Day: December 21, 2012

Review

The best all-in-one PC: we review the new touchscreen Windows 8 desktops

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister With a touch-friendly new OS, now is the all-in-one’s time to shine It’s an interesting time to buy an all-in-one PC, that’s for sure. The iMac is thinner and more powerful than ever, and Windows machines finally have touchscreens that appeal to an average user. Now that Windows 8 is on the market, all-in-one computers aren’t just a way to save space: now, you can theoretically have a giant touchscreen…

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Business

Adobe Acquires Social Portfolio Platform Behance To Power Its Creative Cloud Community Features

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS Adobe just announced that it has acquired Behance, a New York-based online platform where creative professionals can showcase their portfolios and where businesses can find talent. The site currently has about 1 million members and hosts over 3 million projects. Adobe plans to integrate Behance’s community and portfolio capabilities with its recently launched Creative Cloudservice, “allowing members to seamlessly create content, seek feedback, showcase their work and distribute it across devices.”…

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Google

Google Launches New Experimental Search Features For Tracking Your Online Purchases, Reservations & Events From Gmail

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS Google has long been running a number of experimental Search and Gmail field trials anybody can sign up for and today it’slaunching a few nifty new search features for searching your Gmail inbox from Google.com on the desktop and your iOS or Android phone. Previously, Google already let you find you flights by using the [my flights] search operator, but now you can also use queries like [my purchases] to find your…

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Business Cloud

Best Buy’s CinemaNow opens home disc-to-digital program, makes cloud copies of DVDs for a fee HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler One interesting development of the UltraViolet program has been Walmart / Vudu’s in-store disc-to-digital program, and now Best Buy is apparently ready to offer similar functionality, but within the comfort of one’s own home. The Best Buy-owned CinemaNow is flashing a Disc to Digital beta page that offers downloads of a player for Windows or Mac PCs that not only allows access to one’s UltraViolet library both online or offline, but also…

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Story

Maps update for Windows Phone 8 available, small improvements in tow Mobile

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as reported on Engadget. By Sarah Silbert  A new update for Maps on Windows Phone 8 has been spotted in the wild, and it supposedly improves the quality of, well, maps — including those downloaded for offline use. There’s no push mechanism for getting this refresh, though, so those with a WP8 device will want to check for it via the Settings menu. What’s changed, exactly? According to WMPoweruser, maps have improved detail and traffic info. If…

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