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What Is an iPhone? – MIT Technology Review

Posted by on December 30, 2012

My dumbphone experiment takes an unexpected twist. Kind readers, I have a confession to make. One reason I so willingly volunteered for a month of technological backwardness (see more on my decision to give up my iPhone here, here, and …

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DirecTV Genie whole-home DVR review

Posted by on December 29, 2012

We’re very happy that 2012 ended up being the year of whole-home DVRs. We reviewed Dish Network’s Hopper earlier this year and now we’ve spent some quality time with DirecTV’s Genie — can’t say we expected the cute names. Capable …

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Blue Microphones Spark Digital review: a solid iOS / USB mic for recording on the go

Posted by on December 16, 2012

It was all the way back in January, when Blue Microphones made its CES announcements, that the Spark Digital first broke cover alongside two other mobile recording devices. Our interest was immediately piqued thanks to the mic’s USB 2.0 and …

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Review: Google Maps for iOS – CNET (blog)

Posted by on December 14, 2012

(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET) The good: Google Maps for iOS has a brilliant interface, turn-by-turn directions, and Street View. Location search is accurate, and the points-of-interest is extensive. The bad: There’s no dedicated iPad app. The 3D satellite view …

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Review: Google Maps puts Apple Maps to shame

Posted by on December 14, 2012

Many users have been unhappy with Apple’s new Maps feature, which replaced Google Maps in its iOS6 mobile operating system. Review: New Google Maps for iPhone puts Apple’s maps to shame New offering is superb, but not perfect Accuracy, navigation …

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State of the Art: Google Maps App for iPhone Goes in the Right Direction – Review

Posted by on December 13, 2012

It was one of the biggest tech headlines of the year: in September, Apple dropped its contract with Google, which had always supplied the data for the iPhone’s Maps app. For various strategic reasons, Apple preferred to write a new …

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Jawbone Up review (2012): a reboot and a shot at redemption

Posted by on December 7, 2012

Second chances are rare in the tech world. Unless you’re one of the big boys — say a Samsung or an Apple — one spectacular failure is enough to doom a product line or even an entire company. Just ask …

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Apple iMac review (2012)

Posted by on December 3, 2012

Better, faster, stronger. The new iMac claims to be better in all the ways you’d expect a refreshed product to be better: it steps up to Ivy Bridge, and packs NVIDIA Kepler chips for stronger graphics performance. It sports an …

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T-Mobile LG Nexus 4 Review – SlashGear

Posted by on November 29, 2012

The difference between the Google Play Nexus 4 and the T-Mobile Nexus 4 is neither in the hardware nor in the software, but in the cost and agreement you’ll be making with T-Mobile – but that doesn’t mean we can’t …

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HTC Droid DNA review

Posted by on November 16, 2012

Guanine, adenine, thymine, cytosine… Android? The Droid DNA — the latest addition to Verizon’s Droid series — may not contain any actual nucleotides (that we know of), but that doesn’t make this HTC-made superphone any less of a powerhouse. On …

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