Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET commentary Would you ever consider buying a smartphone running Ubuntu, Tizen, or Firefox as its operating system? For most of you, the answer is and will probably remain: No. Why would you? Android and iOS fight for worldwide domination, with no signs of slowing down. Both have extremely well-developed ecosystems that …
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LG has taken the covers off its latest tellybox, which boasts phenomenal colours and superb contrast thanks to its OLED technology. It also offers a mind-bending 4mm thickness. It’s up for preorder in July, but the bad news is you’re going to have to lay down £8,000 if you want one. Eight. Thousand. Pounds. OLED stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes …
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CES is just over a week away, and Samsung has given us a taste of what it’ll be bringing to the world’s biggest tech fair. It promises to show off its new smart TV platform, known as Smart Hub. As well as TV shows and films, it’ll bring together all your apps, social networks, music and more. According to the …
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The Aussie-shot video suggests that Samsung is trying a very unusual TV design for 2013. Samsung’s teaser image for the new TV design. (Credit: Samsung) With the bell on the pre-Consumer Electronic Show (CES) publicity round being rung, Samsung has come out swinging with a teaser video and blog post hinting at a very unusual take on TV design. The …
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Unhappy Foxtel subscribers have headed to Facebook to vent their rage over the changes to the movie channels. (Credit: Foxtel) As we’ve reported before, as of 1 January, Foxtel subscribers will have seen a few changes to their movie packages and channel options. There is now just one movie package, with 11 channels divided into film genres, two of which …
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LG has taken the covers off its new lineup of Google-powered smart TVs, ahead of the ceremonial unveiling at CES next week. The new models promise improved smart software, razor-thin bezels and, most interestingly, NFC capabilities. The NFC tags found on the 2013 tellies will enable you to easily transfer videos and photos from your phone to the big screen, …
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LG’s fancy 55-inch OLED TV may have been kicking around for a while now, but it’s finally going on general sale in the UK within the next couple of months. Before you get too excited about snapping up this luscious new telly, be warned that it’ll set you back a whopping £6,300. OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) TVs are able to …
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There’s something about the holidays and the cold January that often follows in the Northeast that makes me want to curl up on the couch with a good book — or in this day and age, a book on my e-reader or tablet. The Nexus 7 debuted more than six months ago at Google’s annual developer conference, but I am …
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Samsung Electronics will be the first to sell a smartphone running on the Tizen operating system through Japanese carrier NTT Docomo and other partners next year, according to Japan’s Daily Yomiuri. Samsung, NTT Docomo, and their partners hope to build a platform that will rival the major operating systems from Apple and Google. Other carriers interested in Tizen include the …
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Too many great iPhone games suffer from digit interruptus: onscreen controls force your thumbs or fingers to block too much of the action. Plus, there’s no tactile feedback. meaning you don’t get the button-mashing goodness associated with the best console and arcade games. Developers have proposed a variety of solutions to this problem. For example, ThinkGeek’s iCade 8-Bitty gives you …
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yourdailymac.net Sharon, I have a how-to question for you: Last summer I drove from Colorado to San Diego to go to Comic-Con, and I used my iPhone 4S for both navigation and playing media. I had a lot of trouble with the phone overheating and either shutting down or not charging. I’ve been trying to figure out a cooling solution …
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In case you needed more clues that RIM’s latest handsets based on the long-awaited BlackBerry 10 software are really just around the corner, you’ve got it. A new device, referred to as model RFH121LW, has now shown up within the FCC’s official database. Tech site Engadget noticed RIM’s mysterious gadget, along with another product called the RFF91LW which reportedly is …
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The folks behind the increasingly popular Falcon Pro Twitter client for Android have managed to push one last app update out the door before the new year, and it’s not all about bug fixes. Version 1.4 of the slick client brings a host of new features, including double-tapping on tweets and a log-out button. See the full changelog below. Added …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 in red and brown. Blog of Mobile According to the Japanese mobile news site Blog of Mobile, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is sporting two new colors: red and brown. Related stories Best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Cases TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable but a Very Bad Idea Samsung TV Sale: Save Up …
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Crime is on the rise in New York, and the mayor blames Apple. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the slight increase in the city’s crime index was down to more iPads and iPhones being half-inched, NYTimes.com reports, via 9to5Mac. The Police Department recorded 3,484 more major crimes in 2012 than in 2011. This stat includes felonies as serious as murder and …
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