my recently […]
Dell XPS 18 Brings New Form, But Does It Function?
These days, it’s pretty standard to see new, touchable all-in-one (AiO) devices from companies like HP, Sony, and Dell. It helps that Microsoft is banking on touch capabilities in Windows 8, and that there is a large, young generation for workers used to touchable smartphones and adjusting to tablets. Dell has upped the ante just […]
SXSW: OUYA’s CEO Thinks The OUYA Is Awesome
Julie Urhman might be a great fundraiser, but she’s no saleswoman. The CEO of OUYA — the Kickstarter-funded wunderkompany that raised more than $8.5 million dollars to build an independent, developer-friendly video game console — thinks her product is incredible. But if you press her for details on why you, the consumer, might actually purchase […]
SXSW: Leap Motion 3D Computer Interface Brings Natural Movement To Users
Sci-fi fans and computer users are always fantasizing about ever more advanced computer interfaces and Leap Motion is more than happy to provide. Leap Motion is a new 3D motion control sensor designed to put usability quite literally in the user’s hands. Compatible with both Apple and PCs, users need only to plug the three-inch […]
Review: Lenovo IdeaCentre B540 Hits Many, But Not All, Of The Right Buttons
Lenovo’s been making an impressive push with its new wave of hardware. The company was kind enough to send us the new IdeaCentre B540 to give it a once over. As a regular user of Windows Vista and until a few months ago, a Windows XP user (I know!), I was excited to put a […]
SXSW: Mike North From Nukotoys On Trading Cards, The iPad, And Outmaneuvering The Big Guys
Dr. Mike North likes building stuff. A lot. At the start of his Sunday morning SXSW panel, North showed video of a trip to Lithuania, where he and a bunch of other engineers decided to build a snowbike by replacing the front wheel of a bicycle with a small pair of skis. North showed footage […]
SXSW: Blacks In Technology May Be Undermined By Poor Marketing
Blacks in Technology (BiT) is a coalition of technology industry leaders committed to highlighting the black community’s impact in technology-related industries, products, and services. The result of this mission, increasing visible diversity in the tech industry, is extremely valuable on a number of levels. For many people, discussing race in any capacity is uncomfortable and […]