MSI AG2712A 27-inch gaming all-in-one hitting Europe this month

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/22/msi-ag2712a/

MSI showed off its Wind Top AG2712 back in March, and, being a 27-inch gaming all-in-one it is, the thing was hard to miss. The company's European wing is getting ready to launch the system this month, albeit with a slightly different name and some newish specs. The 27-incher is now called the AG2712A, sporting AMD Radeon HD9870M graphics, true to its gaming classification. There's still a Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor on-board -- the quad-core 3630QM -- plus two optimized SSDs and, the company is happy to report, "a brand new designed bezel." Because without a fancy new bezel, what's it all worth, really?

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Microsoft

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Google Keep Updates with In-Note Photos, Time and Location Reminders

Source: http://lifehacker.com/google-keep-gets-time-and-location-reminders-and-photos-1182336752

Android/Web: We already love Google Keep, but today it picked up some useful updates. Now you can add time and location reminders for your to-dos, add photos to your notes and reminders, and there's a new navigation drawer that makes it easy to jump from notes to reminders and back.

The big news in today's update is that Google Keep now functions a bit more like a fully-fledged to-do app in that you can set general or specific time reminders for any to-do you enter. You can have Keep ping you "tomorrow morning" that you wanted to email a friend, or specifically "Tuesday the 15th at 9am." Similarly, Google Keep can also use your phone's GPS to remind you of things you wanted to do in specific locations. When you get to the grocery store, for example, Keep will remind you that you told it last week you wanted to buy milk while you were there.

Google Keep has always given you a way to store photos, but now you can add photos to existing notes, or create new notes with both text and photos. Plus, with all these new note types and features, the new navigation drawer makes it easy to jump between your notes, reminders, and archived items so you always see what's useful to you.

Google Keep is a great note-taking tool, one we think is pretty underrated. With today's updates, it might be on more people's radar. The updated Android app is rolling out now at Google Play, and the new features are already available in the webapp and in the Chrome extension. Hit the link below to read more.

Update: Whoops! Looks like we already mentioned the news! Sorry for the duplicate post!

Here, There and Everywhere: Google Keep Reminds You At the Right Time | Official Android Blog

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Nokia Here research brings map data to life (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/22/nokia-here-research-brings-traffic-data-to-life/

Nokia Here collection vehicles aren't the only way the Finish giant is gathering data about our highways and city streets. The company's researchers are also using anonymous smartphone, PND and even CAN bus data to further our understanding of traffic flow and driver behavior in different conditions. Beyond improving maps and navigation, the goal is to make our roads better and cars smarter. We recently spoke with Nokia's Jane Macfarlane, Head of Research for Here, who shared how her team is bringing map data to life with the collaboration of opt-in smartphone users and fleet vehicle operators. Take a look at our gallery below and watch the video after the break. %Gallery-slideshow73225%

Filed under: GPS, Transportation, Mobile, Nokia

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Google adds zoos to Street View, heroically avoids calling it 'Street Zoo'

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/21/street-zoo/

Granted, the name "Street View" doesn't really apply like it used to, but who's going to argue with a feature like this? Google announced today that it's added imagery from zoos all over the world to the Maps feature, meaning that you can check out lions, tigers and red pandas in their unnatural habits and avoid the long lines at the monkey house. Google's got links to the zoo shots in the source link below, including locations in Singapore, Germany, Spain, the UK and China -- sadly there are no dog lions, however, so far as we can tell.

Filed under: Internet, Google

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Canon appeals to internet socialites with PowerShot N Facebook camera

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/22/canon-powershot-n-facebook/

Facebook fanatics have a smartphone to call their own, and now they have a camera, too. Canon's PowerShot N, which first made its debut at CES, just scored a few (relatively minor) tweaks. The point-and-shoot features an unusual square design, so it can be rotated and held in a variety of orientations. There's a 12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor, DIGIC 5 processor, 28-224mm f/3.0-5.9 8x optical zoom lens and a 2.8-inch capacitive-touch tilting LCD, just as you'll find on the original. In fact, the Facebook branding represents the only significant change here, including a dedicated button on the side to upload images to the site (via built-in WiFi) and a new Facebook upload option in the system menu. It's hardly worth "upgrading" from the original N, but if Facebook is your life, get ready to hand over 300 bucks for this Canon online store exclusive beginning next month.

Filed under: Cameras, Canon, Facebook

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