The Latest in Media Streamers

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat!  Sign up here to get your own Follow Us This Week in Electronics & Gadgets In this week’s issue, we bring you up to speed on the emerging media streamer technology, and provide how-to advice on calibrating your printer and monitor. Also, camera expert Kyle Schurman gives us the latest on optical zoom vs. digital zoom. Fred Zahradnik Electronics & Gadgets Editor What a Media Streamer Can Do For You While network media player devices have been increasing in popularity, there still is a question of what to call them and how to describe them. The term "media streamers" has been cropping up on tech blogs. READ NOW   Share Optical Zoom vs. Digital Zoom With most digital cameras, the zoom lens moves outward when in use, extending from the camera body. Some digital cameras, however, create the zoom while adjusting the lens only within the camera body. READ NOW   Share Review: iPhone 6 Plus - The Big iPhone There are only two major ways in which the iPhone 6 Plus differs substantially from its sibling the iPhone 6: its size and its camera. And only one of those differences—size—is likely to matter to most people’s buying decisions. READ NOW   Share How to Calibrate Your Monitor to Your Printer In some environments, such as digital photography, desktop publishing, and graphics design, where what you create on the computer is, in a sense, recreated by the printer, this calibration, the matching of monitor output to printer output, is critical. READ NOW   Share FEATURED ARTICLES • How to Avoid WireLurker Malware • Use iTunes to Re-Download Purchased Songs • How to Silence a Noisy Laptop • Shadow Warrior Review (Xbox One) • Review: Tetrobot & Co. (Wii U) • ROCKI Audio Streamer Review Advertisement About Technology   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy

Apple iPad Air 2 Review

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat!  Sign up here to get your own Follow Us This Week in Electronics & Gadgets You’ve probably heard the top-line facts on Apple’s iPad Air 2, but you if you are thinking about investing in a new tablet or considering one as a gift, you’ll want to read the full review in this issue. Also this week, MX vs. ATV in a new Xbox game review, terrific new Bose noise-cancelling headphones, how to list a business in Apple Maps Connect, and more. Fred Zahradnik Electronics & Gadgets Editor The iPad Air 2 Review Make no mistake: the iPad Air 2 isn't about being pretty, even though it has a beautiful display. It's not about being thin, even though it went from 7.5 millimeters to 6.1 millimeters. The new iPad Air 2 is about being powerful. READ NOW   Share MX vs. ATV Supercross Review (Xbox 360) The racing in MX vs. ATV: Supercross ($29) is extremely solid.  The controls are simple - gas and brake on the triggers, clutch on left bumper, and you lean your rider around corners and preload your shocks with the right analog stick - but it is pretty intuitive, especially if you're a longtime fan of the series. READ NOW   Share Bose QC25 Noise-Cancelling Headphones Review The Bose QC15 has long been the standard for noise cancelling headphones, because its noise cancelling is so much better than anybody else's and it sounds pretty nice. Suddenly, Bose is replacing it with the QC25, a headphone that costs the same ($299) and offers one especially nice new feature. READ NOW   Share How to List Your Business on Apple Maps Connect The new Apple Maps Connect for Small Business is a self-service business listing tool made available for free to anyone with an Apple ID. As you might expect, Apple has provided an easy-to-use, clean and simple interface for entering and maintaining your business profile. READ NOW   Share FEATURED ARTICLES • How to Add Album Art to iTunes Library • Shin Mefami Tensei: Prevent iOS Apps From Using Cellular Data • ‘Bluetooth Smart’ Saves Battery Power • 3D Without 3D TV? • The Advantages of Printer Apps • Prevent Audio Latency Problems Advertisement About Technology   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy