How to turn your iPad or iPhone into a second monitor with Duet

Here’s something cool: Duet Display is an £8 app that turns an iPad or iPhone into an extra screen for your Windows or Mac computer. The ex-Apple engineers behind the app promise a simple, zero-lag experience, and Duet delivers in spades. If you wanted to be more productive or just make use of that old iPad you have lying in a drawer somewhere, this is a perfect choice.

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Amazon announce Alexa-powered Tap and Echo Dot gadgets

Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant is at the heart of its coolest recent product, the Echo home speaker. The virtual assistant is improving quickly to rival Siri and Cortana, with lots of useful integrations that let it control your lights, answer questions, order an Uber or adjust your house’s temperature. Amazon announced Alexa is coming to two new devices this week, the Amazon Tap and the Echo Dot. Both are interesting takes on the original Echo, designed to be used in slightly different environments.

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