{"id":8798,"date":"2015-12-31T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=8798"},"modified":"2015-12-31T19:11:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:11:47","slug":"the-10-most-popular-techspot-news-stories-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/12\/31\/the-10-most-popular-techspot-news-stories-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 most popular TechSpot news stories of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/about.shtml#contributors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">TechSpot Staff<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/63298-10-most-popular-techspot-news-stories-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">TechSpot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As 2015 comes to a close we&#8217;re taking a look back at the year&#8217;s most popular stories on TechSpot. Throughout the day we&#8217;ve gone compiled the most read stories narrowed down by company\/topic, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/63299-most-popular-stories-2015-microsoft.html\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/63301-most-popular-stories-2015-google.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/63302-most-popular-stories-2015-apple.html\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/63303-most-popular-stories-2015-tech-culture.html\" target=\"_blank\">tech culture<\/a> news, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/63304-most-popular-stories-2015-security-blunders.html\" target=\"_blank\">security<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/63309-techspot-top-reviews-long-form-features-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">our reviews and longer-form<\/a> features. To wrap up, these are the most read posts overall in any category.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoyed our daily dispatch of technology news and analysis as much as we\u2019ve enjoyed bringing it to you. Here\u2019s to an even more exciting 2016!<\/p>\n<h4>#10 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/62904-amazon-may-soon-give-fedex-ups-usps-boot.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon may soon give FedEx, UPS and USPS the boot<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/header\/2014\/01\/amazon-prime.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amazon is reportedly the entity behind a secretive air cargo operation launched this past September codenamed \u201cAerosmith.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>#9 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/60148-multi-monitor-ultra-wide-or-4k-what-delivers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Multi-monitor, ultra wide or 4K: What delivers the best gaming experience?<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2015\/03\/2015-03-24-image-13.jpg\" alt=\"delivers gaming experience guest\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A performance and overall gaming experience analysis using four different display setups: 16:9 (1080p or 2560&#215;1440), multi-monitor surround, 21:9 ultra-wide, and 4K (technically 16:9, but different due to high pixel density).<\/p>\n<h4>#8 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/61416-panasonic-consumer-grade-exoskeleton-can-yours-september.html\" target=\"_blank\">Panasonic&#8217;s consumer-grade exoskeleton can be yours in September<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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