The Wristcam, the $299 (roughly £240, AU$420) Apple Watch accessory that pairs the watch with a wristband camera, is getting updated to include live video calling from your wrist. Wristcam is announcing the update Thursday, and will be rolling out to existing and new Wristcam devices. The Wristcam, first announced in late 2020, already supports …
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Motorola revealed two Moto G phones Thursday, both of which appear to position the Moto G line as a budget-to-midtier alternative to Samsung’s Galaxy A series and the $450 Galaxy A53. The $500 Moto G Stylus 5G and the $400 Moto G both come with 50-megapixel main cameras, high refresh screens and — notably rare, even at these prices — …
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Netflix is adding Exploding Kittens into both its mobile game library next month and its list of originals by adapting the explosive cat card game into an adult-animated series coming in 2023. The Exploding Kittens mobile game will launch first in May, and it will initially share elements of the existing Exploding Kittens app available in Apple’s App Store and …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S22 and other Galaxy S phones entice buyers with their premium design and features, but those larger screens and multiple cameras do not come cheap. Luckily, Samsung has brought similar features and designs to its Galaxy A series, which includes phones priced as low as $130. Between supply chain constraints and economic hardships brought on by the pandemic, …
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Your phone doesn’t need to be working to access texts on WhatsApps. Thanks to the web and desktop app’s new Linked Devices feature, previously in beta and rolling out to the public over the next several months, you can get faster access to chats from nearly any computer or tablet you choose, while preserving much of the encryption and security …
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WhatsApp is updating voice messages for all those times when sending short audio recordings is more convenient — or expressive — than typing out your texts. The voice message feature is apparently quite popular, with WhatsApp announcing that 7 billion of these are sent on average per day. The new voice features should make it more flexible to listen to …
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Samsung’s Galaxy A33 is the cheapest phone the company announced Thursday as part of its Galaxy A event. The A33 is priced at £329 or 369 euros (which converts to roughly $410 or AU$590) and will release on April 22. The event also showcased the $450 Galaxy A53 5G. An early look at the phone leaked Tuesday, and Thursday’s event confirmed …
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The blue and green bubble texting divide isn’t going away anytime soon, but Google is trying to make texting between iPhone and Android phones a little easier. Google’s Messages app will soon support iPhone message reactions in text threads, the company said Thursday. It’s one of several new features Google is rolling out to its Messages app in the coming weeks …
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Things didn’t work out so well for MoviePass in its first incarnation, with its “all you can watch” model leading to the demise of the movie ticket service in 2019. Co-founder Stacy Spikes was gone at that point, fired the previous year by MoviePass’ then-owner, but now he’s back. Spikes bought the service in November in a bankruptcy auction, and he’s got a new …
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MoviePass plans to make its big return this summer, with a retooled movie ticket service that the company likens to more of a credit-based marketplace. Pricing was not announced, but the new MoviePass plans to offer a variety of tiers that will equate to credits that are then spent on movie tickets. MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes said the system allows movie …
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