April, 2017

• 24 April

  Galaxy S8 preorder numbers: How you like them apples?

  

  Samsung has more preorders for its Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus phones than for last year’s Galaxy S7, the company says. “The market has responded — with a more than 30 percent year-over-year growth in preorders versus the record preorders we had with Galaxy S7, making it our best ever,” Tim Baxter, Samsung Electronics America’s …

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• 24 April

  Sling TV cloud DVR hits Apple TV

  

  Apple TV users who subscribe to Sling TV may want to come up with an extra five bucks. That’s because the internet TV service’s “cloud DVR,” which allows you to record and play back select channels, as well as pause, rewind and skip commercials, is now available for Apple TV. Sling TV is a live TV streaming service that starts …

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• 24 April

  Report: Samsung may be working on phones with four curved sides

  

  Love the curved display on the Galaxy S8? That could just be the beginning. Samsung is reportedly working on curving its now-signature display on all four sides of its phones, according to Android Authority, citing Korean publication ETNews (Korean) — not just the left and right sides, but also the bottom and top. If 83 percent of the S8 is …

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• 24 April

  The iPhone 8 might be delayed by two months

  

  While nothing is ever for certain, over the past few years Apple has released a new iPhone in September. But reports of an alleged bottleneck with certain key components threaten to hold up the next possible iPhone’s release. As reported by 9to5Mac, Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple analyst at KGI Securities, shared that mass production of the next iPhone will allegedly be …

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• 24 April

  How to restart the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

  

  Now playing: Watch this: 3 quick tips for navigating your iPhone 1:31 The first step when troubleshooting any sort of electronic device is to restart it. Restarting, or performing a “soft” reset of an iOS device often fixes a keyboard that’s decided to stop working, a camera that won’t open and myriad other bugs and hiccups. If you find yourself …

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• 24 April

  AR is like your phone: Soon you’ll feel naked without it

  

  Remember life without your phone? No, neither do I. And in a few years, you’ll feel the same way about augmented reality, or AR. You’ve already had a taste of AR if you’re one of the 500 million who downloaded Pokemon Go — it’s what made it possible to see a Charmander on your desk or a Dratini on your …

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• 24 April

  Paris says bienvenue to Apple Maps transit mode

  

  On y va! Let’s go! Why? Because it’s now easier to find your way between Montmartre and Montparnasse with an iPhone. Apple confirmed Monday that it has launched transit mode in Paris on Apple Maps, allowing you to plan journeys crisscrossing the Seine using the city’s public transportation options. Apple has been slow to roll out the feature, which has …

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• 24 April

  Siri can now read WhatsApp messages to you

  

  If you’re a WhatsApp user, life just got a little better. On Friday, an updated version of WhatsApp was released that introduced Siri functionality. This means you can have Siri read your latest messages simply by saying: “Hey Siri, read new WhatsApp messages.” The functionality is the result of Apple opening up Siri’s software to third-party developers last year at …

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• 23 April

  Livestream Mevo cam gets YouTube Live, Android support and 4K capture

  

  Last year, video live-streaming platform Livestream released a first-of-its-kind camera, Mevo, that uses a 4K-resolution image sensor and some very smart software to let you digitally reproduce the look of a multicamera shoot. The setup then lets you broadcast from the camera to Livestream’s site, Facebook Live and Twitter/Periscope. Adding to that, today, Livestream announced the camera will be able …

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• 23 April

  How Dish Network could shake up your wireless service

  

  Dish Network was a surprise heavy hitter in the recent government auction for wireless spectrum. But the satellite TV provider doesn’t offer wireless service, so what gives? That’s what’s left industry observers scratching their heads and consumers wondering if Dish could be their next option for wireless service. Dish spent $6.2 billion in the Federal Communications Commission’s 600 megahertz wireless …

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