Shelby Brown

New adapter tech gives mobile gaming a desktop

Mobile gaming through platforms like Apple Arcade and Google Stadia has been slow to compete with traditional consoles like the Playstation 5 and the Xbox Series X. But a new keyboard and mouse adaptor from Kaliber Gaming and IOGEAR aim to change that.  The KeyMander 2 Mobile is a keyboard and mouse adapter for mobile …

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Google Pixel update lets you take photos underwater, sleep better and more

Google on Monday announced what Pixel users could expect from March updates. The updates, which will start rolling out Monday, feature underwater photography, more sharable recordings, Smart Compose for text messages, sleep schedule help with Pixel Stand and new wallpaper for cultural events throughout the year.  A look at how Google’s Recorder app will work now.  Google This month, Pixel’s …

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Instagram, TikTok add resources to support users who have eating disorders

Instagram and TikTok on Monday added new resources to offer support to users who have negative body image or eating disorders.  Facebook, which owns Instagram, said it’s expanding its work with experts to better inform policies for more positive content. In the Instagram app, if you search a particular word or phrase associated with negative body image or eating disorders, …

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Microsoft adding text predictions to Word next month

Microsoft is planning to roll out text prediction support to Word in March, according to the Microsoft 365 roadmap. Text predictions in Word, spotted earlier by tech news website Neowin, will work similarly to Smart Compose in Google Docs. Text prediction uses machine learning to anticipate the word or phrase the author needs to type next for quicker text composition.  When …

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Strategy game Survival Z unleashes the undead on Apple Arcade

Apple Arcade on Friday added Survival Z from Ember Entertainment to its continuously growing catalog of games. In a world crippled by a zombie outbreak, you must survive using all the resources available to you. You can try your hand at Survival Z this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV.  See at App Store Survival Z is a tower-defense …

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iPhone 12: How 5G, lidar and more new tech will bring mobile gaming to the next level

When Apple released the iPhone 12 lineup in October, mobile gaming was one of the leaps forward. Gamers were promised a speed boost with the arrival of 5G and more fluid gameplay with the A14 Bionic chip. The new Lidar scanner also opened new possibilities for AR gaming.  There are an almost endless number of games to try out on the iPhone, including …

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Apple should jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon, analyst report says

Apple should launch its own cryptocurrency exchange, an analyst report suggested Monday. The report by Canadian brokerage firm RBC Capital Markets, spotted earlier by Coindesk, said that since Apple Wallet is used by millions in an increasingly cashless society, Apple could easily generate over $40 billion by making the jump to cryptocurrency. “If Apple went down this path, the USA …

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Google Photos app working on ‘pinch

Google Photos appears to be working on a pinch-to-zoom style feature for video editing, according to a report from Android Police on Monday. In a post, a Reddit user also described having accidentally discovered the feature.  “[W]hile playing back a video, I double tapped my screen accidentally and the video filled the screen,” the user posted. “I could also pinch the …

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Puzzle game Lumen lights up on Apple Arcade

Apple Arcade on Friday added Lumen, a new light-based game from Lykke Studios, to its catalog of over 145 games. Lykke also created the meditative watercolor game Tint that’s available on Apple Arcade. You can try your hand at Lumen this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV.  See at App Store In Lumen, when you open a mysterious …

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Google adds more info about the sites in your search results

A new Google feature called About This Result is meant to help users make a more informed decision about what they’ve just searched for.  Starting Monday, users of the search engine will see a new menu icon that you can tap after you’ve Googled a topic. When you click the menu icon, the About This Result feature will tell you …

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