This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s desire to push into China was more evident than ever at its WWDC 2016 keynote. Executives name-dropped Chinese apps such as WeChat, talked about DiDi (the Uber of China) and Alipay integrating into its Maps and Apple …
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Samsung phone owners in Singapore will be able to make mobile payments through Samsung Pay from June 16. The service will be limited to those owning the Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+ and the newer S7 and S7 Edge devices. The launch comes a month after rival Apple made its Apple Pay service available in the island state, though the …
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Instead of waiting for manufacturers to add a second camera to their phones, why not do it yourself with Weeview’s Eye-Plug dongle? Adding a 2-megapixel camera to your phone may not seem like much, but with the Eye-Plug, which costs $40 (around £30 or AU$55), you’re able to take 3D video as well as pictures that can be refocused. Now, …
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Wireless charging company WiTricity may not be a household name, but that could change once Dell laptops start launching with its technology. Dell laptops that started charging wirelessly the moment they were placed on a charging mat made an appearance at WiTricity’s show suite at Computex 2016 here in Taipei. WiTricity declined to comment on when these Dell laptops will …
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Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Asus already has an augmented reality product ready, but it won’t be showing it off anytime soon. According to CEO Jerry Shen, who spoke to CNET at Computex in Taipei, his company’s AR product was being put on hold at the request of a “very big player.” The earliest its AR product, likely a headset similar to …
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AMD’s finally ready to take on Nvidia’s new GeForce GTX 1080, with the company not pulling any punches with its latest graphic card. The Radeon RX 480, which made its debut here at Computex in Taipei, isn’t as powerful as the GTX 1080, but it has one thing Nvidia is hard-pressed to match: price. The RX 480 will hit stores …
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Those hour-long waits to get your phone charged enough to leave the house may soon be a thing of the past — if your smartphone is powered by a new MediaTek processor, that is. MediaTek says its new processors will allow users to charge their phones from 0 percent battery to 70 percent in 20 minutes. The feature, called Pump …
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While it makes plenty of processors for mobile phones, Qualcomm isn’t putting all its chips in one basket — the company’s latest Snapdragon Wear 1100, revealed here at Computex in Taipei, is meant for wearables, but unlike the earlier Wear 2100 announced earlier this year in February, the Wear 1100 has a more focused outlook. Instead of smartwatches or a …
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Singapore-based startup Tware thinks it has the solution for chronic back pain: the AiraWear, a wearable massage device that uses inflatable compressed air modules to give you back rubs on the go. Available as either as a vest to be worn under your jacket or built into a hoodie, the AiraWear aims to discreetly pound away the pain with six …
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Standing at 20 cm (7.8 inches) tall, the Plen2 is a cute robot from Japan that can do a variety of things, such as pick up a rubber ball or kick it. It’s also capable of mirroring your actions through an Xbox Kinect camera, which is even cooler. You control the Plen2 from your iOS or Android device via Bluetooth, …
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