Samsung’s global recall and replacement is in full swing for its Galaxy Note 7 phones with flawed batteries. The South Korean electronics giant said more than 1 million people globally are using new Note 7 phones with safer batteries, according to Reuters. The company voluntarily recalled the Note 7 earlier this month when a major …
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Survey suggests AirPods are Apple’s winning wearable, not Watch
It seems more iPhone owners want to go wireless with their earphones than buy a Watch. A US survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research says 12 percent of respondents plan to buy Apple’s AirPods, its $159, £159 or AU$229 completely wireless earphones. Based on the results, AirPods could generate up to $3 billion in revenue for Apple. …
Read More »Pandora’s Thumbprint Radio breaks 5.5 billion spins
Internet radio giant Pandora has a hit on its hands, so to speak. Thumbprint Radio is the most popular radio station on the planet, Pandora said in a blog post Thursday, racking up more than 5.5 billion spins by 2o million listeners. The ultra-personalized station, launched in December 2015, is programmed with all the music on Pandora that you’ve ever …
Read More »HP says sorry (sort of) for crippling third
If HP really clogged your nozzles with its printer security update that killed your third-party ink, good news — in the form of another update — is on the way. Earlier in the month, HP updated a cartridge authentication procedure for select models of its office inkjet printers. That procedure shut down certain third-party cartridges that don’t use original HP …
Read More »Cyberlink PowerDirector 15 helps ease your 360 video editing woes
Several 360-degree cameras have arrived in the past year for consumers, but a good, simple way to edit the video from them has lagged behind. One of the best desktop apps I’ve seen is the Samsung Gear 360 Action Director app bundled with the company’s Gear 360 camera. These tools are now available in Cyberlink’s new PowerDirector 15 suite for …
Read More »Qualcomm, AT&T prep for commercial drone use
The Federal Aviation Administration might still be working out how commercial unmanned aerial systems, or drones, fit into US airspace, but that’s not stopping Qualcomm from researching how to make the skies — and the ground below — safer right now. Qualcomm will work with AT&T and its commercial 4G LTE network to begin trials to analyze how drones can …
Read More »Parrot SLAMdunk isn’t a basketball
Parrot might be best known for its consumer drones like the Bebop, but it has a deep history of developing technologies for professionals, too. Case in point, the SLAMdunk, an open development kit for Linux-based drones and robotic platforms for work with autonomous navigation, obstacle avoidance, indoor navigation and 3D mapping, specifically in environments with multiple barriers and where GPS …
Read More »Amazon joins food delivery fray in UK
Londoners can now turn to Amazon for yet another fast delivery option: restaurant meals. As with the US service that started a year ago, UK customers of Amazon Prime, which costs £79 annually, can use the Amazon Now same-day delivery to get meals delivered in an hour with no additional charge, according to a report on Bloomberg. The online retailer’s …
Read More »Apple Store shuts its virtual doors ahead of today’s iPhone unveiling
You’ll just have to wait like the rest of us. As it does before every major product announcement, Apple has taken its Store offline. At Wednesday’s event, which is about to begin, Apple is widely expected to announce new iPhones and a new Apple Watch, among other things. But, in case you didn’t already know this and were all like, …
Read More »Android Pay banks on Chase, Santander for new users
As of Wednesday, Android Chase customers can use their Chase Visa cards with Android Pay, the mobile payment system for the OS announced in May 2015. Chase was one of the first US banks on board when Apple Pay was announced in September 2014, and added support for Samsung Pay on Samsung Galaxy devices in November 2015. (A full list …
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