A new business forecast estimates that despite weaker demand for computers and tablets, the market for such devices is only expected to decline 2 percent over the next four years. The forecast comes from business market research company International Data Corporation (IDC) which tracks shipping data for computers and tablets. Over a period of five …

Square, the company behind those ubiquitous white registers you see in coffee shops and boutiques, has officially opened its first retail store called the Square Showroom. The idea behind the store is to give business owners a chance to try out products like Square’s point-of-sale hardware as well as its slate of business software. The Square Showroom is located in …

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has two rear cameras, while the Pixel 2 XL has just one. And while you may assume two is always better than one, in this comparison that’s not necessarily the case.  My journey testing these pocket photography wizards took me over land and sea and both phones proved skillful enough to capture the world around …

HBO and Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh have teamed up to create a new story told within a free app called Mosaic. It’s not quite a movie, not quite a web series and not quite a TV show. Mosaic stars Sharon Stone, Paul Rubens and Beau Bridges in a seven-hour mystery told in pieces. It’s packaged to let viewers navigate …

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect Google’s new two-year warranty for the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. Just after Google‘s Pixel 2 ($98 at Amazon) phones started to ship, reports surfaced that some 2 XL models suffered from screen burn-in. On Oct. 26, Google acknowledged the issues and — contrary to our own in-house tests — …

The iPhone X is up for preorder this Friday, Oct. 27, and demand is expected to be high. One option to get Apple‘s newest iPhone is going through US Cellular. While you won’t get a head start like you do through Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program, it is offering other perks. Buy the iPhone X from the carrier and you can …

Pressure has been mounting for social media sites like Facebook to reveal information about the people and groups who advertise on such platforms. On Tuesday, Twitter announced a new policy to be more transparent about ads that run on its platform and reveal the identity of who bought them. In a post on Twitter’s website, Bruce Falck, general manager of …

Samsung broke new ground with the Galaxy Note 8. It’s the first phone with optical image stabilization (OIS) in both its dual cameras, which minimizes the amount of visible shake while taking photos and recording videos. It also shoots better low-light photos, no matter which rear camera is used. Other dual rear camera phones with OIS, like the iPhone 7 Plus, …

The Pixel 2 XL has come under scrutiny for problems with its screen. But that might not be the only problem with Google‘s new phones. Users on a Google Product forum shared experiences of clicking noises and high-pitched sounds coming from their Pixel 2 and 2 XL phones. As first reported by Android Police, owners noticed a clicking noise coming …

There are two types of people in this world. Those who use the flash on their phone and those who don’t. I fall in the latter category and do everything in my power to avoid using my phone’s flash. A flash is distracting, and can make subjects look like a glowing white light zombie standing against a dark background. Flashes …