Microsoft refreshed its popular Surface Pro and Surface Laptop products with more powerful internals and a new sleek matte black color scheme, making two of our favorite computing devices better than ever. Best laptops for video editing 2021Best laptops for college students 2021 We reviewed both the Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6 and came away impressed by their gorgeous displays, long battery lives and premium designs. But which of these two recommended machines is best for you: The detachable Surface Pro or the traditional clamshell Laptop 2?...

Searching for answers on a company’s support website is less painful than dealing with a person, but even less likely to get you a solution. We were unable to find a relevant support page, or found incorrect information, 56 percent of the time. When reaching out for help via Twitter and Facebook, we got either unhelpful answers or no response for 47 percent of our queries. In our Tech Support Showdown, we used phone, web and social support to try to answer three support questions for each of the leading laptop manufacturers....

Here’s our guide to the best new features coming to the iPad in iOS 11. iOS 11 is, simply put, far better for multitasking than its predecessors. Nowhere is that more apparent than when you drag and drop an item for the first time between apps. You can even supercharge this new feature: start to drag an item, and before you release it, use your other hand to tap other items, creating a drag group....

As a reminder, Thunderbolt is considered a “universal” solution because it’s capable of delivering fast transfer speeds, charging and video output over a single connection. Thunderbolt 4 is compliant with USB4, DisplayPort and PCIe Express standards, and is compatible with previous-gen Thunderbolt and USB products. USB4 Is Coming: Here’s How Fast It’ll BeUSB-C Cable Types: Everything You Need to KnowThe best USB Type-C hubs in 2020 Thunderbolt 4 speeds and features Thunderbolt 4 speeds and features...

Our expert picks for the best noise cancelling headphones, per budget and styleCheck out our Sony WH-1000XM5 review…and our Bose 700 review Not everything is contemporary on these cans, as exhibited by the lack of popular functions (e.g., quick charging, touch controls) and V-Moda’s feature-limited companion app. The extra weight doesn’t make for great comfort either. Colors: Bronze Black; Gunmetal Black; Matte Black Battery life (rated): 30 hours Connectivity: Bluetooth 5....

How It Works Unlike the Livescribe 3 – another popular ink-on-paper gadget that stores your writing digitally – Wacom’s two devices don’t require you to use proprietary paper for your note-taking. Rather, it’s the touch-sensitive pad in the Folio or Slate that registers your strokes when it comes in contact with the pen and then sends them to your phone or tablet via Bluetooth. So, as far as the device is concerned, you’re actually writing through the paper, not on the paper....

Why the long wait? Why the long wait? I had been meaning to replace my six-year-old MacBook Pro for a while. But being a Mac buyer hasn’t been easy these past few years. Apple’s computing division has spent much of the last half a decade patching what has ailed its notebooks since their 2015 revamp. By the time Apple fixed those fundamental flaws (faulty keyboard and performance hiccups among others), rumors of the new M1 processor began to spurt up....