Daily Archives: 21.01.2015

How to Make Sure Amazon’s Recommendations Actually Work

By David Nield

How to Make Sure Amazon's Recommendations Actually Work

Amazon has a lot of information about you, which it uses to try and suggest other stuff you might like (to buy). If you notice that your recommendations are frequently unhelpful, then there are some tweaks you can make inside your user account to try and improve them. Here are the screens and the settings you need to head for.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/sNhKhlo3IyU/how-to-make-sure-amazons-recommendations-actually-work-1680852198

      

Microsoft’s Wants to Turn Your Living Room Into the Holodeck

By Eric Limer

Microsoft's Wants to Turn Your Living Room Into the Holodeck

VR? Meh. Microsoft is going the holodeck route, with something (horribly) named Windows Holographic. It’s not clear how real this is yet, but man this sure looks awesome and cool and probably also really janky and dumb! We’ll find out soon though; Microsoft will be showing off the tech to attendees later today.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0rOJdHKFRpo/microsofts-wants-to-turn-your-living-room-into-the-holo-1680924508

      

Smart Keyboard That Knows Who’s Typing Could Make Passwords Stronger

By Sarah Zhang

Smart Keyboard That Knows Who's Typing Could Make Passwords Stronger

If you’ve ever worked in an office with someone who types like a jackhammer, it’s obvious we all type a little differently. Now scientists have created a prototype of a keyboard that can identify users by their unique typing patterns. It could point to a next generation of passwords that don’t just take into account what you’re typing, but how.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/_7AsDaXiyB0/smart-keyboard-that-knows-whos-typing-could-make-passwo-1680916858

      

Microsoft’s New Xbox App Brings Xbox Live to Your PC

By Eric Limer

Microsoft's New Xbox App Brings Xbox Live to Your PC

Windows 10 is about universal apps, and getting everything on all your devices. That includes the new Xbox app, which you’ll find on PC, Xbox, and mobile. It’ll let you text and chat and do everything you love on Xbox Live across every Windows device you have.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/JGZMLr7TNyg/microsofts-new-xbox-app-brings-xbox-live-to-your-pc-1680918181

      

Microsoft’s Spartan Browser Is Here To Save You From Internet Explorer

By Darren Orf

Microsoft's Spartan Browser Is Here To Save You From Internet Explorer

During Microsoft’s consumer-focused Windows 10 press conference today, the company created something that many of us have been waiting for, a Microsoft alternative to Internet Explorer—Meet (codename) Spartan.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/6cVYfjCSs4A/microsofts-spartan-browser-is-here-to-save-you-from-int-1680879010

      

BlackBerry Classic Review: Good at Being a BlackBerry, and Not Much Else

By Darren Orf

BlackBerry Classic Review: Good at Being a BlackBerry, and Not Much Else

Let’s talk about the word “classic.” Classic can mean “timeless,” as in an ageless beauty that never fades or a joke with a punchline that always hits. It can also mean “old,” like the candy red ’57 Chevy you’ll probably never see on a modern highway. Which one describes the BlackBerry Classic? Take a guess.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0uKDTh-jQok/blackberry-classic-review-good-at-being-a-blackberry-1680731836