Reports in French media say that a 25-year-old terror suspect killed two police employees outside Paris on Monday night and broadcast the attack on Facebook Live. The suspect, identified as Larossi Abballa, stabbed 42-year-old police commander Jean-Baptiste Salvaing to death in front of his home on Monday evening, then went on to take both Salvaing’s …
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Here’s what’s new for Apple HomeKit in iOS 10
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple HomeKit (finally) gets its own app 2:26 A lot of us have been waiting for smarter smart-home controls from Apple — now, with new improvements to HomeKit in iOS 10, Apple wants to deliver. First announced two years …
Read More »I’m ready to ditch the iPhone for Android N (and I want Apple to show me why I shouldn’t)
You never forget your first. For me, it happened when I was in college. I fell in love with the iPhone. Up until then, I’d rely on cheap, ugly, brick-like cell phones. After all, the only thing I needed my phone to do was dial and hold a battery charge. Even upgrading to a slimmed-down flip phone like Motorola’s Razr …
Read More »BitTorrent is launching a TV streaming service
Legacy file-sharing client BitTorrent is making a move into media with a new BitTorrent Live TV streaming app, laying the groundwork for a new BitTorrent TV streaming service. The app will be available on Apple TV, Mac OS computers and iOS devices later this week. With it, you’ll be able to watch free streams from 13 content providers. None of …
Read More »‘OK Hound’: SoundHound brings voice control to your favorite music apps
SoundHound’s song-identifying app has always had a good ear for music. Today, it wants to be an even better listener, with a new, hands-free “OK Hound” feature for its iOS app that’ll let you control the app using voice commands. That includes the ability to add songs to your playlists wherever possible in apps like Spotify, Pandora and Apple Music. …
Read More »VR gesture controls from your phone’s camera? EyeSight is on it
Smartphone-based VR headsets like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR are some of the most affordable ways to experience virtual reality, but they lack the advanced motion-tracking controls of high-end headsets like the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. However, if a YouTube video from Israeli gesture control company EyeSight Mobile Technologies is to be believed, that might not always …
Read More »Microsoft’s new iOS keyboard might be a single
Microsoft’s new iOS keyboard goes out to anyone who’s ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet while trying to type with one hand (you know who you are). Called Word Flow, the new Windows Phone-esque keyboard lets you tap or swipe to type, and it also includes customizable, arc-shaped keyboards for ergonomic single-handed typing. It’s Microsoft’s second iOS keyboard, coming …
Read More »Upgrade to iOS 8.2 available now
Apple The newest version of Apple’s iOS will be available for download today, CEO Tim Cook revealed at today’s Spring Forward keynote event. With it will come the debut of the Apple Watch app, along with the first round of Apple Watch-compatible apps. Cook offered a quick preview of how you’ll be able to use the app to connect with …
Read More »Apple shows off third
At the company’s keynote today, Apple spent a good deal of time talking up the new iPad Air 2 ‘s A8X-powered hardware, and put a pair of third-party editing apps front and center to help show off what it’s capable of. The first is an iPad port of Pixelmator, an award-winning photo editor for Mac from Lithuanian developers (and brothers) …
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