Now playing: Watch this: Apple AirPods: CNET editors react 3:35 Apple’s fancy new headphones for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are the gifts that keeps on delaying. Neither the AirPods nor the BeatsX headphones have made it to market in time for the heaviest shopping window of the holiday season — yet. A new rumor suggests that the wireless …
Read More »
Virtual reality is a somewhat understandable concept in 2016. You put on a headset, you find yourself in 3D worlds. But augmented reality — AR — is still a bit less understood. You could engage with augmented reality with a headset, and see 3D objects “projected” into your real world — something that’s usually called “mixed reality.” Augmented reality doesn’t …
Read More »
There’s a small catch with Nintendo’s much-anticipated Super Mario Run mobile game: you can’t play it offline. That’s what series creator and Super Mario Run producer Shigeru Miyamoto told Mashable in an interview. “We wanted to be able to leverage that network connection with all three of the [Super Mario Run] modes to keep all of the modes functioning together …
Read More »
Now playing: Watch this: Dong talks dongles 2:34 Face it, connecting devices to your new Mac laptop, be it the new MacBook Pro (the 13-inch version of which pretty much replaces the MacBook Air as the new budget, compact, full-featured notebook) or the 12-inch MacBook, can be annoying.. Each includes one to four Thunderbolt3/USB-C ports (Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C are …
Read More »
Now playing: Watch this: This VR/AR headset uses your iPhone to make mixed reality 1:00 Odds are, you might have tried VR. But maybe you’re not as familiar with “augmented reality” or “mixed reality” headsets that blend virtual things into actual reality, like Microsoft’s HoloLens does. That could change once more affordable phone accessories start to arrive. Occipital Bridge is …
Read More »
Subscribe to the Apple Byte Podcast iTunes MP3 | RSS MP3 | FeedBurner MP3 SoundCloud | Google Play | TuneIn iTunes video | RSS video | FeedBurner video YouTube | Livestream | Stitcher Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 66 Your browser does not support the audio element. THE APPLE BYTE EXTRA CRUNCHY SHOW NOTES: Apple’s Mysterious AirPods Delay Marks Rare Misstep …
Read More »
Black is back. Samsung just announced that it will be selling the Galaxy S7 Edge in an all-new “black pearl” color starting today. This isn’t to be confused with “black onyx,” an existing color choice. Enlarge Image Here’s the Galaxy S7 Edge in a new shade of black. Samsung It’s been a good year for shiny, black phones after Apple …
Read More »
Recently a friend asked for help setting up her new cable modem and router. I was only too happy to help, and she was as grateful as if I’d given her an expensive gift. Which, come to think of it, I sort of had. Help with technology is worth a lot to people who aren’t especially tech-savvy. Lightbulb! If you’re …
Read More »
Now playing: Watch this: Shoot raw photos in iOS 10 1:44 If you love taking photos, one of the best features in iOS 10 is the ability to capture in raw. Raw photos are images captured straight from the sensor without any processing. Usually when you take an image on your phone — or any camera — noise reduction, white …
Read More »
When you want answers fast, chances are you think of Google: What’s the name of Prince’s third album? How tall is the Empire State Building? How long is a flight from San Francisco to New Orleans? That seemingly infinite breadth of knowledge made Google one of the most powerful companies on the planet. Now, the internet giant is hoping that …
Read More »
