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This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. While they inspire a bit of nostalgia -- and frequently skeuomorphism -- yesteryear's gadgets are the compost of technology, the old crap out of which new products grow. As part of the natural product cycle, it's hard to describe them as really "gone."  Sometimes they just feel dead because a company doesn't update or even mention them for a while. The Apple iPad Mini, Mac Mini, MacBook Air, Mac Pro and iPod were on our endangered list for years before Apple surprised us with upgrades to all. On the other hand, the company's AirPort router line and Time Capsule backup drive also were on a long death watch until they finally landed on Apple's vintage and obsolete product list this year. You just never know. Other times, new products absorb their predecessors. As they became ever more powerful over the past decade, phones killed … [Read more...] about From AirPower to Zune, a decade of tech and companies that died

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Facebook is moving deeper into the smart home space by refreshing its Portal products, and introducing a new device that can hook up to your TV. The social network is marketing Portal TV as a camera peripheral that can enable video phone calls via Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp on your television screen. But it's also a streaming device with access to Amazon Prime Video, CBS All Access, and Showtime, in addition to Facebook Watch, the company's YouTube-like service. Other unnamed partnerships are slated to follow. It arrives Nov. 5 for $149. Of course, existing smart TVs and streaming TV sticks already let you watch the top video-streaming services. But the Portal TV's camera and video-calling functions adds an online chat component. For now, this "Watch Together" feature will only be available on Facebook Watch when a call is made on Messenger. But it works like this: You and other friends with Portal TV devices can talk online, and then pick a video to view together. As you watch the … [Read more...] about Facebook’s New Portal Device Lets You Place Video Calls on the TV