Posts Tagged Consumer electronics

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Kareem Choudhry, left, development manager for Microsoft Corp.'s Kinect motion-sensing device for the Xbox, demonstrates the level of detail in the camera of the new Kinect for the next-generation Xbox One entertainment and gaming console system to a visiting journalist, right, during a demonstration, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one.

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New smartphone app provides Mich. park information

OKEMOS, Mich. (AP) — A new smartphone application has been developed that will provide users with information about Michigan’s parks and other recreational opportunities.

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Review: Toshiba brings high-res screen to Windows

This April 16, 2013 photo provided by Toshiba shows the Toshiba Kirabook, a newly-released laptop line with a Retina-level display. (AP Photo/Toshiba)

NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These “Retina” displays reveal four times as much detail as any Windows laptop screen … until now. Toshiba just released a new laptop line with a Retina-level display.

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