Tech Recap: Xbox One launch, Black Friday deals, Windows Phone apps

Tech recap: Xbox One teardown

This week on tech: next-gen is here! Microsoft successfully launches Xbox One on 13 markets and sells over 1 million game consoles in the first 24 hours. The folks from iFixit teardown the console and reveals that the 500GB hard drive is upgradeable and many of the components too. Google also released an official YouTube app for Xbox One, and Microsoft releases Xbox One SmartGlass on Windows Phone, Windows 8.1, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. And this week I published the ultimate collection of Xbox One reviews.

We’re once again getting close to Black Friday here in the U.S., and to make your tech shopping a bit easier, I compiled the best 2013 deals — don’t forget to check it out.

Also this week, Microsoft updated its SkyDrive iOS app and Office Remote comes to Windows Phone, Google updates search app for Windows Phone, and Intel releases holiday 2013 buying guide to help customers get the best Windows 8.1 tablet. All this and more…