ATLANTA (AP) — Kik Messenger, a smartphone app popular among younger teens, is on the defensive following the stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl in Virginia who told friends she was using Kik to connect with an 18-year-old man. Like Instagram, Snapchat and other messaging rivals, Kik provides free, easy and instant connections to other users…
Connected Devices for the Athlete
ATLANTA (AP) — Advances in technology present sports enthusiasts with plenty of options to train better and smarter. High-level gear and biometric-analysis software are no longer limited to elite professional athletes. The weekender can now use some tech-savvy approaches to get better, perhaps, at a multitude of sports. Practice makes perfect, but technology can make…
Review: Chromecast Streams Media at a Nice Price
ATLANTA (AP) — A new device from Google makes it easy to stream video from several popular services to a high-definition TV. Chromecast is tiny enough to dangle from a keychain when not in use, but it packs a big punch for a low price. At merely $35, Chromecast is irresistible. Using your home Wi-Fi…
Review: ViewPad 10 Features Windows and Android
ATLANTA (AP) — Viewsonic’s new tablet has a unique solution for consumers who are still clinging to Microsoft’s Windows, even as Google’s Android operating system gains traction: It offers both. The ViewPad 10 is a dual-boot unit. It can launch either Windows 7 or Android as you start the computer. Out of the box, the…
Review: Google All the Time on the Chromebook
ATLANTA (AP) — New laptops running Google’s Chrome operating system offer a new approach in portable computing: Games, productivity tools and anything else you might need are handled by distant computers connected to the Internet. With this method, you don’t store data on a hard drive inside the computer. That streamlines things, at the cost…