If there was any drawback to Microsoft’s first-generation Wireless Display Adapter, it’s that the lag between your phone and tablet and what was displayed on the screen was a bit disconcerting. Microsoft says that’s been fixed in a new version, which it released Wednesday. The new Wireless Display Adapter will be sold for $49.95, roughly the same retail price as the older version after discounts. It will be available at the Microsoft Store, Amazon, and Best Buy. MICROSOFTOne end of the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter is inserted into a display’s HDMI port, while the whole thing is powered over USB.…
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Google is making another play to make Gmail your all-in-one email hub. The company unveiled a scheme to “Gmailify” your Yahoo! Mail or Outlook.com/Hotmail address if you connect your account to Android’s Gmail app. Instead of just basic email management, Gmail will now incorporate more advanced features, like blocking spam and looking for content to ping you about in Google Now. Once you connect your account to Google, you may begin to see Google Now cardsbased on your messages, which may mean handy trip summaries or reminders about upcoming events. Unfortunately, these new features don’t extend to Exchange or Office 365 accounts…
Editor’s note: TipRanks is a tech company that ranks analysts and financial bloggers based on their picks performance. The goal of this piece is to highlight an analyst that you likely have never heard of who has a great track record. The market pullback in the biotech sector is tumultuous for investors, but it may offer a great long-term investment entry point, according to a top analyst on Wall Street. Brian Abrahams of Jefferies upgraded Vertex Pharmaceuticals from “Hold” to “Buy.” He did, however, lower his price target from $142 to $120 given the recent decline. That new target still…
On Tuesday, the United States District Court of California issued an order requiring Apple to assist the FBI in accessing a locked iPhone (PDF)—and not just any iPhone, but theiPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. The order is very clear: Build new firmware to enable the FBI to perform an unlimited, high speed brute force attack, and place that firmware on the device. Apple is not only fighting the request, but posted a public letter signed by Tim Cook and linked on Apple’s front page. Make no mistake: This is unprecedented, and the situation was deliberately…
Morgan Creek Capital Management chief Mark Yusko said Monday he’s on the same page with Carl Icahn when the billionaire investor says there’s danger ahead in credit markets. Yusko, who last year correctly forecast crude oil would fall to $30 a barrel by the end of 2015, said trouble in the energy industry, which accounts for roughly 15 to 20 percent of high-yield debt, will seriously impact credit markets. “We haven’t even seen the beginning of bankruptcies in the oil patch,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I think capex is going to drop off quite dramatically later this year, drilling…
Microsoft has been aggressive in embracing open source technology on its Azure cloud platform, and that continued Wednesday with the launch of several new features powered by open source projects. Following its earlier announcement of a partnership with Red Hat, Microsoft added Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 6.7 and 7.2 to the Azure Marketplace. That means developers who want to use the popular operating system now have an easy and Microsoft-approved path to get it running on Azure. A majority of Azure Marketplace workloads are Linux-based, which is an interesting position for Microsoft’s cloud platform, considering the company’s previously dim…
Treasury bond exchange-traded funds took four of the top five spots among all ETFs in investor inflows in January. It’s the first time that’s happened since 2003, and only the second time ever that Treasury bond ETFs have dominated ETF flows in a month. The ETF data, provided to CNBC by XTF.com, shows just how fearful investors were in a January that was the worst for the markets since 2009. Only twice in the history of the ETF industry have four Treasury ETFs managed to make the top 10 ETFs in asset flows — August 2003 and September 2015 —…
There’s no shortage of warnings about robots taking over our jobs, but often overlooked is the potential for how robots and humans can work together. That’s the focus of new research out of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), which has come up with a new model for how humans can communicate with robots more effectively. Essentially, it all boils down to protecting humans from information overload, because robots can be programmed to gather huge amounts of information—way more than any human could process comfortably. Say there’s an emergency like an earthquake and robots are working together to…
Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Aetna — The health insurer earned an adjusted $1.37 per share for its latest quarter, 16 cents above estimates, with revenue also beating forecasts. Aetna was helped by improved membership numbers and margins in its Medicare business. However, it is also projecting full year 2016 earnings of $7.75 per share, below estimates of $8.05 a share. Questar — The natural gas producer is being bought by Dominion Resources for $25 per share in cash, or about $.4 billion. Questar had closed Friday at $20.39 per share. Cardinal Health — The…
Sister companies Denon and Marantz have become the first A/V receiver manufacturers to release firmware updates enabling their products to decode DTS:X soundtracks. The free firmware upgrade is currently available on the companies’ flagship units: Denon’s AVR-X7200W/WA receiver and Marantz’s AV8802A preamp/processor. Owners of those models can download the firmware immediately, directly from the respective units. Owners of other “DTS:X-ready” models will be happy to know that this initial upgrade list is about to get longer. Here’s another story you’ll be interested to read: The next big thing in home theater: Dolby Atmos and DTS:X On February 18, Denon will…