I am sitting in the audience at the Castro Theater for the San Francisco International Film Festival. The film Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot just finished and Gus Van Sant and Danny Elfman, the film’s director and composer, respectively, take the stage for an interview. I panic. “Is my iPhone on? Or …

On Saturday, high-end cinema camera maker Red held an event to show off its unreleased Hydrogen One phone. Red was eager to let people experience the phone’s 4-View holographic screen, which displays 3D content without the need for glasses. Booths from companies partnering with Red on the phone dotted the perimeter of the event. One of those companies was Lucid, …

Last summer, the US-based company RED — known for its cinema cameras widely used on Hollywood films — grabbed attention when it revealed it would be releasing a phone. The Hydrogen One was unusual not only because RED had never made a phone, but also because the $1,595 titanium device (or $1,195 for an aluminium version) was available for preorder …

Before Android or the iPhone, Google Maps was only available online via your computer. In those early days, people printed out hard copies of routes to use in their car. Thirteen years later, the mapping and directions tool is used by more than 1 billion people, mostly via their phones while driving.  In a sign of how truly mobile Google …

Part One: Patrick goes to Google “The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” — Orson Welles It’s a sunny day at Google’s campus and I’m serpentining between giant statues of Android mascots. In my hand is a cigarette pack-sized camera with two lenses on it. My phone has two rear cameras so how is this any different? It …

It’s been known for awhile that Spotify was going to hold an event on April 24, 2018. What wasn’t known was what would be announced. Could it be related to cars, its stock or its subscription bundle with Hulu? To give an idea of what to expect, Spotify shared an invite that reads, “Hear what’s next for our mobile app.” …

Before Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of congress and before the public revelation of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, there was the news that Russians bought Facebook ads aimed at US voters leading up to the 2016 election. A new research paper published April 11, 2018, details the scale and who was targeted by these Russian ads. As reported by …

It’s just before sunset and I’m cruising across San Francisco Bay on a ferry. As I pass Alcatraz Island, the sun is melting into the Pacific behind the Golden Gate Bridge, like a ball kicked through the uprights at a football ball game for an extra point. It’s a jaw-dropping moment so I quickly grab my Samsung Galaxy Note 8, …

Reddit has been making waves over the past year by adding user profile pages and removing hundred of accounts suspected of sharing misinformation during the 2016 US election. In yet another evolution, the company on Wednesday announced it would sell promoted posts for its mobile apps. As reported by Marketing Land, Reddit sent an email to advertisers sharing the news …

Samsung wants to give you $350 off its new Galaxy S9. Sound good? All you’ve gotta do is trade in your iPhone X! (Or a Galaxy S8, but let’s focus on one phone at a time.) This might be a good time to mention that a brand new iPhone X, which came out less than four months ago, costs $999.  …