Huawei may be known for its cutting-edge phones, but it makes some nice little laptops (like the MateBook X Pro) and tablets, too. At CES 2019, the company introduced two models to the US: the midrange MateBook 13 13-inch ultraportable and the MediaPad M5 Lite tablet that’s got some… interesting kid-focused parental controls. The “lite” …
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Wacky new accessory turns your Apple AirPods case into a fidget spinner
The fidget-spinner craze may have come and gone, but the new $30 Zenpod from Air Vinyl Design may help bring it back. Yes, this is the first-ever spinning case for your AirPods and is frankly kind of ingenious. Available in three color options, the ZenPod has precision bearings on each side of the case that give it that spin factor …
Read More »You’ll soon be able to pause Windows 10 Home updates for up to 7 days
Hate getting locked out of your Windows computer while waiting for it to update? Microsoft is trying to make that a thing of the past. Windows 10 Home, the consumer version of Microsoft’s latest operating system, will soon let you pause updates for up to seven days (and maybe more). The new update experience, spotted earlier by tech site Thurrott, …
Read More »CES 2019: Hisense goes higher
It’s not easy bringing a new brand name into the US TV market. Televisions are expensive and last a long time, and people tend to want a name they can trust. Hisense, one of the TV brands in domestic China, is a less-familiar name to Americans than even TCL, a fellow Chinese brand that has become increasingly successful in the …
Read More »5G? We’ll double it! Cable companies push ’10G’ at CES
Amid all the hype for 5G cellular tech at CES this year, the cable industry unveiled its own push for better internet speeds here too. They call it [raises eyebrows] “10G.” After all, if 5G is so great, can you imagine what 10G can do? 5G is the talk of Las Vegas as CES 2019 again. This year, however, 5G’s high-speed …
Read More »I spent $13 to add wireless charging to my Android phone
Are you suffering from Qi envy? Do you wish you could charge your phone just by laying it down on a pad? Sorry, that’s only for owners of fancy, highfalutin phones. If you want wireless charging, you’ll have to buy new. Except, no, you won’t. I recently spent $13 for a gizmo that adds wireless charging to nearly any Android …
Read More »Belkin readies new USB
Belkin makes an accessory called the Rockstar Lightning Audio + Charge Splitter that allows you to use your Lightning headphones while charging your Lightning-equipped Apple device. Now it’s announced a new RockStar in-ear Lightning headphone that’s due to ship this summer followed by a USB-C version of the same product. There’s no word on pricing yet but hopefully they’ll sound …
Read More »Sprint and Samsung plan to release a 5G phone this summer
It’s only January, but Sprint’s already feeling those summertime vibes. The wireless carrier on Monday said it plans to debut a 5G smartphone from Samsung in summer 2019. The phone will be able to connect to Sprint’s 5G network and its existing LTE network, the carrier said in a release. Sprint said device specifications and exact timing of its release …
Read More »The 2019 iPhone XI imagined in renders, even though it’s only January
Is it too early to make 2019 iPhone predictions? Not according to phone renderer OnLeaks, who on Sunday released a hi-res video of what he thinks the iPhone XI will look like. The video was released in conjunction with the publication Digit, which includes a handful of predictions for the upcoming iPhone. You can check out the video below: The …
Read More »LG’s rollable OLED TV is incredible, and it’s actually going on sale in 2019
When I saw the prototype version of LG’s roll-up TV last year at CES 2018, I was blown away. The engineers at LG Display had figured out a way for the flexible OLED screen material to roll into a compact tube, just like a window shade or a poster, to disappear from view inside an ugly white box. Now LG says it …
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