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Target Ticket, the US retailer’s video-on-demand offering, has launched to the public on Wednesday. After months of beta testing, Target Ticket is now live with a catalog of over 30,000 movies and more than 50 episodes of “next-day TV.” There’s no signup fee or monthly subscription for Target’s instant video service; like iTunes and Amazon Continue Reading →

Almost six months after it started trialling a same-day local delivery service in San Francisco, Google has announced that it’s now open to all users in the San Francisco and surrounding Peninsula area. In what could be described as a similar initiative to Amazon Prime or eBay Now, Google Shopping Express pulls together users’ local Continue Reading →

Valve has announced the hardware platform, dubbed Steam Machines, for its upcoming SteamOS Linux-based gaming operating system. The company is running a promotion to ship 300 prototypes of its own Steam Machine design to users, while multiple third-party manufacturers have lined up to sell their own Steam Machines in 2014. If you’re interested in participating Continue Reading →

Mailbox, the tidy iOS email app recently purchased by Dropbox, has a pretty wide-open hole that could allow bad actors to hijack your device. And unlike phishing attempts that should probably set off your sketchiness detector, this flaw involves emails that look completely innocuous. As Italian researcher Michele Spagnuolo shows, the Mailbox app will execute Continue Reading →

Amazon uses its Kindle Fire tablets to deliver a wide range of services — from e-books to movies to videogames to music. The newest versions of the tablets, which the company showed for the first time today, add a new offering: live customer support over video chat. The redesigned Kindle Fire HDX — the new Continue Reading →

Roku, makers of the streaming TV, film, music and gaming boxes, launched a new family of Roku devices on Wednesday and is bringing its top-of-the-line Roku 3 unit which has been available in the US since earlier in the year to the UK and Ireland. The devices announced on Wednesday include an updated Roku LT Continue Reading →

Microsoft is planning a fresh new Surface tablet that would constitute a departure from the 10-inch designs to date. The tablet, if it comes to fruition, is expected to have a 7.5-inch display, Rhoda Alexander, director, Tablet and Monitor Research at IHS iSuppli, told CNET. That jibes with NPD DisplaySearch data provided to CNET in Continue Reading →

Two weeks after Apple’s September 10th reveal of a champagne-colored iPhone, Samsung is launching its own golden phone in the shape of a new Gold Edition Galaxy S4. There are two options, Gold Pink or Gold Brown, which Samsung is proudly showing off on its United Arab Emirates social media outlets. It’s doubtful that these Continue Reading →

There are so many new features tucked away within iOS 7 that you may still find new ones for weeks to come. Here are some of my favorites that you may or may not have found yet. Apple has added in the ability for your iDevice to auto-update your apps. You’ll no longer need to Continue Reading →

Too lazy busy to handle selling your stuff on eBay or Craigslist, or having a yard sale? Yep, same here. That’s why a startup called Sold, launched earlier this year, had me intrigued. Its big idea is to take the whole e-commerce process out of your hands by pricing your items for you, finding a Continue Reading →