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New York Post
an hour ago
- New York Post
Anker's secret sale is live, deals start under $25
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. You're halfway through a pitch deck on a train to Philly. Or in the final boss battle with no charger in sight. Or maybe you're a writer basking in the sun with your laptop on your picnic blanket (hand goes up) until the dreaded 5% battery warning ruins the most interesting sentence you dreamt up all day. Screw it, get the Anker Laptop Power Bank, a portable powerhouse built for the untethered life. With a massive 25,000mAh capacity and three high-speed 100W USB-C ports, this is the kind of backup that turns 'I'm out of juice' into 'I've got time for another 100 pages.' Advertisement Over 10,000 people have purchased this power saver but today it's 30% off which means you're. smarter to have waited for this moment and will save extra cash. Plus, Anker is secretly holding a sale on its MagGo 3-in-1 Charging Station so you can brain rot properly without lifting a finger and take the Magnetic Portable Charger to the beach at 39% off. Amazon Never scramble for an outlet again, this 25,000mAh Anker power bank packs triple 100W USB-C ports, built-in retractable cables, and the ability to charge four devices at once, so you can power your entire setup on flights, road trips, or coffee-fueled work sessions. For over 200 years, the New York Post has been America's go-to source for bold news, engaging stories, in-depth reporting, and now, insightful shopping guidance. We're not just thorough reporters – we sift through mountains of information, test and compare products, and consult experts on any topics we aren't already schooled specialists in to deliver useful, realistic product recommendations based on our extensive and hands-on analysis. Here at The Post, we're known for being brutally honest – we clearly label partnership content, and whether we receive anything from affiliate links, so you always know where we stand. We routinely update content to reflect current research and expert advice, provide context (and wit) and ensure our links work. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Ashton Bentley by Kramer Display Mounting Systems are Now Approved for Express Install for Microsoft Teams Rooms
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bringing enhanced productivity and ease of use to small-to-medium collaboration spaces, Ashton Bentley Display Mounting Systems from Kramer are now approved by Microsoft for deployment of Express Install for Microsoft Teams Rooms. This approval ensures that Ashton Bentley products meet Microsoft's high standards for enabling fast meeting room completion. As a result, our channel partners can now bundle the display mounts with certified displays and Microsoft Teams Rooms hardware. Ashton Bentley also offers optional AB USB-C connectivity technology as well as meeting room tables for complete room solutions as required. "Requiring no specialist knowledge or tools, the Ashton Bentley range of flexible display mounting solutions enables quick and easy installation of Microsoft Teams Rooms," said Roger McArdell, chief technology director, Ashton Bentley "Working with the Microsoft team, Ashton Bentley has developed solutions to quickly and simply deploy Teams Rooms products." The Ashton Bentley range of flexible display mounting solutions (see embedded image) enables quick and easy installation of Teams Rooms to deliver a full experience for small and medium-sized meeting rooms. With no custom room modifications required, users can get new Teams Rooms up and running quickly, inexpensively and at scale. Ashton Bentley's solution is built on three building blocks that simplify AV system design and deployment to create an efficient and engaging environment for productive collaboration. This includes AV technology for room connectivity that facilitates easy connections between devices, the integration of Display Mounts that provide a secure, stylish yet simple way to deploy displays and AV-enabled collaboration tables that enhance the space's aesthetic while concealing the AV technology and reducing cable clutter. Express Install for Teams Rooms provides a streamlined installation option designed to deliver enhanced meeting experiences to small-to-medium-sized rooms. These systems can be installed by one person in as little as an hour. About Ashton Bentley by Kramer Ashton Bentley by Kramer is a global leader in integrated meeting room solutions, offering a flexible range of products that combine technology, functionality and design. Ashton Bentley provides components and complete meeting room systems that are simple to buy, install, use and maintain, thus removing the complexity normally associated with equipping meeting rooms with technology-integrated tables. Just "walk in and work." About Kramer Kramer audio-visual experiences power creativity, collaboration, and engagement. From AVSM to advanced cloud-based communication, collaboration and control solutions, Kramer creates audio-visual experiences that are more engaging, more inclusive, and more connected than ever before. Headquartered in the heart of Startup Nation - Tel Aviv, Israel with locations around the world, Kramer's audio-visual experts are designing the future of engagement technology. Physical and digital boundaries have blurred. But no matter how hybrid our world becomes, our desire for real, human connection will never cease. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Kramer Sign in to access your portfolio
Los Angeles Times
9 hours ago
- Automotive
- Los Angeles Times
Coins? Cards? Apps? The hell that is paying for parking in L.A.
Matt Glaeser had just dropped his kids off at their grandparents' house for the day when he pulled into a parking spot near Sam's Bagels on Larchmont Boulevard on his way to work. He tried to feed the meter from a roll of quarters he keeps in his car, but the coin slot was jammed. He reached for his credit card but then noticed the screen said 'Pay by app' and showed a QR code. He tried to scan the QR code with his phone but the screen was so scratched with graffiti it didn't work. So he sent a text to the number on the 'Pay to Park' sticker below the coin slot. After waiting for a minute and wondering if the text went through, he received a text back with a link to a website. He opened the site on his phone and typed in his credit card number and address. But before he completed the payment, the site alerted him that he would have to pay an additional processing fee just to park for 15 minutes. 'It was only 35 cents, but I was like, 'Forget this, I'll find a stale bagel in the office,' ' Glaeser said. Finding parking in the L.A. area has long been a struggle, but these days, paying for parking can be just as odious. Depending on whether you're parking in L.A., Santa Monica, Beverly Hills or Pasadena, a meter might ask you to pay with quarters, a credit card, an app or some combination of all three. In public lots, you might need to memorize a zone, space number or license plate and often don't know which one until you get to the pay station. It's enough to make a law-abiding citizen give up, cross her fingers and hope a parking enforcement official doesn't pass by. As 25-year-old comedy writer Emma Parsons of Palms put it: 'Parking is already one of the things I hate the most. I don't want to spend more time on it.' People who study parking acknowledge that the proliferation of parking apps and other methods of payments has made the modern experience of paying for parking unusually complicated and frustrating. The two parking apps L.A. city uses — Park Smarter and ParkMobile — do offer useful innovations like alerting drivers when a parking session is about to expire and allowing them to add more time remotely, but when each city in the SoCal area has contracted with a different app that has to be downloaded on the street in order to avoid a ticket, those perks may no longer seem worth it. Parking apps have been around for more than a decade but researchers say Southern California is still in the early stages of their evolution with a host of providers vying to become the default method of payment for the region. Just as the universal adoption of the USB-C cable has streamlined the ability to charge a variety of devices at home, whether they're made by Apple, Samsung or another company, experts say a single parking app that allows drivers to pay for parking at meters and lots across the region would greatly reduce frustration and increase compliance. They're not advocating for one company to have a monopoly on Southern California's parking meters or for a law that restricts competition, but they say a more uniform system is possible. For instance, Europe's EasyPark app operates in 20 countries and more than 3,200 cities. 'We're a bit behind the curve,' said Mike Manville, professor of urban planning at UCLA and author of the recent paper 'The Causes and Consequences of Curb Parking Management.' 'The apps aren't new, but they haven't quite gotten sorted out to a point where we can see if we are going to get some standardization.' Tony Jordan of the Parking Reform Network, a nonprofit organization that educates the public about the impact of parking policy on climate change, equity, housing and traffic, said he's hopeful that a more streamlined system will come soon. 'I think we're getting close,' he said. 'The technology is getting there both on enforcement and payment. If we make it through the next couple of years, this problem might get better.' Los Angeles, home of the nation's first freeway and drive-in church, has long been ambivalent if not downright antagonistic toward paid parking. The city installed its first parking meters in North Hollywood in the summer of 1949 (five cents an hour) but only after the city council rejected three previous attempts to put meters on the streets in 1940, 1942 and 1946. Editorials in this newspaper at the time railed against parking meters, with one declaring it would be 'just as fair to install turnstiles for sidewalk pedestrians.' The city kept meter prices fixed for 17 years from 1992 until 2008, when it raised prices as high as $4 an hour for metered parking in the most congested areas. The first meters that accepted credit cards were installed in 2010, years after most people had stopped carrying loose change. As the late Donald Shoup, a professor at UCLA and beloved guru of parking studies used to say, the parking meter was one of the few inventions that barely changed from its inception in 1928. Today the L.A. Department of Transportation operates 35,261 metered spaces, including 32,944 on-street metered spaces and 2,317 off-street metered spaces, said LADOT spokesperson Colin Sweeney. It also manages 11,347 off-street parking spaces in lots and garages. Collectively, those meters and pay stations collected approximately $40 million in the last fiscal year. Apps to pay for parking were first introduced in L.A. in 2014, and the widespread adoption of contactless options was accelerated due to the pandemic. Despite some drivers' frustrations, the city is now leaning further into mobile payments for parking. Text-to-pay options will be available on all L.A. meters by the end of 2025 and app payment and tap-to-pay will be installed on all L.A.'s parking meters by the end of 2026. At the same time, meters in the L.A. area will continue to accept both coins and cards as well, Sweeney said — as long as the coin slots aren't jammed and the card reader works. (Gleaser should have been able to pay by card at the Larchmont Boulevard meter unless the reader was broken, Sweeney said.) The agency also plans to install new and improved parking equipment at LADOT parking facilities and improve wayfinding signage to those facilities. According to the LADOT website, there are currently no plans to add Apple Pay to meters. Parking apps will likely become more intuitive over time as providers work out the kinks and users become more accustomed to them, but for now, Angelenos must navigate the city's parking payment woes as best they can. Parsons, the 25-year-old comedy writer, has taken to keeping a pill bottle filled with quarters in both her purse and car since moving to L.A. in January because she's found paying for parking with coins easier and quicker than any other method. 'I never carried cash around with me in my life, but I don't want to download an app every time I go somewhere new,' she said. 'It's rare that I have a dollar bill on me but paying for parking with quarters is great. I love it.' Leah Ferrazzani, who lives in L.A. and works in Pasadena, said she currently has four parking apps on her phone — two for L.A., one for Pasadena and one for USC, where she goes for medical appointments. 'The only one that makes my life easier is the Pasadena one because it is the most user-friendly and because I work here so it's the one I use most often,' she said. Even the most app-savvy have found the current systems frustrating. Jonathan Badeen, a 43-year-old resident of Sherman Oaks and co-founder of the dating website Tinder recently spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to pay a meter on Ventura Boulevard when his iPhone couldn't read the QR code on the screen before he eventually gave up. In the end, he spent more time trying to pay for parking than running his errand. Badeen is glad meters have evolved from the quarters-only era he remembers from his early days in L.A. in the aughts, but he also thinks parking apps aren't making parking easier for anyone. 'Unless the country or city or the whole metro area wants to standardize on something or they slap an Apple Pay on there, I think it's a bad idea,' said the man who invented swipe right. 'And I know something about apps.'
Tom's Guide
10 hours ago
- Tom's Guide
Backbone just launched its epic 'Pro' controller in the UK — what you need to know
Backbone has long made some of the best mobile game controllers you can buy, and the company's latest creation has just become available in the U.K. The Backbone Pro controller has been available in the United States for some time and is a major upgrade over the existing Backbone One. Let's get this out of the way first, though. It doesn't come cheap. The Backbone Pro will set you back £169 from Backbone's official store. And while we'll keep our eye out for discounts from the likes of Amazon and Currys, it's a big chunk of change when you could be eyeing up a Nintendo Switch 2 for your handheld gaming requirements. My colleague Anthony Spadafora over in the U.S. has already given us a pretty thorough breakdown of why the Backbone Pro is such an appealing gaming proposition and you can read his thoughts here. For something suitably "Pro", Backbone has added remappable back buttons, made the controller more comfortable to hold and boosted the thumbsticks to full-sized. This larger, more comfortable mobile game controller from Backbone allows you to play directly on your phone or wirelessly on you PC, tablet and other devices. It also features full-size thumbsticks and two remappable back buttons. But the real killer feature is making this a fully wireless controller alongside the standard USB-C connection that lets you plug it directly into your phone. That means you can switch from using this with one of the best Android phones seamlessly to using it with a PC, tablet or smart TV. Backbone states you'll get 40 hours of battery life and on the bottom of the Pro's handles you'll find a USB-C port for passthrough charging on the right and a 3.5mm headphone jack for plugging in a pair of wired headphones on the left. Backbone has come out all guns blazing with the Pro and having a controller that can seamlessly switch between your iPhone and your PC or console is a pretty tempting proposition. The question remains whether gamers will be willing to part with £169 for the privilege. Let us know your thoughts in the comments box below. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips.
Globe and Mail
a day ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
WAVLINK Unveils the Ultimate Productivity Docking Station: New DisplayLink® Pro DL-7400 Delivers 8K Resolution and Quad-Display Support for Power Users and Enterprise
The DL7400 Series Office Adapter Family Welcomes a New Addition WAVLINK, launched its landmark new series of docking stations, built on the industry-leading DisplayLink® Pro DL-7400 . Engineered for data-driven professionals, software engineers, and modern enterprises, this series is designed to deliver an unprecedented multi-display desktop experience, powering up to five monitors from a single USB-C cable and supporting resolutions up to 8K@60Hz. The WAVLINK DL-7400 series DisplayLink Docking station directly addresses the primary bottleneck in today's professional workflows: limited screen real estate. It transforms any compatible laptop into a powerful, clutter-free command center, ideal for demanding fields like financial services, engineering, software development, and corporate environments. "In today's knowledge-based economy, productivity isn't just about raw processing power—it's about the ability to visualize and manage information simultaneously," said at WAVLINK. "Our DL-7400 series is purpose-built for that reality. It uses advanced USB graphics to bypass the native display limitations of a computer's GPU, offering a powerful and elegant solution for all users, but it's a particular game-changer for MacBook users who have long been constrained by a two-screen limit. This lineup elevates their efficiency to an entirely new level." Hardcore Tech for Unmatched Productivity The WAVLINK DL-7400 series integrates a suite of powerful technologies engineered for peak performance and reliability. Revolutionary DisplayLink® USB Graphics: At its core, the series leverages DisplayLink's adaptive compression algorithm. A dedicated driver encodes the video signal on the CPU and transmits it as a standard USB data packet. The dock's internal DL-7400 chip then decodes this stream and outputs it to the monitors. This intelligent method bypasses the host computer's native GPU limits, enabling it to drive far more displays than is traditionally possible. Unprecedented Display Density: The flagship WL-UG75PD5-3H2D can drive up to five external displays simultaneously. For professionals juggling real-time data feeds, multiple codebases, virtual machines, and communication tools, this creates a fully immersive, distraction-free workspace. Future-Proof, Ultra-HD Visuals: By incorporating VESA's Display Stream Compression (DSC), the dock delivers visually lossless video for ultra-high resolutions, supporting a single 8K@60Hz display or a fluid 4K@120Hz for applications where motion clarity is critical. True Universal Compatibility: This is the ultimate solution for mixed-device and BYOD environments. The series is platform-agnostic, offering seamless support for Windows, macOS (including native Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3/M4 support), ChromeOS, and popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu. It works with both USB-C and legacy USB-A host computers. Enterprise-Grade I/O: 2.5Gbps Ethernet: Offers 2.5 times the speed of standard Gigabit Ethernet, ensuring the network is never the bottleneck when accessing network-attached storage (NAS), high-speed corporate intranets, or large cloud-based datasets. 10Gbps Data Ports: Multiple USB-A and USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports provide a massive 10Gbps of bandwidth for transferring huge files in seconds or connecting high-speed peripherals like external NVMe enclosures. 100W Smart Power Delivery: Robust Power Delivery 3.0 safely negotiates and provides maximum power to your laptop, easily handling even power-hungry, workstation-class machines. Optimized for High-Intensity Professional Workflows The WAVLINK DL-7400 series is precisely targeted at professionals who demand ultimate efficiency: For Financial Traders & Data Analysts: Build the ultimate market command center. Visualize real-time tickers, complex candlestick charts, macro-economic dashboards, and a Bloomberg Terminal simultaneously, ensuring every decision is backed by comprehensive, at-a-glance information. For Software Engineers & Developers: Code on a primary vertical 4K monitor, run local servers or containers on a second, browse technical documentation on a third, and perform UI testing on a fourth. This dramatically optimizes the code-compile-debug loop for maximum throughput. For Corporate Power Users & Project Managers: Manage Gantt charts, CRM dashboards, complex spreadsheets, and team communications in a single, unified view. Effortlessly share content across different screens during presentations and video conferences. For IT Administrators: The unified DisplayLink driver and broad compatibility dramatically simplify enterprise deployment and maintenance. This makes the series an ideal solution for implementing hot-desking or standardized workstation setups, significantly reducing IT support overhead. Product Lineup & Technical Comparison WAVLINK offers a full range of models to perfectly match any user's needs for connectivity and performance. Data Sourced from Wavlink About WAVLINK WAVLINK is a technology-driven company specializing in networking, communication systems, and PC peripheral solutions. As an integrated enterprise combining design, R&D, manufacturing, quality control, and global sales, WAVLINK has been deeply rooted in the industry for over a decade. With a strong reputation for reliability and innovation, WAVLINK has earned the trust of tens of millions of users worldwide, and its global market share continues to grow steadily. The company is committed to pushing the boundaries of cutting-edge technologies and aims to be a leading force in the connectivity industry. 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