When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the social network was working on its first smart glasses, he tried to dial down the hype. The glasses, he suggested during the Facebook Connect conference in September 2020, would be just a step toward a more ambitious project. “They’re not yet augmented reality glasses,” Zuckerberg said, referring to technology that places digital …
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Facebook’s Ray-Ban Stories sunglasses feel almost normal at times. And, of course, utterly abnormal. And also very familiar. I’ve used products like this, off and on, for years. Welcome to Facebook’s first smart glasses. After promising smart glasses for years, Facebook’s first glasses are disappointingly familiar. These aren’t AR glasses at all. They don’t have displays in them. Instead, they’re …
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Epic Games has asked Apple to reinstate its hit Fortnite online battle game into the iPhone and iPad App Store in response to a South Korean law that clamps down on how mobile app stores operate. The new law, which was passed in August and is expected to go into effect soon, forces app store operators like Apple and Google …
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Roku is amping up its newfound original-programming effort with its first feature film, reviving canceled TV series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist as a holiday special that will stream free on The Roku Channel later this year, the company said Wednesday. Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, which picks up after the events of show’s second season, will reunite creator Austin Winsberg (who will write and …
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Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 13 during its “California streaming” event next week, but on Wednesday another device was stealing the spotlight: the iPhone 14. iPhone 14 was trending on Twitter and Google search on Wednesday, following rumors about the future phone’s design. Alleged details of the iPhone 14, which presumably would launch in 2022, were shared by …
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Twitter’s Communities feature lets users tweet to a group of people about a topic. Twitter Twitter is testing a new tool, Communities, which lets users publicly tweet in a group about specific topics. The experiment builds on Twitter’s efforts to make it easier for its users to find tweets about topics they’re interested in. Twitter already lets users follow specific …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S20 phones are both excellent Android phones, so much so that a prospective buyer might consider buying one of Samsung’s older phones, rather than waiting for the S22, to save some cash. The Galaxy S20 in particular has had quite the price drop, launching at $999 right as the coronavirus pandemic hit back in March …
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The 22 year-old self-proclaimed “Bitcoin millionaire” Erik Finman in an interview with The New York Times described smartphones as “the ultimate political tools. Everyone has one in their pocket.” His brand new Freedom Phone promises to prioritize “free speech and privacy”above anything else. You might assume that the Freedom Phone follows the trend of phone-makers like Apple that use software updates to …
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If you’re enthusiastic about your mobile gadgets, you may have a wireless charging pad where you plop your phone for a battery top-up. A host of companies, though, hope for a more liberating technology that beams power through the air. One of them, GuRu Wireless, is powering a wireless charging station that Motorola demonstrated on Wednesday. And another, Ossia, just cleared a regulatory hurdle …
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Apple may have put an early look at a new MagSafe charger and references to its presumed iPhone 13 line in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday. The filing, focused on the magnetic charger, was seen on the FCC’s website a day before Apple announced a Sept. 14 event that is rumored to be where new phones and a new …
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