Lenovo’s new ThinkCentre Chromebox Tiny geared towards enterprise, schools

True to its name, the seven-inch tall and 1.4-inch wide Lenovo ThinkCentre Chromebox Tiny won’t take up too much space on your desk. And at 2.2 pounds, you can mount it easily. Lenovo’s suggesting it works well with their Tiny-in-one 23-inch monitor. It comes with four USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, audio jack, DisplayPort, and Ethernet. Other than that, there aren’t too many details about the specs of the device but the Chrome OS box retails for US$199 and they’re gearing it towards schools and the enterprise market.

Source: Lenovo | Via: SlashGear

Drax the Destroyer finally gets his own comic

One more Guardians of the Galaxy character is finally getting his own comic. This time Drax the Destroyer will be getting the spotlight. This will be the first standalone comic for Drax since he was introduced in 1973. It’ll follow his personal battles across the galaxy in his attempt to prove he’s the greatest fighter out there.

The series will also be the debut for writer/former wrestler/upcoming UFC fighter CM Punk. He’s written one-off comics before such as Thor Annual #1 and Vertigo’s Stranger Sports Stories but this will be the first time he’ll be taking on an ongoing comic book series. No other details have been revealed yet except for the cover done by Ed McGuinness. Drax #1 will be out this winter.

Source: io9

Instagram introduces emoji hashtags

It has come to the point where we can’t even communicate with words anymore. Instagram is now letting you use emojis for your hashtags. And you can search for these through the Explore tab. According to BuzzFeed, the most popular ones are the kissy face one, the one with hearts in their eyes, and the one crying because of laughing too much.

The latest update for their Android and iOS apps also introduces three new filters called Reyes, Lark, and Juno.

Source: BuzzFeed | Download: Apple App Store (free) + Google Play Store (free)

Strong iPhone 6 sales power Apple's earnings with a net profit of $13.6 billion

Stronger than expected iPhone sales have bolstered Apple's strong second quarter earnings. The company announced earnings of $13.6 billion, or $2.33 per share, in its second quarter, up by 33 percent from the same time last year. Apple's revenue rose to $58 billion, compared with $45.6 billion a year ago.

The growth was fueled by record second quarter sales of iPhone and Mac and all-time record performance of the App Store. Apple sold 61.6 million iPhones for the quarter. Introduced last year, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been the biggest departures to apple's smartphone line.

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