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Wired Wednesday: GM Ariv, MS Timeline & Gamesir VX

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • General Motors starts taking orders for its first e-bike (source)
  • Microsoft releases official Timeline extension for Google Chrome (source)
  • Gamesir VX Aimswitch brings mouse and keyboard controls to consoles (source)

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