Google reportedly will kill Google TV so that Android TV may live

In move that will shock very few people, it appears that Google is getting ready to put the kibosh on its Google TV brand.

According to a report by GigaOm, Google will let the Google TV brand sunset. This doesn’t mean Mountain View has lost interest in your living room, but the company may be re-thinking its way there.

The three-year old Android-based Google TV brand has failed to catch fire with consumers and content partners. However, the company will still continue to pursue Android as an underpinning for TV. According to the report, Google has already begun referring to the newest incarnation of its TV offering as “Android TV” in recent talks with electronics manufacturers.

Windows Phone update adds support for bigger screens and faster processors

Did Windows Phone just get Windows Pho-nomenal? The third update to Windows Phone 8 was announced Monday on Microsoft's Windows Phone blog, bringing with it a number of features that help put the OS more on a par with the competition. Although Windows Phone is often criticized for its lack of software and restrictions on hardware, the update opens the door for much better Windows Phone devices down the line.
The biggest changes won't be immediately apparent to current Windows Phone owners, but they will help push the operating system's device ecosystem in the direction it needs to go. Update 3 adds support for larger and sharper displays, including "phablets" and tablets. The update also adds compatibility with quad-core processors, paving the way for Windows Phones with better battery life and better-looking games. Windows Phone, like the iPhone, has never really been about cutting-edge specs, but the bump in power and screen resolution could prove appealing to people on older Android phones looking to jump to a platform with slightly less lag.

21.5-inch iMac (Late 2013) Review: Iris Pro Driving an Accurate Display

I have a confession to make. For the past year I’ve been using a 27-inch iMac as my primary workstation. I always said that if I had a less mobile lifestyle the iMac is probably the machine I’d end up with (that was prior to the announcement of the new Mac Pro of course). This past year has been the most insane in terms of travel, so it wasn’t a lack of mobility that kept me on the iMac but rather a desire to test Apple’s new Fusion Drive over the long haul.
It’s entirely possible to mask the overwhelmingly bad experience of a hard drive in a high performance machine by only sampling at the beginning of the journey. When the OS is a clean install, the drive is mostly empty and thus operating at its peak performance. Obviously Apple’s Fusion Drive is designed to mitigate the inevitable performance degradation, and my initial take on it after about a month of use was very good - but would it last?