Google Now lands on your desktop through Chrome Canary

Google has finally unveiled the Google Now personal assistant service on the desktop through the experimental version of the desktop browser Chrome Canary. Users can access the service by enabling the correct flag (chrome://flags/#enable-google-now) and then relaunching the browser. You will then receive a notice on the Windows system tray or Mac Notification Center once the service has been successfully integrated.

According to the support page, you can see weather, current traffic for commuting, event reminders, and sport scores cards. The other cards like public alerts and nearby photo spots will hopefully be integrated into the desktop version in the future.

Source: The Next Web

Viber introduces feature to allow mobile and landline calls

Viber follows the cue of Microsoft Skype and lets you call other mobile numbers without Viber as well as landline numbers with Viber Out. The company claims the prices for this feature will be lower than Skype. You can access the feature and buy Viber Out credits by tapping on the “More” tab on your iOS, Android or desktop app. A Windows Phone version of this feature is said to be coming soon.

Source: Tech Crunch

The Apple Beat: Mac Pro getting pre-order status in Germany as launch anticipation builds

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's new Mac Pro is the supercar of desktops. A product that's both exotic and incredibly powerful and quite far ahead of what the competition has available now.

The much awaited replacement to the cheese grater Mac Pro design (which harkens back to the dark days of PowerPC and the G5) is also one which unapologetically pushes various boundaries in industrial design, engineering, fabrication and performance. Apple's promised that the first Mac Pros would be available to order in December and while no firm date has been set, a German reseller is already taking orders for this statement product.

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Review: Orb Audio Booster and speaker system

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Quality audio is often the missing component that can elevate our enjoyment of digital experiences from average to awesome. Audio, movies, games and other immersive types of content benefit greatly from well-defined, balanced and powerful audio. Orb Audio's Booster audio and speaker system aims to provide this high level of sound primarily for mobile devices, notebooks and desktops.

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