CES 2019 is well and truly underway with all the world’s biggest tech brands having shown off their latest products. We’ve seen some great new products, including Lamborghini’s $30,000 massage chair, an amazing bread making “robot” and Google has its own Disneyland-style exhibition hall. Sunday CES highlights: CES 2019 is here: A cleaner litter box, …
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Forget dual cameras, this phone has dual screens
Bucking all of the hot smartphone trends, Chinese company Nubia introduced a new flagship phone with just one camera and no notch. Originally announced on Oct. 2018, Nubia demoed the phone at this year’s CES. The phone is unique because the Nubia X has two screens — one on the front, and a second on the back for setting up …
Read More »How to use YouTube’s Take a Break feature
In 2018, Google and Apple released tools designed to help users realize just how much time they spend using their smartphone. Google has its Digital Wellbeing initiative, and Apple has Screen Time. Outside of Google’s tool that requires one of Google’s Pixel phones, the company has also spent time building similar features into various services. Now playing: Watch this: Here’s …
Read More »Siri on the ReSound Linx Quattro smart hearing aid a first for AI voice control
“Hey Siri, stream iTunes through my hearing aid.” That’s just one of many things you can do with the ReSound Linx Quattro, the first smart hearing aid to use AI to pair with Apple’s Siri assistant. Smart hearing aids are part of a burgeoning field of gadgets set to transform the health care industry. For the Linx Quattro, that means …
Read More »At CES 2019, 5G rides one last wave of hype before reality kicks in
Amid the hoopla of CES 2019, next-generation 5G tech is once again the talk of Las Vegas. But as with previous editions of the big electronics show, it’s largely just that — talk. That’s because, to date, only a few consumers have actually experienced a real 5G network — AT&T launched the next-generation network in select cities last month, while Korean …
Read More »Apple’s CES 2019 appearance is a great lesson in snark
It’s now officially day one at CES 2019 and while Apple isn’t at CES 2019 in an official capacity, it’s there in spirit, snarking at us from above, looking down on its rivals if you will, via a billboard that’s literally haunting the Las Vegas Convention Center. “What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone”. Ah yes, very good. …
Read More »Apple CEO Tim Cook teases ‘new services’ for 2019
Apple plans to expand its growing stable of services this year with “material” new additions, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday during an interview on CNBC. “You will see us announce new services this year. There will more things coming,” Cook told CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “I believe they’ll be material over time. I’m not going to forecast.” Apple has been …
Read More »CES 2019: The Withings Move fitness watch has ECG for $130
The year of electrocardiogram tech is underway. You didn’t think it would just be the Apple Watch, did you? Withings’ newest fitness watch, the Move, was announced at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. It has the ability to take electrocardiograms, a chart of your heartbeat often abbreviated to EKG or ECG. It’s also a regular-looking analog watch — and at …
Read More »Hey Bixby, control my new Samsung TV, fridge
Bixby is about to take over Samsung’s digital world. Samsung’s at CES 2019, talking up how it’s supercharging Bixby through various partnerships and moving into new areas like robotics. The digital assistant now will help people manage their health routines using new Samsung robots or check whether their car’s gas tank is full. Apps like Google Maps and Gmail will soon …
Read More »I spent $13 to add wireless charging to my iPhone
With the exception of the iPhone 7 ($190 at eBay), every phone in Apple’s current lineup supports wireless charging. No more futzing with Lightning cables (unless you want to), just lay the phone on a charging pad and presto: magnetic-induction goodness. Bummer for those with older models, right? Wrong: For around $13, you can add wireless charging to nearly any …
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