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Earlier today at the New York Auto Show, Dodge introduced its 2014 Durango SUV, the latest generation in a long-line of popular sports utility vehicles. The 2014 model boasts improved gas mileage over the last edition, as well as a host of features and new standards that will appeal to both faithful owners and first-time buyers. We’ve got a gallery of the SUV, as well as its details, after the break.

The 2014 Durango features an 8-speed auto transmission that Dodge boasts as offering up to 9-percent better fuel efficiency over previous offerings. This accompanies the Pentastar V6 (6200 towing capacity) or HEMI V8 (7400 towing capacity), depending on model, with the towing capacity being hailed as up to 65-percent higher than its competitors. The Pentastar and HEMI models each come with their own AWD feature.

In addition, this latest edition to the SUV line offers LED tail lights that house 192 LEDs, LED-equipped projector headlights, a new front fascia crosshair grille, leather/heated seats and a heated steering wheel, and 20-inch Hyper Black wheels. As far as connectivity goes, drivers can choose between a 5-inch and 8.4-inch touchscreen with Uconnect Access and 3D navigation. The vehicle is Wi-Fi capable, and offers both Bluetooth and USB ports.

Dodge’s President and CEO Reid Bigland said: “When the Durango was first launched in 1998, it represented a breakthrough in power, size and style. Now for 2014, we’re upping the ante by making it our most technologically advanced, fuel efficient and dramatically styled Durango ever. With countless class-exclusive features and best-in-class attributes, the new 2014 Durango represents the ultimate no-compromise full-size SUV.”

Production is slated for Q3 of this year.

[via Chrysler]

Dodge introduces 2014 Durango at New York Auto Show is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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OUYA is true to its word: the company has confirmed to us that it’s shipping the first units of its namesake game console to the many, many people who crowdfunded at a tier high enough to set aside a production system. If you’ve received a tracking notice, you should expect to have the cuboid at your door in five to ten days, depending on just which corner of the world you live in. Don’t be surprised if your inbox remains empty for now, however. OUYA notes that it’s spreading delivery over the “coming weeks,” which by necessity will leave a few of us twiddling our (currently gamepad-free) thumbs.

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Facebook just invited the press to an event at Facebook HQ that’ll show off Facebook’s “new home on Android”. Is this the much talked about (and denied) Facebook phone? Will Facebook be using the Android OS to build a layer of Facebook on top of? HMM. Or is this just some new version of the Android Facebook app? We’ll find out on April 4th. More »

Back on October 30, Google rolled out a new type of composer for Gmail: a small box fixed to the bottom-right corner of the screen that can be popped out. Some liked the change, and others decried it as being bothersome or insufficient for their needs. For the Gmail users among us, regardless of whether you liked the new box or grew fond of it over time (or still hate it months later), it is here to stay.

If you haven’t dusted off your Gmail account in awhile, the new Gmail composer is designed to allow users to browse through the rest of their email without exiting from the composer box, something many users had apparently requested. For example, composing an email with quotes from past emails is easier with the new composer box because you can rifle through your inbox and various folders without affecting the composer.

The issues with it, however, are that the box is small and located in a slightly awkward location on the screen. This can be fixed by popping it out of the frame so that it becomes its own free-floating window, but then you have to deal with toggling between windows if you’re messing around in your inbox, which may or may not be more inconvenient to you than switching between “Drafts” and “Inbox.”

If you don’t like the new composer, it would seem you’re in the minority, at least according to Google, which has made it default for all Gmail users. If you haven’t been using it up until this point, you’ll be seeing it today (and forever after) or sometime in the next few days as Google rolls it out. What do you say? Is the new-ish composer box a keeper, or are you already grieving over the change?

[via Official Gmail Blog]

Gmail’s pop-out composer is now default is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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