Review: Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4

 

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung’s  Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 is a business and enterprise-focused tablet that gives us a more premium look and feel and a simplified user experience that does away with Samsung’s earlier touchy-feely nature-focused paradigm into a refreshingly sober Magazine UX.

At first glance, the white Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 can be easily confused with any of the Samsung Galaxy Tabs from the years past. But once you get a closer look, you realize the shiny plastic and rounded edges has been redone to reflect the faux stitched leather look that Samsung has used on its more premium devices like the Note 3.

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Review: Asus VivoPC

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Asus is taking the style and design of its tablets and notebooks and making a micro-PC that’s ideal for general computing and is a practical solution to many user’s desktop needs.

The ASUS VivoPC costs around $340.00, measures about 7.5″ x 7.5″ x 2.2 and weighs less than 2.7 pounds. It is tiny, easy to deploy on any desk or even your living room.

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Apple TV sales push past $1 Billion in 2013, now Apple's fastest growing hardware

There may not have been much news about Apple TV, specially in Canada since newer US-only features haven't come across the border. The suprising news is that Apple TV sales in 2013 have pushed past $1 Billion making the diminuitive device Apple's fastest growing hardware. Not bad at all for a device that hasn't seen a physical refresh in close to three years.

Apple's CEO Tim Cook revealed as much during his company's annual shareholder meeting. He stated total sales of the Apple TV topped $1 billion in 2013. Priced at $99 each, that would mean sales were beyond 10 million for the year. Long acknowledged as a fringe product by Apple, Cook said that with these numbers, it's tough to continue to call the set-top box a "hobby" anymore.  

With new product categories in the pipeline for 2014 and expected updates to the popular iPhone and iPad line, it will be interesting to see where Apple will take Apple TV in terms of hardware, software, services and functionality.

Source: Appleinsider

Apps to enhance the Oscars experience this weekend

The Oscars are on this Sunday and while this most followed award shows will be watched the world over, expect social media as well as various apps to enhance the experience of seeing this year's best artists and films.  Here are some apps that are designed to make tracking Oscar weekend a complete success from red carpet to after after party.

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