Samsung has applied for a trademark named the “Samsung Magbee” and it’s a bit of a head scratcher.  The application, which was filed in November but is still under examination from the US Patent and Trademark Office, describes Magbee as a “magnetic beetle” and a “sleek wireless dial wheel” for wireless audio and sound bar …

Does your iPhone ($285 at Amazon) sound like every other iPhone? Does it play the default Waves ringtone, causing everyone nearby to pull out their own phone and see if it’s the one ringing? Time to stand out from the crowd! You can create an unlimited number of custom ringtones for your device, using a virtually unlimited number of sources: …

Sony said Monday that it’s designed the highest-resolution image sensor for phone cameras, offering 48 effective megapixels. This increased pixel count allows for 8,000 x 6,000 photos and high-definition imaging even when an image is zoomed in, the company says. Its 0.8 micron pixel size will work with a  Quad Bayer color filter array to match the colors of the …

Snapchat will end Snapcash on August 30, as its payment transfer service faces competition on multiple fronts. A Snapchat spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch on Sunday that the service will be discontinued. “Yes, we’re discontinuing the Snapcash feature as of August 30, 2018,” the company wrote. “Snapcash was our first product created in partnership with another company — Square. We’re thankful for …

Google is trying out a new Chrome interface that for the first time in a decade presents a very different look for the tabs and address bar at the top of the widely used web browser. Since its public debut in 2008, Chrome has featured a trapezoidal tab for each website you have open. But tabs now look very different …

Venmo fancies itself as a social network rather than a payment service and as such makes your transactions public by default. You have to change a setting if you’d rather keep your Venmo comings and goings private, otherwise Venmo users are able see when you make or receive a payment. Thankfully, it’s easy to set your Venmo activity to private, …

Qualcomm has solved a big problem for a certain variation of 5G: getting the chips small enough to fit in handheld devices. On Monday, Qualcomm unveiled its new QTM052 millimeter wave and QPM56xx sub-6GHz radio frequency antenna module families. They work alongside the company’s Snapdragon X50 5G to bring superfast network speeds to smartphones. The modules will let phone makers …

All you fans of cutting-edge TV tech, it’s almost time to start clearing a 6-foot-wide spot on your wall for Samsung’s “miniature” version of its MicroLED-based The Wall TV, which made a massive splash at CES 2018.  A 73-inch-or-so “luxury” model is slated to debut in 2019. The more commercial 146-inch model, which began preorders in June, enters mass production in …

Samsung’s number of devices supporting wireless charging is growing, so it makes sense that the company would offer a wireless charger to handle more than one device for brand fans. If this leaked box shot of the Samsung Wireless Charger Duo (EP-N6100) is real, then here it is. In his Tweet about it, Roland Quandt from Winfuture.de specifically says it’s …

On this podcast, friend of the show Dan Ackerman visits to talk about: Apple’s newest MacBook Pro, with a faster processor, more storage and quieter keyboard. The Acer Swift 7, which is one of the thinnest laptops on the market at 8.98 millimeters thick. Now playing: Watch this: The new, speedier MacBook Pro. Worth the upgrade? (The… 4:57 The 3:59 …

In early July, rumors swirled about potential full-frame mirrorless cameras from both Canon and Nikon. Yesterday, an online teaser video posted by Nikon Europe suggests that at least one may be on its way soon. Entitled Travel of Light, the video depicts rays of light blasting away to form a photo of a person looking upward (check out the video …

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