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Future Intel Evo laptops could require highly improved webcams

Digital Trends

Leaked info suggests Intel will soon force laptop manufacturers to include 8MP webcams in their devices. This is good news for fed-up video callers everywhere.

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Nvidia is requiring laptop makers to be more transparent about RTX 30-series specs

The Verge

Nvidia is now requiring, not just encouraging, companies selling laptops with its new RTX 30-series graphics chips to be more transparent about the kind of power people can expect. Previously, seeing Max-Q branding made it easy to determine a laptop’s general performance without having to know its specific clock speeds.

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Apple’s notch ‘fix’ brings fat bezels back to the MacBook Pro

The Verge

The camera notch cutout on Apple’s latest laptops was meant to enable a more expansive edge-to-edge screen. The scaling feature was demonstrated by artist @Jatodaro on Twitter, showing how checking the box for ‘Scale to fit below built-in camera’ in an app’s Get Info window will shrink the display for all apps.

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Epic to host a #FreeFortnite tournament with anti-Apple prizes

The Verge

Check out our blog for full info: [link] — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) August 21, 2020.

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LG’s latest Gram 17 makes a stellar case for 17-inch laptops

The Verge

It’s a quiet laptop, and even under pressure, its fans weren’t loud enough for me to hear once. These are important things for any laptop to get right, let alone one that has a bunch of extra real estate that should be used to avoid flaws like these. Lastly, the large trackpad isn’t always good at palm rejection.

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iPhone owners: Anyone solved the multi-Mac dilemma?

Judi Sohn

I use Spanning Sync to keep iCal and Address Book on the laptop in sync with iCal and Address Book on the Mac (and in sync with Google Calendar and Gmail). I’ll meet folks on my trip, enter their contact info into my phone and have no way of transferring that info to my laptop until I get home.

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If you're a Salesforce user, 3 great reasons to use Google Chrome

Judi Sohn

Makes it easier if I want to log in using my laptop while on the go. This allows me to keep this info in sync across my computers via Dropbox without actually exposing the sensitive content unnecessarily. You enter your credentials, all stored locally, and you now have a handy window to manage your logins.

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