If you’re not ready to test out your freeride skills in the real world, Red Bull has brought extreme biking to your phone with augmented reality. Red Bull Rampage is a mountain bike competition held in Virgin, Utah, where 21 riders perform jumps and tricks down the course. This year, Red Bull decided to bring …
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Getting to know Face ID on the iPad Pro
Beyond its square exterior, one of the first things you’ll surely notice about the new 2018 iPad Pro is the lack of a home button. And without a home button, the iPad Pro no longer has Touch ID to unlock the tablet or purchase apps in the App Store. Instead, Apple has brought Face ID to the iPad for the …
Read More »The Google Pixel Slate is now available for preorder
The Google Pixel Slate is now available for preorder, having being announced last month at Google’s October event. The Pixel Slate is a Chrome OS tablet, but thanks to Google’s additional Pixel Keyboard ($199) and Pixelbook Pen ($99) you can use it as a Microsoft Surface-like convertible, or as a cheaper alternative to the Google Pixelbook. Now playing: Watch this: …
Read More »AMC’s MoviePass rival, A
AMC’s A-List service is getting its first price hike, with prices ticking up by $2 to $4 in some US states. The service, which launched last summer as a higher-end, higher-priced rival to MoviePass, will change its prices for new subscribers on Jan. 9, 2019. Those residing in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington state and …
Read More »Qualcomm must license its chip tech to competitors, judge rules
Qualcomm has to license its wireless chip patents to its competitors, a judge ruled Tuesday. District Court Judge Lucy Koh granted the US Federal Trade Commission’s motion for partial summary judgment in its suit against Qualcomm. The FTC had sought a ruling that declared “two industry agreements obligate Qualcomm to license its essential patents to competing modem chip suppliers.” Koh …
Read More »How to watch midterm election results: Democrats take the House, GOP keeps the Senate
The 2018 US midterm elections on Tuesday have garnered plenty of attention on platforms like Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. If you don’t have access to cable TV, these sites can also keep you up to date on election results. Here’s how you can catch the latest election updates from your phone or computer. YouTube A handful of news …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy A6 and Tab S4 land on T
Starting Friday Nov. 9, you’ll be able to pick up a couple of the latest products in Samsung’s mobile Galaxy — the midrange Galaxy A6 phone and the flagship Galaxy Tab S4 tablet — with monthly credits when you lease them from T-Mobile via its Equipment Installment Plan, using autopay and with a new line. The Samsung Galaxy A6. Samsung …
Read More »This Aukey wireless sound bar can transform into tower speakers for $84.69
Here’s the short version of my usually long-winded pitch for this kind of product: Got a TV? Get a sound bar. Seriously, you will not be sorry. Your ears will be so grateful that your fingers will find themselves tapping out a thank-you note. (Well, if you must — find me on Facebook or Twitter.) Here’s what I dislike about …
Read More »Dropbox launches Extensions for easier workflows
Dropbox is stepping up its game. On Tuesday the company rolled out Dropbox Extensions — a series of new integrations — to help users navigate easier workflows within the platform. The new tool should be available for everyone Nov. 27. Dropbox has partnered with Adobe, Autodesk, DocuSign, Vimeo, airSlate, HelloSign, Nitro, Smallpdf and Pixlr to make the new tool. With …
Read More »10 hidden features of Spotify you need to know
The recently updated Spotify Premium boasts a streamlined design with only three buttons at the bottom of the app for navigating its wares. I don’t miss the jettisoned Browse and Radio buttons (after figuring out where their functionality wandered off to) since I spent most of my time with the Home, Search and My Library buttons anyway. Even with the …
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