Microsoft’s budget Lumia 650 finds a few ways to impress
That’s mostly because of its physical design, which feels surprisingly robust. A chamfered metal band runs around the phone’s edges, adding a bit of rigidity to a slim, lightweight polycarbonate body. As with the 950 and 950XL, you’ll still be able to yank off the flimsy battery plate to reveal the 2,000mAh battery, microSD slot and SIM card slot (or two, depending on where you buy the thing). That 5-inch, 720p OLED...
Alcatel tries its hand at crafting a 2-in-1 Windows 10 tablet
If you’ve been tracking Alcatel’s history, the Plus 10 might look a little familiar; the company trotted out a Pop 10 Android tablet with a keyboard dock a few years back. The aesthetics are really all those two tabs have in common — the Plus 10 has an Intel Atom Z8350 chipset with four cores clocked at up to 1.97GHz, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. Like its more mobile cousins, though, the Plus 10 also supports...
Neverware turns your tired laptop into a speedy Chromebook
As The Verge details in a feature on Neverware, the company is also offering its Cloud Ready software to schools at $59 a seat. Educators are thrilled to save money and reuse perfectly good laptops, given tight budgets. However, the move threatens traditional educational resellers, most notably Apple and Microsoft. (Google is fine with it, but would rather you didn’t call the converted machines “Chromebooks.” Sorry?)...
Neverware turns your tired laptop into a speedy Chromebook
As The Verge details in a feature on Neverware, the company is also offering its Cloud Ready software to schools at $59 a seat. Educators are thrilled to save money and reuse perfectly good laptops, given tight budgets. However, the move threatens traditional educational resellers, most notably Apple and Microsoft. (Google is fine with it, but would rather you didn’t call the converted machines “Chromebooks.” Sorry?)...
Microsoft Translator gets offline and photo-based features
For Android owners, Translator now operates offline — reportedly with an accuracy that rivals online translations thanks to its “world’s first” deep neural network-powered engine. This is the same engine that powers Skype’s auto-translate function. The new functionality should help users who are travelling abroad but don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on roaming data. You will, however, have to...
