While the pay-TV bundle is getting slimmer, major telecom company T-Mobile is placing a strategic bet that customers will still spark to a hardware-based, higher-priced offering. T-Mobile TVision Home is an upgraded version of Layer3 TV that’ll launch first in eight markets including Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington […]
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Bose S1 Pro Review
Bose has earned a stellar reputation over the years for audio products, including their compact Wave system home stereos, home theater systems and noise-cancelling headphones. Over the last decade or so, Bose has applied similar innovation and ingenuity to designing portable PA systems for musicians. The Bose S1 Pro functions as an impressive portable PA, […]
Instagram won’t recommend content that vaguely violates its Community Guidelines
Instagram says, “We have begun reducing the spread of posts that are inappropriate but do not go against Instagram’s Community Guidelines.” That means if a post is sexually suggestive, but doesn’t depict a sex act or nudity, it could still get demoted. Similarly, if a meme doesn’t constitute hate speech or harassment, but is considered […]
Apple to break iTunes into three different parts
The good news is that Apple is separating the music, TV, and podcast functionality from iTunes, so you don’t have to use it as much. However the bad news is that iTunes still isn’t going away completely. We all hate iTunes. Fortunately, Apple is planning on breaking up the maligned software into TV, Music, and […]
Google will now let you use your Android phone as a physical security key
Google announced today that any phone running Android 7 or higher can now be used as a physical security key for two-factor authentication, giving you an even more secure way to log into Google apps than several other existing methods that Google provides right now. So if you want a physical device to verify your […]
Samsung Galaxy A80
Good Fun pop-up, rotating camera Excellent, notch-less screen Plenty of power and storage Bad Durability concerns No headphone jack Big and thick Don’t be put off by the pop-up, rotating camera gimmick. It’s fun to use, but the Samsung Galaxy A80 looks to be much more than just a one trick pony. It’s the rotating, […]
Google testing ‘Before’ and ‘After’ commands that filter dates direct from the Search box
Google is testing the “before:” and “after:” commands, which allows users to restrict queries to specific dates. Google tweeted an example of the function being used when searching for Avengers: Endgame articles. The before: & after: commands return documents before & after a date. You must provide year month day dates or only a year. […]
AT&T rolls out its 5G mobile network to seven additional cities
AT&T has certainly been taking the lead as of late, expanding its true 5G network (not its controversial “5G Evolution” service) to a much wider array of cities than its competitors. AT&T’s total 5G-supported city count has sat at 12 so far, compared to Verizon’s two. Now, that number is being boosted up to 19, […]
Youtube to develop interactive material like Netflix Bandersnatch
It looks as though Netflix isn’t the only streaming media service looking to develop more interactive original programming after the success of its first choose your-own adventure style film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. YouTube is also developing new shows where the viewer can be proactive in where the story and its hero goes. YouTube has announced […]
Apple no longer charges $99 for data migration with new Macs
Transferring your files on Apple computers used to be somewhat of a pain and required the computers be physically connected via ethernet or Thunderbolt cable. The process is somewhat more manageable now with Migration Assistant and iCloud allowing transfer over WiFi. It does take time though. Fortunately, Apple will now migrate data to new Macs […]
Sonos and Ikea collaborated to make a speaker lamp and bookshelf speaker
After releasing a closer tease of the collection last month, IKEA and Sonos have now officially revealed their full SYMFONISK collaboration at Milan Design Week. The range features two pieces a table lamp and a book-shelf both of which are also WiFi speakers complete with Sonos’ signature audio technologies. For the design of the table lamp, […]
Google’s Wing drones approved to make public deliveries in Australia
Wing, the drone delivery company owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, is launching its first public drone delivery service in Canberra, Australia after the country’s aviation authority granted it regulatory approval. After months of testing, Alphabet’s Wing division is launching a drone delivery service in Australia. It will cover roughly 100 homes in the suburbs […]
Snapchat releases rebuilt Android app
Snap has finally released its new, rebuilt Snapchat Android app, which the company has been rewriting from the ground up since the beginning of 2018 to bring performance for the Android version up to par with the iOS app. That’s why last year, the company finally started working to get its Android app on a […]
iPhone rumors now claim two OLED models with triple-camera arrays for 2019
This year’s successor to the 5.8-inch iPhone XS could have a 6.1-inch screen and three cameras on its rear, a new report from Macotakara 9to5mac.com. The increase would bring the size of the phone’s OLED screen in line with this year’s cheaper iPhone XR, which has an LCD display. The report also claims that the […]
The new Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony
Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony OLED TV is quite unlike any television we’ve ever seen. Beovision Harmony features two “wings” made of oak and aluminium that house its sound system. They sit together as a square in front of the television (which is essentially the brand new LG C9 OLED, optimized for the Bang & […]