The dawn of virtual reality is a bit like the dawn of cinema. It’s no accident that Google decided to make its VR-ready Google Doodle about one of film’s pioneers: Georges Méliès, the French inventor and illusionist who directed A Trip To The Moon and was featured as a character in Martin Scorcese’s film Hugo. …
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2 May
Vivo’s X21 with underscreen fingerprint sensor gets global launch
Loaded with a supercool underscreen fingerprint sensor tech, Vivo’s X21 is finally making its way out of China, and it’s landing in places like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Chinese company’s latest flagship in Singapore is set to go on sale on May 5 for a cool price of S$800, which converts to about $600, £440 or AU$800. There’s …
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2 May
SteamVR for Windows Mixed Reality leaves Early Access
In a market where “Early Access” can last for years, SteamVR for Windows Mixed Reality spent a remarkably short time there at only about five months. This week, in conjunction with Microsoft’s announcement of its Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Steam announced that the program was ready for prime time. For those unfamiliar with it, Early Access is the equivalent …
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2 May
LG G7 specs vs. the V30 and G6: How LG’s latest phone is different
For deal sniffers, one of the best parts of watching a new phone go on sale is the deal you get when previous models go on sale. So you may be wondering just how big a change the new LG G7 ThinQ is from last year’s LG G6 and fall’s LG V30 (there’s also the V30S ThinQ that LG announced …
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2 May
Sprint shuffles execs as it looks toward future under T
Sprint is looking ahead to its $26 billion merger with T-Mobile as it shuffles top executives and makes its pitch for the merger to federal regulators in Washington, DC. On Wednesday, the company announced CEO Marcelo Claure will become executive chairman while the company’s chief financial officer, Michel Combes, will take over as CEO by the end of this month. …
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2 May
Your iPhone battery replacement may play hard to get
After the iPhone 6 battery brouhaha, Apple dropped the price of its battery replacement for selected models from $80 to $30 (that’s about £80 to £30 or AU$120 to AU$40). Then it waived a policy that required iPhones pass a test to qualify for the upgrade. However, getting that upgrade may still not be so easy. Now playing: Watch this: Best options to …
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2 May
5 things you didn’t know about Amazon
Are you an Amazon expert? Do you use tools like Honey to track price-drops and find lower prices from other sellers? Do you use Amazon Smile to automatically give to charity without even trying? That’s all good stuff, but there’s more to the online behemoth than you might think. Here are four things about Amazon you probably didn’t know… You can …
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2 May
New Google Lens features are coming at Google I/O, LG says
An update to Google Lens might be right around the corner, but we didn’t get that hint from Google. Instead, LG dropped a reference in a press release for its latest phone, the LG G7 ThinQ. The LG G7 debuts a button on the phone’s side that you can click to open Google Assistant and double-click to snap open Google Lens. “The G7 ThinQ …
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2 May
Sad news, vinyl lovers: Shure exits phono cartridge business
It came as something of a shock to hear Shure is getting out of the phono cartridge business at a time when turntable and LP sales are booming. Shure announced all phono cartridge models will be discontinued, but Shure’s microphone and headphone production is unaffected. It’s a safe guess to assume most folks have at one time or another …
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2 May
LG G7: 3 cool new camera features
At a New York press event on Wednesday, LG unveiled its latest marquee phone, the LG G7. As a predecessor to the G6, the G7 is packed with a number of updates including a larger 6.1-inch display, twice the amount of internal storage (from 32 to 64GB) and the Snapdragon 845 chipset. But the G7‘s cameras also received some upgrades. …
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