This will get rid of the page, replacing it with Chrome's 'Aw, Snap!' error warning. It won't take up any memory, but if you need to go back to it later, you can find it again by scrolling through your tabs and refreshing the page.Writing on Medium, web developer Primož Cigler found that by using the task manager to shut some troublesome tabs, he managed to double his laptop's battery life with just a few clicks.It's far from a perfect fix, and it's not practical to be doing it all the time - but if you're working on your laptop and you need all the battery life and memory you could get, it's a good solution.

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. So what happens when life hands you scalding-hot coffee, spills it all over your car during your commute, and then leaves you with a cold drink by the time you get to work? After one too many of these debacles, Hey Joe Coffee CEO and University of Georgia grad Jordan Warren decided to take matters into his own hands. In 2014 he set out to launch a startup built around one main product: the GoJoe Smart Mug.

The idea for Jordan was simple: create a mug that brews coffee at the touch of a button. No mess, no cords, minimal effort, and a hot cup of coffee ready to drink by the end of a commute, workout, or any other activity that involves multitasking. Warren says his hope is to upgrade the Keurig model of having a freshly brewed cup every time by giving coffee drinkers the same experience beyond their kitchen.

The Smart Mug's sleek, black design looks similar to an average travel thermos. A single silver power button controls the entire brewing process. The mug's lithium polymer battery works much like that of smartphone and laptop batteries, but on a smaller scale. It does require charging through a plug outlet for about 45 minutes, but once charged the mug is fully portable. One cup takes about four minutes to brew.

"[It] utilizes the same technology as a Tesla car," Warren says. "It's currently the only technology that allows you to heat water in the period of time that it does, to the temperature that it does, from a battery."

Once the technical aspects were in place, Warren shifted his attention to the actual coffee. As of now, Hey Joe's proprietary pods — filled with coffee sourced from Ecuador and Costa Rica — are the only things compatible with the Smart Mug. For some coffee drinkers, particularly Keurig fans with hundreds of K-Cup flavors to choose from, being confined to Hey Joe pods could be a deal breaker. In light of this predicament, Warren says the company is exploring partnerships with popular coffee brands to make a variety of flavors available in the future.

Technological improvements made after launching the Smart Mug's created some logistical challenges for Hey Joe earlier this year. Just a few weeks after mugs from a successful pre-sale in January shipped, the team made a major breakthrough in battery efficiency. Now the battery is able to reach higher temperatures, reach multiple brew cycles, and do that across the different temperature settings, Warren says.

Hey Joe had to send new batteries to all pre-sale buyers and ultimately had to adjust its production process. The company scaled back on sales until it could implement the newest changes and ensure every customer gets the best version of the product. A nationwide launch is planned for sometime in April, and Warren is excited for the enhanced experience customers will receive with the next wave of Smart Mugs.

Warren credits the Atlanta Tech Village, the innovative tech startup community where the company is headquartered, as a large part of what has made the company successful. "It's been a huge resource for finding other companies that can contribute and meeting new talent," he says. "It's really opened a lot of doors."

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Warren says Atlantans in general have been very supportive of the company, too, which makes sense given ATL's recent craft coffee explosion. For busy city-dwellers that depend on coffee, a product aiming to make on-the-go caffeinating more convenient than ever before is an easy sell.Chromebooks continue to be some of the more affordable laptops available, but many manufacturers are trying to make their cheapest notebooks stand out. Acer just added the Acer Chromebook 14 to its lineup, which addresses two of the bigger issues for Chrome OS users by offering 14 hours of battery life and 4GB of RAM.

First, let's talk about the Chromebook 14's design. This is Acer's first all-metal Chromebook, featuring an aluminum chassis with rounded corners that weighs just 3.42 pounds. The initial images of the Chromebook 14 show a sleek laptop but not necessarily an inspired design. One of the first Chromebooks to look like a MacBook Pro clone was the Toshiba Chromebook 2, and Acer's Chromebook 14 fits that bill as well.

Another first for Acer comes in the laptop's display: it's the company's first Chromebook to sport a 14-inch IPS screen, which is notable as most Chromebooks still suffer from lackluster displays. However, the screen is also a key factor in battery life. The Chromebook 14 is available with 1080p and 1366×768 screen options, and you'll have to get the regular 1366×768 model for the 14-hour battery life. The 1080p model should get at least 12 hours on a single charge.

Several OEMs are working out the best ways to make their Chromebooks more "premium" while still keeping prices down. Dell's Chromebook 13 is the best recent example of this, as it's a highly customizable laptop that starts at $399 but could be beefed up to $899 by adding more storage and RAM, an IPS touchscreen, and a Core i5 processor.
Acer's Chromebook 14 appears to provide ample bang for the buck at $299, with the kicker being fantastic battery life if you're willing to stick to the 1366×768 display. While its 4GB of RAM will make multitasking easier and faster on Chrome OS, you'll still have to pay a bit more for that much memory. Even with the Acer Chromebook 14, 2GB of RAM will be standard on the base model, with 4GB being the max.

"Several models" of the Chromebook 14 will be available, but full price information hasn't been released yet. However, you can now preorder one model on Amazon for $299 that has a 1.6GHz Intel Celeron processor, the 1080p IPS display, 32GB of storage, and 4GB RAM.Panasonic has recently launched its Toughbook CF-54 in India. This semi-rugged laptop has been designed specifically for field work across business verticals and can serve the purpose of an all-in-one utility device.

We were being told that the Toughbook CF-54 has been designed to withstand the rigours of everyday industrial use, drops and mishandling and we realized the same when we held the device in our hands. Its solid and sturdy construction and portable and lightweight design makes it an interesting proposition. Mind you, the CF-54 is not as thin and light as Macbook Air is, but it is indeed one of the lightest (1.99kg) and slimmest (29.8mm) semi-rugged laptops that we have seen in the recent times.
Priced Rs 1.2lakh onwards, the Toughbook CF-54 also has a decent set of hardware. The basic version comes running on the 5th Generation Intel Core i5-5300U vProTM Processor with a 3MB cache and 4GB RAM (further expandable by up to 16GB). You also get integrated ports, 3G, dedicated GPS and options like Serial Port, VGA, PC Card, Rugged USBand 2nd LAN in the Toughbook CF-54.

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The computer we reviewed is equipped with an Intel Core i7 6500U, which is part of Intel’s latest 6th generation of processor. It is a powerful chip, which seats next to the Intel Core i7 6700HQ which has more threads and more internal memory, but the biggest differences between the two are the faster Intel Graphics core and the higher power consumption of the 6700HQ. The hardware platform has been carefully picked to attain a great mix of design, speed and price.
"CAREFULLY PICKED TO ATTAIN A GREAT MIX OF DESIGN, SPEED AND PRICE"
The i7 6500U has an Intel HD 520 graphics unit (GPU) while the 6700HQ has an HD 530 GPU. This difference yields a 2X faster graphics performance for the 6700HQ. On top of that, the multi-thread performance is also about 2X higher.

However, the i7 6500U has a much lower power consumption (~12W TDP) than the 6700HQ (~36.5W TDP), so the 6500U is a good choice for most situations. Maybe gaming and workstation applications would warrant a higher power consumption, but HP made the right call here, in my opinion.
The base Spectre X360 15” comes with 8GB of RAM (DDR3), which is good enough for many people, but if you like opening a bunch of browser tabs, or have many apps running at once, the 16GB option would be a good idea (+$80).

This computer uses an SSD which starts at 256GB of capacity. Going to 512GB should not affect performance, although it’s a stiff upgrade, at +$200. It’s up to you to decide if you need/can afford it. I use my laptops as secondary computers and I am comfortable even with 128GB of storage.
If you want to save money, try to be diligent with your (mobile) storage usage, but keep in mind that most people aren’t going to upgrade their laptop’s SSD, so take a bit of time to think this through. What you get is most likely what you’ll keep.
Performance

Interestingly, the HP X360 Spectre 15.6” is one of the rare 4K 15.6” laptops that is optimized for low-power and productivity, instead of gaming and high graphics performance. Most relevant competitors are equipped with the i7 6700HQ processor, coupled with an external graphics processor (GPU), often the GeForce GTX 960M.
Those other laptops are designed to be "gaming-capable”, but they do consume more power, and they can be much bigger and heavier too. Let’s look at the performance numbers:
In general, you can see that other 4K 15.6” laptops have higher "absolute” performance, and this is not surprising since they consume more power, and have a dedicated NVIDIA graphics chip. Now, let’s look at this through the prism of "performance/price” and "performance/weight.”

Looking at performance from the "weight” perspective (mobility), the Spectre X360 15.6” is also well positioned. This time, the Dell XPS 9550 takes the lead because it can compete with the X360 in terms of industrial design (thinness and weight) and has higher performance — but it is also much more expensive and costs nearly $700 more for the closest (but not identical) comparable configuration.
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Battery life: very decent

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