Microsoft has now included dedicated Office and Emoji keys on its latest keyboards. In June an internal Microsoft survey suggested the company would replace the second Windows key on the right side of its keyboards with a dedicated office key. Now, the firm’s plans are coming to fruition through its new Ergonomic and slim Bluetooth […]
Windows 10’s next big update (19H2) is now being finalized, Microsoft has announced, and the firm has christened the upgrade as the November 2019 Update. “We believe that Build 18363.418 is the final build and we will continue to improve the overall experience of 19H2 on customers’ PCs as part of our normal servicing cadence,” […]
Some of you will be happy to hear that the Galaxy Watch Active 2 Under Armour Edition can be yours starting today. As you’ve come to expect from most smartwatches, the UA Watch Active 2 features a heart-rate monitor and can show you stats like calories burned and distance covered. That said, where Samsung and […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to employees with a lengthier explanation for why the company chose to remove HKmap.live from the App Store yesterday. According to Reuters, Cook said Apple based the decision on “credible information” from Hong Kong police and Apple users. Those sources said the app was used to “maliciously […]
Canon’s Ivy Rec portable camera will start shipping on October 16th for $129.99 in the US. Back in July, Canon launched its Indiegogo campaign for the device. The main appeal here is that it’s a clippable, shockproof, and waterproof camera that, on paper, sounds like a good alternative to pulling your expensive phone out for […]
Google is rolling out a Maps update that adds more in-depth spoken walking directions, with the aim of helping vision-impaired people navigate with more ease. The applications, WalkyTalky and Intersection Explorer, both use spoken walking directions from Google Maps giving the blind (or visually-impaired) the opportunity to explore the layout of streets before navigating them […]
The new OnePlus 7T Pro features Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 855 Plus mobile chip. Announced earlier in the year, the 855 Plus features 15 percent faster GPU performance and than the stock standard 855. The 7T’s other major update is that it comes with a new “30T” Warp Charge power adapter. According to OnePlus, the new […]
Amazon Music is now available on Apple’s media box in 13 countries, including the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Pair the app through your browser and you can listen to Prime Music or Music Unlimited in the living room even if you’re in an otherwise Apple-centric household. You’ll have access to all your purchased and […]
Google’s VP of engineering Madj Bakar claims Google Stadia will be superior to gaming on desktops and other hardware “in a year or two.” With the tech it’s been developing in modeling and machine learning, Bakar says that Stadia will make games feel more responsive in the cloud, and make them run faster than they […]
Oppo has announced the latest phone the Reno range of flagship phones, the Reno Ace. This one is in many ways the most high-end entry yet, although that depends on how you feel about notches. Spec-wise, there’s a Snapdragon 855 Plus processor, a 20:9 6.5-inch 1080p display with a small waterdrop notch and a 90Hz […]
Public pre-orders are open, and the service is scheduled to launch November 12th. But Disney isn’t done trying to lure people in with discounted subscription deals. The latest 3-year, discounted Disney+ subscription that shook out to about $4. If that wasn’t enough to turn the heads of some wayward Netflix subscribers, maybe a second chance […]
Intel’s short-lived collaboration with AMD has come to a halt. Intel revealed this week that it is discontinuing its Kaby Lake-G series processors, which saw the company’s Core processors mixed with discrete AMD Radeon RX Vega M graphics. In an alert to PC manufacturers, Intel announced the move, noting that January 31, 2020, will mark […]
Ads are what keep the internet running. However, they’ve become obnoxious and intrusive over the years, leading some to install anti-tracking software on their devices. This makes it difficult for advertisers to show a variety of ads to those users, rather than showing the same ad over and over again. As a privacy-focused workaround, Google […]
Google appears to be working on a 5G version of the Pixel 4, and it’s possible the phone will be shown as early as next week, Nikkei reports that while the regular Pixel 4 devices will support LTE, a “test production” of a 5G-enabled Pixel 4 will also be shown. However, it isn’t clear whether […]
Apple has begun selling Microsoft’s Xbox Wireless Controller after adding support for the gamepad in the latest software updates for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac. The Xbox controller is priced at $59.95 and is available from Apple’s website. I have not seeing any local stores with stock just yet, but it’s not unreasonable […]