Normally my iPhone ($285 at Amazon) wouldn’t be my first camera choice for taking photos at a concert. Rock gigs are dark, fast-paced, and the iPhone’s small image sensor doesn’t let in much light — typically a perfect storm of shoddy images. But considering how impressed I’ve been with the iPhone X’s camera so far, …

Sometimes there are people on your Facebook feed you just don’t want to see for a while. The social network says it wants to help. Facebook on Friday globally released a feature called Snooze that lets users hide certain people, groups or brand pages for up to 30 days, without permanently unfriending or unfollowing them. When the snooze window is …

You may not remember, but there was a time when you had to plug a cable into the side of your computer if you wanted to check your email. Today, Wi-Fi’s wireless connections make physical network cables a rarity. But that’s just the beginning. Technological forces are converging to make a lot of other wires in our lives look like …

Samsung and LG could both be on the hook for launching new low-cost phones at CES 2018 in January. Which phones, you ask? According to Korean news site ETnews, Samsung may unveil its new Galaxy A8 and A8+ devices, while LG is reported to announce its next K series phone. Exact dates weren’t shared, but CES will run from Jan. 9-12, which …

Samsung may finally make its move against the Amazon Echo and Google Home with a smart home speaker powered by its Bixby software. The speaker is slated to arrive in the first half of 2018, Bloomberg reports.  Early rumors of the smart speaker date back to July, but they gained credence when Samsung Mobile president DJ Koh confirmed that the …

Still have some holiday shopping to do? If you use Apple Pay, there may be a present in it for you, too. Apple is giving away $5 iTunes gift cards to shoppers who use Apple Pay at a handful of retailers. While five dollars may not seem like a lot, you can get one gift card per retailer. With 20 …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A change of heart?  Michael Kovac Recently, former Facebook execs have been beating their breasts in sorrow and supplication at what their former employer has done to humanity. First, it was former president Sean Parker, who said he worried what Facebook was doing to kids’ …

Samsung could unveil the Galaxy S9 in a little over two months. The phone giant is rumored to announce the company’s follow-up to the Galaxy S8 in late February at the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, according to Korean news outlet The Bell. The report posits two possible Galaxy S9 launch dates: Feb. 25, the day before the …

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