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This smartphone has a 360

This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Yezz, a smartphone maker with a taste for the unconventional, is getting in on the GoPro frenzy by announcing a smartphone that takes 360-degree photos and video. The Sfera, as it’s called, will …

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Exploring the Windows 10 Settings menu

There’s a new permanent link on the Start menu/screen in Windows 10: Settings. This new Windows 10 Settings menu is a hub for your device’s basic settings, including basic setup, network settings, and privacy settings. It has a clean interface, bit, touch-friendly icons and toggles and simple descriptions — it looks a little like the PC settings menu in Windows …

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Snapchat suffers extended outage, working on a fix

Image-based messaging service Snapchat is experiencing an extended outage, which is preventing some people from loading the app. Snapchat has acknowledged the problem but hasn’t indicated when it expects service to be fully restored. “Hi! Some Snapchatters are currently experiencing loading issues. Our team is aware of the problem and working on a fix now!” the company tweeted from the …

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How to control the new Apple TV with an iOS device

Apple on Tuesday released a series of software updates for iOS and OS X devices. For iOS devices, Apple released iOS 9.2 with bug fixes and overall improvements. For the Apple Watch, Apple released WatchOS 2.1 with support for new languages. As for the new Apple TV, TVOS 9.1 with Siri support for Apple Music, but most importantly, the update …

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Apple Maps now more popular than Google Maps on iPhone, iPad

After a buggy debut and checkered early history, Apple Maps is now used more frequently than Google Maps on Apple’s mobile devices. The iPhone maker revealed that Apple Maps is now used three times as often as its “next leading competitor,” namely Google Maps, on Apple iPhones and iPads, the Associated Press reported Monday. Apple’s navigation app tallies more than …

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