The Google Cardboard Camera app is now free to download for iOS in the Apple App Store with brand new, easy to use sharing features. Previously only available on Android, Google Cardboard Camera lets you to take virtual-reality photos, also known as 3D panoramas, with sound. Follow that by popping your phone into a Cardboard …

eBay is jumping back into the phone trade-in game. The online marketplace on Monday came out with a new program called Quick Sale, which gives people an upfront cash offer for their used phones, from iPhones to Samsung Galaxy phones to Blu devices. The new program comes just before Apple’s new iPhone 7 officially launches this Friday. eBay already made …

Magazine publisher Time Inc. is getting into the streaming media business. The company is launching its first streaming video network based on content from its popular entertainment magazines, People and Entertainment Weekly. The network, which is free due to advertising support, is called People/Entertainment Weekly Network, or PEN for short, and goes live on Tuesday. The online network is available …

iOS 10, which is due to be released Tuesday, has a bug that will affect the functionality of the Kwikset Kevo, the makers of the Bluetooth electronic deadbolt warned Monday. Kwikset said users of the first and second generation Kevo will experience limited functionality with its touch-to-open, which unlocks the lock when touched with a paired Android or iOS device. …

We were joking around about how some company needed to make a leash accessory for Apple’s new AirPods, which feature two independent wireless earbuds and seem easy to lose — and minutes later one materialized: Spigen’s new $10 AirPods strap is already on sale on Amazon. (No UK or Australian pricing is available yet). Simply put, it puts a wire …

The iPhone 7 is almost here, and wireless operators and Apple want to make sure you get your hands on it. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint are all running promotions offering new and existing customers a free iPhone 7 with 32GB of memory. Sounds like a great deal. But is it really as good as it sounds? In this edition …

Now playing: Watch this: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3: One port to rule them all 2:58 A few hours before the Apple event, I made a bet with a coworker: I think this new iPhone is going to have USB-C instead of Lightning. Well, you know how that turned out. And I get it. There are plenty of reasons why Apple …

I’m an audiophile who loves music and audio gear more or less equally. That said, I think anyone who from time to time really savors music is an audiophile, or might become one at a future date. To clear the air a bit for up an coming audiophiles, I’m going to bust a few audiophile myths. Here we go. Three-way …

The Windows 10 notifications system is still a work in progress — universal-ish app notifications that appear on your lock screen, on your desktop and in your action center. In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft has added more notifications (Windows can now link to your Android phone via the Cortana app and mirror Android notifications on your desktop) and …

The Apple Watch wants to be the very best, winning over users like no other wearable — but the Pokemon Go app won’t help the smartwatch catch ’em all. The smartwatch counterpart to the blockbuster mobile game marked one of the rare surprises Wednesday at Apple’s big event, which primarily served as a stage for the debut of the iPhone …

Peachtree Audio is one of those brands I take for granted. Their amplifiers and digital converters have always sounded good, but the company’s recent refresh sparked my interest, and I was eager to check out their all-new, feature-packed Nova150 stereo integrated amplifier. This seriously potent Class D amplifier design belts out 150 watts per channel into 8 ohms, 250 watts …

Samsung wants you to remember that it makes wireless earbuds too. A couple days after Apple unveiled its wireless AirPods, Samsung has posted an interview with the designers of the Samsung Gear IconX cordless earbuds. “The smooth triangular shape of the earbud is modern and intense,” said senior designer Seounghyun Son. “When decorating the Gear IconX, we deliberated on which …

A new report of South Korea fans the rumor that Samsung could do away with flat-screen displays on the Samsung Galaxy 8 in favor of curves. The latest scuttlebutt comes from The Korea Herald, where “sources” claim that Samsung is readying 5.1-inch and 5.5-inch curve screens. If the rumor proves true, 2017’s Galaxy S8 would come as a curved-screen, Edge-only …

Better late than never? AT&T is finally updating two of Samsung’s flagship phones from 2014 to a more recent Android version following similar rollouts by Verizon and T-Mobile earlier this year. The Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note Edge began receiving the update from the carrier on Thursday, which also includes support for the carrier’s video calling, Advanced Messaging …

Free always comes with its fair share of strings. That’s the case with the multitude of “free iPhone” offers that the carriers have been touting since Apple unveiled the iPhone 7 on Wednesday. One after another, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon offered to give you a free iPhone 7 in exchange for an older model. AT&T initially offered the deal to …