Review: Mobile Pixels Duex Plus Portable Laptop Monitor

Road warriors, remote workers, and students hungry for screen real estate have a precious few options, especially if they are working in a limited space. They can opt for a larger 15-inch or larger laptop, but these are heavy and usually don’t have great battery life. A second external monitor is a good option, but could be cumbersome to carry around plus it usually requires its own power supply and cables which can quickly take over a laptop’s limited ports.

Mobile Pixels’ Duex Plus is a thin and light 13.3”-inch monitor that effectively doubles the screen real estate of my MacBook Pro 13. Featuring a reasonably bright and detailed 300 nits of brightness and a 1920 x1080 resolution, the Duex Plus allowed me to replicate my dual-display desktop setup in a more portable.

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Review: Microsoft Surface Headphones 2

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As far premium headphones go the Microsoft Surface Headphones 2 bring a lot of the look and functionality, we’ve seen from other Surface products. You have dual dials that can toggle volume and 13-levels of noise cancellation. You can also touch the surface of each headphone to pause, or play audio, and there’s an easy mute button on the right headphone. 

Microsoft builds its headsets through the lens of productivity, meaning that it sees its devices as office tools for meetings and video conferences rather than as consumer electronics for consuming music. In this context, the Surface Headphones 2, do stand out with 18-hour battery life and a comfortable and surprisingly lightweight design.

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Anime adaptation of Filipino horror comic 'Trese' coming to Netflix

'Trese' is a highly acclaimed horror/supernatural comic book series that's been adapted into a Netflix animated series. Netflix subscribers will be transported to Manila where modern incarnations of Philippine folklore legends run the underworld and threaten citizens whil eluding the cops. Alexandra Trese, the eponymous heroine of the story is the last line of defense against superntural threats based on ancient Filipino lore. 

'Trese' has elements of horror and the supernatural as well as gritty noir-detective storylines based in a modern urban setting. The anime will be voiced by a Filipino-American actors, including Shay Mitchell and Liza Soberano voicing the main character, Alexandra Trese. Other actors involved in the project are Darren Criss, Jon Jon Briones, Nicole Scherzinger, Manny Jacinto, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dante Basco, and Eric Bauza. 

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Google opening retail store in New York City

 By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google is reportedly opening a retail store in New York City to sell Pixels, Nest products, and Fitbit wearables. Housed in its NY headquarters, the store will help consumers get up close and personal with Google products and services.

“Today, we’re announcing our plans to open Google’s first-ever physical retail store, in one of the greatest cities in the world: New York,” Google’s Jason Rosenthal writes. “The new Google Store in Chelsea will be a space where customers can experience our hardware and services in a helpful way. We’ll be opening our doors to the public in summer 2021.”

This isn't the first Google store, however, and it isn't the first one in New York, specifically. Google had a pop-up store in the trendy SoHo area a few years back, which I had a chance to visit and experience. Google has also had booths in Best Buy stores for many years and has similar kiosks in its partner mobile carrier stores. 

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