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Microsoft's big Xbox One reveal showed off a lot of new features coming to the console. However, underneath many of those features are limitations that have had gamers worried about the next generation of consoles for months.
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Recently graduated and looking for a job? A few simple tips about writing better cover letters and resumes or choosing the right words when networking, can enormously affect your life for the better. Graduates usually know they should clean up their Facebook profiles and join LinkedIn, but there's a lot more to having a savvy online presence and positioning yourself for the job you want.
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Prior to Tuesday's Xbox One launch, we polled the PCMag staff and asked them what they wanted to see Microsoft add (or remove) from its revamped console. Blu-ray was the most popular request, but there were also some wild cards (upgradable graphics hardware) as well as a few that were reasonable, but just didn't come to pass.
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Twitter this week introduced login verification, which it says is "a form" of two-factor authentication intended to help users better secure their accounts. Those who sign up for login verification will have to enter their normal password plus a six-digit code sent via text every time they sign into Twitter.com.
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Definitions for nasty things like malware, viruses, and adware aren't really set in stone, especially on the emerging mobile platform where it's still a little like the wild west. Security company Lookout is trying to bring law and order to this town with a strict definition of adware.
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Google on Wednesday updated its Drive for Android app with a new look and features aimed at making it easier to store and access your files on the go. The Web giant revamped the app's user interface so that files are now displayed in a clean, simple grid view.
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Foursquare on Wednesday updated its iOS and Android apps to let users get much more specific with their searches. "When you're looking for somewhere to eat, sometimes you know exactly what kind of place you want - cheap or fancy, sushi or Mexican, an old favorite, or a place you've never been," the Foursquare team wrote in a blog post Wednesday.
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LAS VEGAS-Coolpad may only have one phone out in the U.S., but it's now the tenth-largest phone maker in the world, bigger than HTC, Motorola, or BlackBerry, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. The firm, which only makes smartphones, is just getting started here, and it has expertise that may make it critical to T-Mobile and Sprint.
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After much speculation, Microsoft this week finally unveiled its next-generation console, the Xbox One. We'll hear more details at next month's E3 gaming conference; Redmond has scheduled a June 10 press event. But we won't actually get our hands on the Xbox One until "later this year" - likely around the 2013 holiday shopping crush.
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Amazon on Wednesday announced a new commercial publishing platform, dubbed Kindle Worlds, which will let any writer publish fan fiction based on a variety of well-known stories and characters, and earn royalties for their efforts. The Web giant is launching the new platform with licenses for popular titles from Warner Bros.
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Microsoft was the talk of the tech world yesterday after unveiling its next-generation gaming console, the Xbox One. The updated gaming and entertainment device will debut "later this year," Xbox chief Don Mattrick said during a launch event at Microsoft's Redmond headquarters. Pricing was not discussed.