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Hands-on: Acer’s newest phalanx of laptops and desktops could be hit or miss

We went hands on with Acer's latest notebooks and desktops at the company's global press event, which was held today here in New York City.
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This massive, hardcore Android tablet will make you wish you were a miner (Updated)

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Grove passes on plastics to swaddle your iPad in suede and bamboo

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Grappling with good and evil in our hands-on time with Infamous: Second Son

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Hands On: Parrot AR.Drone 2 Elite Edition

Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 hands-on review: Not perfect, but easily one of the funnest high-tech toys on the market.
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Blend wants to fill the Facebook-sized hole in the college campus social scene

Facebook's overpopulation problem is bumming the college crowd out. Blend hopes to relive the days when social networking was exclusively for the cool kids.
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Lenovo’s new Android Yoga Tablets promise to stand on their own

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Hands on with Photopon, the app that turns food porn into dinner discounts

Want to get something in return for your countless brunch pictures? Photopon might have the answer.
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Hands on: Dyson Hard vacuum-mop hybrid is better in theory than in practice

The idea of combining vacuuming and mopping in one device sounds amazing in theory, but did Dyson truly make the device that'll render Swiffers obsolete?
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Hands on with Moodsnap, the app that makes music from photos

In case you needed another launchpad for music discovery, here's an app that uses images to curate your Spotify Premium playlists.
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Consider yourselves warned: I found out exactly how annoying Facebook Shared Albums can be

I created a Facebook Shared Album so that my friends and I can share photos from our Jason Mraz pilgrimage. The issues I ran into make me sort of regret it.
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This app makes songs out of selfies – so we found out what our faces sound like

Ever wonder what sound your face would make? This app can tell you.

Twitter now lets you access recent searches

In a recent tweet, Twitter announced important updates to its search function, particularly the ability to access recently executed searches.

Hands on and wallets away with ‘World of Warplanes’

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Review: If you want an app to control your other apps, then try IFTTT

If you feel like you need to get a little more out of your apps, check out IFTTT. It lets you get more functionality out of apps without programming knowledge.

Hands on: DeLonghi PrimaDonna Exclusive isn’t just a pretty face

Coffee elitists, forget the french presser. The DeLonghi PrimaDonna Exclusive coffee maker marries automation with even the most particular customization.
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Hands on with Flipboard for Web: A good start, but missing the mobile app’s polish

Flipboard used to be exclusive to tablets, but now it's expanding into the world of desktop browsing.
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To infinity and Beyond Verbal: The Web app revolutionizing the science of voice analysis

Beyond Verbal is advancing the science of voice analysis and making its technology available for a wide range of possibilities.
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Wake up! A 3 a.m. phone call is your ticket into this nocturnal social network

Dreams usually leave your brain the moment you wake up in the morning. Call in the Night attempts to discuss and record your fantasies as they happen.
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Hands on: Westinghouse’s WhiteBoard is an 84-inch Windows 8 LED monitor (and 4K TV)

For $16,000, you can get an 84-inch 4K Ultra HD TV-PC hybrid that offers 6-point touch, Windows 8, and is powered by an internal PC with Intel Core i5 CPU.

Is this app responsible for the out of control Instagram hashtag situation?

Instagram can be a little bit hard to bear, thanks to people's overuse of hashtags. Are services like Instatag to blame for this bad habit?
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Hands on: The Myspace app is a beautiful, confusing work in progress

Prefer to listen to music on the go? Here's a quick look at what the Myspace iOS app has to offer.
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An inbox divided: What we love and hate about Gmail’s new tabbed design

Gmail has a new feature that will classify your emails into five different categories for easier viewing. Here are some perks and drawbacks.
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Find Gravy wants to help you use the Internet and social media to get an actual social life

Find Gravy wants to answer the age old "What is there to do?" question.
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Google conquers cartography again with faster, cleaner, smarter Maps

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Hands on: HP enters the supersized tablet fray with the Envy Rove 20

The world of giant Windows 8 tablets just got bigger with the introduction of the HP Envy Rove, a 20-inch all-in-one PC set to go on sale in July.

Google+ app review: The social network you’re not using gets better

Google Plus got a huge update on the web earlier this week, and now the Android app is getting its own revamping. New photo and location features lead the way.
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DIY cartography: Hands on with MapBox’s new open-source ‘iD’ editor in OpenStreetMap

MapBox, a major contributor to the OpenStreetMap open-source mapping project just released a new map editor for the project called iD, and we went hands on.
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Hands on: This music app helps your attention instead of stealing it

Need some background music but keep getting distracted? Focus@Will combines the best of both worlds.
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Hands on with Tunigo, the app Spotify just acquired

Satiate your hunger for awesomely curated music playlists by giving Tunigo - recently acquired by Spotify - a whirl.
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Hands on: Latest SoundTracking update combines the joys of Instagram and instant music

You can be your group's music guru and provide everyone with a taste of your life's soundtrack with SoundTracking.

Hands on: Google Keep wants to be your new Evernote

Google Keep hopes to keep your love for note-taking within the Google family, further solidifying the company's comfy spot in your daily routine..
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Hands on: Zite has already created a Google Reader alternative

You RSS-lovers can ease your troubled minds. Another alternative to doomed Google Reader is born, this time courtesy of Zite. Here's how you can try it.
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Hands on: SocialMe discovers hidden gems in your Facebook profile

Want to know what your Facebook profile really says about you as a person? Enter SocialMe, an app that'll break down your timeline into useful social data.