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VR has been taking some interesting paths lately, but none have been as wacky as the Nintendo Labo. While it hasn’t garnered much interest thus far, Nintendo is now ramping up the stakes by adding support with two of the Switch’s biggest titles. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will receive full VR view […]
Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service is still alive and well. It now resides at DVD.com and apparently, it’s still doing quite well. Netflix in 2018 had 2.7 million DVD subscribers who generated a healthy $212 million in revenue for the company. But, why? Haven’t people ever heard of streaming? Of course they have, but the harsh reality […]
The under-display fingerprint sensor built into the new Samsung Galaxy S10 is often perceived as the most secure. This is due to its state-of-the-art, ultrasonic nature that builds a 3D map of the user biometric in question. The Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ were released with a new kind of fingerprint sensor built into the […]
For months, telecom companies across the world have been struggling with what to do with Huawei. The US has locked the company out of American telecom networks, citing national security concerns but as the rest of the world faces the same choice, not everyone is convinced Huawei is a threat. Most US experts see Huawei’s […]
The death of iTunes might finally be on the horizon. Or, at least, the downsizing of iTunes certainly seems to be. In a tweet shared Friday afternoon, Troughton-Smith said that based on evidence he’s discovered, Apple appears to be working on new UIKit-based Music, Podcasts, and Books apps for macOS, all three of which will […]
With no warning and little explanation, Netflix has removed the easiest way to stream its shows from one Apple device to another using AirPlay
The Google Pixel 3a has made an appearance on the company’s online store. Once you click the ‘Phone’ drop-down menu on store.google.com, a new link to the Pixel 3a is listed. There’s also new ‘Google Pixel 3a Case’ and ‘Compare phones’ links. The case link goes to a page called ‘”pixel_3a_case_fabric,” so it’s probably safe […]
The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G line-up launched in South Korea yesterday to celebrate the arrival of the country’s 5G network. In addition to all-important network speed tests, various first impression accounts have revealed that there’s much more to the phone than just faster network speeds. The specifications of the S10 5G, which include a 6.7-inch […]
This week has seen an increased interest in Android TV for all the wrong reasons. It recently came to light that Android TV devices had started to display a “Sponsored” row on the home screen. TV owners are reporting sponsored ads being shown on their home screens. Google says this is a “pilot” to “engage […]
Just 10 days after forming an advisory council to guide the company’s development of AI, Google. This was an ethics board set-up by Google last week to help the tech giant tackle morality issues surrounding its technology has already been disbanded. Google today disclosed that it has dissolved a short-lived, external advisory board designed to […]
Snap today announced Bitmoji Party, its first original multiplayer game for Snapchat. Bitmoji Party offers players a series of lightly challenging mini-games for the mobile phone, and is designed to be played by small groups. If successful, it could attract new users to Snapchat while encouraging them to spend more time inside the app. Bitmoji Party, which casts […]
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer admitted last year that the software maker had “a ton of work to do on Windows” for PC gamers. Microsoft is now starting to improve its Xbox integration on PC with the unveiling of a big overhaul for the Game Bar feature in Windows 10. Available for beta testers today, […]
This October will mark nine years since Windows Mobile’s initial release. It never came close to challenging Android and iOS, and in 2016 Microsoft said that the platform, which at the time had around 2 percent of the market share, was no longer going to be a focus for the company, spelling the beginning of […]
Ever since Vivo showcased the Vivo APEX smartphone with a pop-up front-facing camera, smartphone manufacturers are now actively trying to innovate the smartphone design. The main reason behind this is to make the device stand out from the crowd and to offer a higher screen-to-body ratio. Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo is at it again, with a […]
Facebook Live was announced in August 2015 as a rival to Twitter’s Periscope live-streaming app. To begin with, access was restricted to VIPs like Serena Williams, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Ricky Gervais and Michael Bublé. Journalists were next to gain access. Since then, all of Facebook’s two-billion-plus active users can live stream video to their […]