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Nintendo launches New 3DS XL with hardware improvements

Nintendo’s New 3DS XL, a hardware revision of its 3DS XL from 2012, hit store and online shelves last week. The changes to the hardware include an additional analog nub on the right side of the touch screen for camera controls, improvements to 3D viewing angles, decreased loading times for games, two additional shoulder buttons, and other miscellaneous tweaks.

Radioshack finally goes out of business

Radioshack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, February 8, ending the chapter of what seems to be the most drawn-out death of a business this century.

Microsoft announces a new browser: Project Spartan

Microsoft announced a new browser that will be replacing Internet Explorer in Windows 10 last week, code named Project Spartan. In addition to a new rendering engine, Spartan will have three new features.

Online Black Friday shopping at a record high

Last Thanksgiving weekend was the strongest ever in online sales, with Americans spending just over $1 billion online on Thanksgiving Day, and $1.5 billion on Black Friday, according to Forrester Research.

New York getting free citywide Wi-Fi

In the grandest rollout of free public Wi-Fi to date, New Yorkers will gain access to the Internet from anywhere in the city with the installation of up to 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the five boroughs to form the LinkNYC network.