Chris Matyszczyk

Samsung’s first Galaxy S9 ad doesn’t think very different

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Remind you of any Apple ads you’ve seen lately? Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Do you feel uplifted? Has the reveal of Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus brought you closer to telephonic rapture? Or does it look and feel …

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Power bank catches fire in plane’s overhead bin

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Those are quite some flames. China Aviation Review screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET We’ve become used to the idea that some gadgets can explode. Often, we hear about phones that emit smoke and even fire and, in the case of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, have …

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Apple’s moving celebration of marriage equality in new iPhone X ad

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. At last. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET For too long, governments and other sacred entities tried to get in the way of people who love each other.  In recent times, a certain wisdom has begun to prevail. In certain parts, at least. Australia made same-sex …

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Did Samsung just accidentally release a Galaxy S9 launch video?

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. But not the smartphone of the future? Slashleaks; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET When you’re launching a phone, creating mystery is important. Yes, it seems that leakers get hold of most developments early these days.  But when it comes to Sunday’s scheduled launch of the …

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Samsung reveals soothing ringtone for Galaxy S9

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Bathe in its gentle touches. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You might currently be pulsating in an unseemly manner. You’re desperate to get hold of the Samsung Galaxy S9 — to be revealed on February 25 — and touch its delicate perfection.  Well, you hope …

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Can Samsung still claim to be ahead of Apple?

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Will the mockery of Apple continue? Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It was the ad that took mockery to an exalted level. Released last November to coincide with the launch of the iPhoneX, here was Samsung wantin everyone to believe that it was the inventive …

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Why Microsoft should scrap Bing and call it Microsoft Search

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives     Enlarge Image Perhaps better as Microsoft Search? Microsoft I contacted Microsoft and asked a simple question: “Am I going bonkers?” I felt the company’s spokeswoman all too readily to reply “you must be the last to know,” before I added: “Has your Bing Translator …

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Apple celebrates Chinese New Year with teary iPhone X ad

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She waits and she hopes. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Friday sees China begin to celebrate its New Year.  You might imagine that many brands would create cheery, uplifting communication to herald the Year of the Dog. Apple thought different. It released a long ad …

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I went to pick up my Apple HomePod and got a dire warning

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives     Enlarge Image It really is quite pretty. Andrew Hoyle/CNET It was such a sunny day in Northern California on Friday. Little did I know that it would be clouded by portents of doom.  After all, I was wandering along to my local Apple store …

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iPhone X a disappointment? Here’s what real people think

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Editors’ note: We recently published our look at the iPhone X, six months after release. Check it out.  Not the smartphone of everyone’s future? Justin Sullivan / Getty Images What are people supposed to think? On Apple’s recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook reported slightly …

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