Siri is getting smarter to where I find myself conversing with Apple’s voice assistant with greater frequency these days — and Siri Shortcuts have yet to arrive. For one, Siri makes it so I don’t have to remember any of my passwords, which is the greatest gift a digital assistant can give me. For another, …
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This is the iPhone XS, reportedly
Where do you go after X? (Apple skipped the iPhone 9, after all.) The answer, according to 9to5Mac, is the iPhone XS. And according to the popular Apple blog, you’re looking at the first pictures of Apple’s new phones right now, immediately above. 9to5Mac believes that both the expected 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch models of the new iPhone will be named …
Read More »This might be the first look at the Apple Watch Series 4
Apple’s September 12 event should bring new iPhones and a new Apple Watch, at the very least. And we may now know what the next watch looks like. A report from 9to5Mac’s Zac Hall claims this is an exclusive look at the next watch. The story appeared this afternoon, alongside a reported exclusive look at the next, larger, iPhone XS. At …
Read More »Google’s Wear OS updates hint at a wave of fitness smartwatches to come
The competition among smartwatches and fitness wearables is heating up like never before: Fitbit has a new model, there’s a new Samsung smartwatch and Apple is expected to have a new watch soon. Not surprisingly, Google is upping its game, too: The company’s line of Wear OS smartwatches is getting some overdue software updates starting the middle of September, alongside …
Read More »10 Mac apps everyone should be using
One of the finer features of the Mac experience is the seemingly endless list of applications that all come together to make your Mac easier or more efficient to use. There are apps that will keep your screen on forever with just a click, and apps that will automatically hide unused apps to keep your desktop clean. The downside to …
Read More »Polaroid takes the analog digital with OneStep+ instant film camera
Now playing: Watch this: Polaroid’s OneStep+ is a solid app-connected analog camera… 2:02 Think analog photography is dead? Think again. Ten years ago, a plucky group of Polaroid fans founded the Impossible Project to keep their favorite form of photography alive after Polaroid announced it was shuttering its film factory. Initially the Impossible Project just made film, but in 2017, …
Read More »The iPod changed the world. The world moved on, but we still remember our first MP3 players
Long before smartphones and streaming music services like Spotify, there was the MP3 player. Compact with but a single function, and (mostly) easy to use, an MP3 player could pack your entire music library in the palm of your hand during an era when that very concept seemed too good to be true. Now playing: Watch this: Our first MP3 …
Read More »OnePlus 6T: Six features we’re dying to see
The red OnePlus 6 makes a statement. James Martin/CNET The OnePlus 6T has been officially announced and here’s our review. CNET was first to report that the OnePlus 6T will arrive in October for $550, sold exclusively by T-Mobile in the US. The OnePlus 6T is the next iteration of OnePlus’ successful franchise of “affordable high-end” Android phones. They typically sell at …
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School is already back in session for some lucky students, while others have just a few precious days of summer vacation left. Either way, you’ve missed all the back-to-school bargains, right? Not quite. Walmart has a smattering of school-friendly items on sale — most of them focused more on leisure time than study, but a relaxed student is a successful …
Read More »Casio amps up battery life for its Pro Trek outdoors smartwatch
Casio unveiled the newest version of its Pro Trek outdoors-focused smartwatch, improving the battery life, display features and apps capabilities. Battery performance was a weak point for last year’s model, so Casio created new software that it claims will allow a user to make the watch sip the battery life instead of chug it. Last year’s watch already included a …
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