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Backed by glowing reviews, Apple’s new iMac Pro will go on sale Thursday
Update Dec. 14: Apple’s new iMac Pro is now available for order starting at $4,999. If you are in the market for the top-of-the-range iMac Pro, with 18-core Intel Xeon processor, 4TB of solid-state drive storage, 128GB of ECC RAM and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics with 16GB of HBM2 memory you will need ...
Google tests experimental technology with three new photography apps
Google LLC Monday launched three new photography apps, part of the company’s new “appsperiments” program. The new apps are called Storyboard, Selfissimo! and Scrubbies and, according to Google, they’re the first installment of mobile photography experiences that are built on experimental technology. The “appsperiments” program is inspired by Google’s Motion Stills app, introduced last year, ...
Google Home Max goes on sale for $399: Here’s how to get started
Google LLC’s premium smart home speaker — the Google Home Max — has finally gone on sale after launching in October. The Google Home Max, a beefed-up version of the original Google Home, sports a pair of woofers with sound 20 times more powerful than the original. It also comes with a hefty price tag of ...
Facebook Messenger boosts Instant Games with live stream and video chat support
Instant Games, available inside the Facebook Messenger platform, has been around for just over a year now and has expanded from 20 games at launch to 70, including the newly added “Tetris.” Facebook Inc. on Thursday expanded Instant Games with new features, including additional games, live streaming and a video chat feature that will be available ...
Reports: Apple to launch LCD iPhone with metal back, plus two OLED models in 2018
A report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last month claimed Apple Inc. would unveil not two, but three new iPhones next year. Additional reports from Nikkei and Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. this week have added further fuel to Kuo’s claims. Citing a source “privy to the company’s product designs,” Nikkei’s report today claims Apple will ...
Explore the Kubernetes hype train at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017
Why have all the major technology players jumped on the Kubernetes wagon this year, and where will the open-source container management system go from here? Looking to answer these and other questions, SiliconANGLE is at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017, currently underway in Austin, Texas, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* ...
How to use Microsoft’s Whiteboard app, now available for all Windows 10 users
Microsoft Corp. today opened up a public beta of its collaboration Whiteboard app to all users with a Windows 10 device. Microsoft Whiteboard was introduced earlier this year, when the company launched its new Surface Pro. Until now the collaboration app has been available in a private beta, but Microsoft has now opened it up ...
Latest Samsung Galaxy S9 leaks ahead of reveal next month
If the reports last month are anything to go on, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s latest flagship could arrive in just over a month at the Consumer Electronics Show. As the Galaxy S9 and S9+’s cameo appearance nears, plenty of additional reports about the upcoming devices are making the rounds. Although the latest flagships will get iterative ...
Google expands smart home business with new Home features, possible merger with Nest
Google LLC’s smart home capabilities are expanding with new Google Home features, the imminent release of its premium Max smart home speaker and potentially a merger with its Nest Labs Inc. unit. Google has quietly rolled out an update to its smart home device, which will allow the Google Home to multitask. The multitask feature, first ...
Amazon debuts programmable AWS DeepLens camera to make machine learning easier
Amazon Web Services Inc. wants to give developers hands-on deep learning experience with its latest hardware. Announced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, the AWS DeepLens is a wireless camera that developers can use to run deep learning and image recognition models. The DeepLens camera is a collaboration between the Amazon.com Inc. ...