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PC shipments grew in Q3 2019 thanks to Windows 10 refresh

October 10, 2019
The PC market grew between 1% and 3% in Q3 2019, according to research firms Gartner and IDC. After six years of quarterly PC shipment declines, 2018 was mixed, with negative, flat, and positive quarters. 2019 is doing slightly better: Q1 was negative, but Q2 and Q3 were positive. Gartner and IDC analysts pointed to the Windows 10 refresh cycle in the business market as contributing to the…
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Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 review: Better than the original

October 10, 2019
You could say we’re big fans of Dell’s latest XPS 13. It’s been one of our favorite laptops since 2015, and we called the newest model the perfect ultraportable back in April. Well, Dell has already managed to one-up itself with a revamped 2-in-1 version of…
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HP targets businesses with its latest Chromebooks

October 10, 2019
Much like Dell did recently, HP has unveiled a couple of Chromebooks and a Chromebox for enterprises, touting the cheaper, simpler and more secure nature of Google’s cloud-powered Chrome OS ecosystem. The most powerful of the trio is the Chromebook Enterprise x360 14E…
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Ming-Chi Kuo updates 2020 Apple predictions for AR glasses, iPhone SE 2, iPad Pro, and MacBook

October 9, 2019
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple is preparing to release the iPhone SE 2, a new iPad Pro with a 3D sensor for better AR support, a new MacBook equipped with a scissor-switch keyboard, and the long-rumored augmented reality headset all in the first half of 2020. The predictions were published in a new Chinese-language report that was reported in English by 9to5Mac. This isn’t…
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Windows 10 testers can now answer Android phone calls

October 8, 2019
At Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked 2019 in August and the Surface hardware event last week, Microsoft talked about Windows 10’s Your Phone app getting a new Calls feature. Today, the company is letting Windows Insiders start testing an early preview of Android calling on…
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How to sync iPhone and iPad to your Mac in macOS Catalina without iTunes

October 8, 2019
If you’ve updated to macOS Catalina, you probably already know that iTunes is gone and has been replaced with separate Music, TV, and Podcasts apps. So syncing, backing up, updating, and restoring iPhone and iPad (Apple TV, too) works differently with the latest macOS release. Read on for how to sync iPhone and iPad to your Mac in macOS Catalina without iTunes. Now that iTunes is no longer in…
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Save $120 on a 32-inch Dell QHD monitor

October 3, 2019
If you’re looking for a new desktop screen, Amazon has a compelling offer on a Dell monitor. The company’s S3219D is currently $179.99, down from $299.99. It features a 32-inch VA panel with QHD 2560 x 1440 resolution. Additionally, it comes with 5W speakers and…
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Surface Laptop 3 hands-on: Bigger, yet more refined

October 2, 2019
While we loved the original Surface Laptop, last year’s sequel wasn’t a huge improvement design-wise. The Surface Laptop 3 is another story entirely: it forgoes the Alcantara fabric around the keyboard for polished aluminum, and there’s a larger 15-inch model with a custom AMD chip and Radeon Vega graphics. It may not have the 2-in-1 capabilities of the Surface Pro or Book, but…
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