What seemed likely months ago now seems even more so: Google is reportedly entering the AR headset race. What’s weird is that Google has already been here before. Years and years before. I wore Google Glass in 2013 on my train commute. It was my first pair of smart eyewear. I also used Google Daydream, …
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The Sony Xperia 5 III is further proof that the Tokyo-based company is heading in the right direction, delivering utilitarian phones with amenities best appreciated by photographers, audiophiles, filmmakers and creative types. None of Sony’s phones will fold or bend. They don’t have trendy finishes or a menagerie of colors. The Xperia 5 III comes in black and green, which …
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When Apple launched its latest line of MacBook Pros with the new M1 Max chips, I was excited, as a professional photographer, by the upgrades and what that could mean for working creatives. The 16-inch model with an M1 Max CPU impressed CNET’s Dan Ackerman so much it earned a coveted Editors’ Choice award. So when I got one in …
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Google is building an augmented reality headset, according to a Thursday news report, part of the search giant’s desire to take on Meta, Microsoft and Apple in the growing AR and virtual reality space. Code-named Project Iris, the headset-development effort is underway at a San Francisco Bay Area facility, according to The Verge, which cited two sources who declined to be …
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You may have heard the term “spatial audio” bandied about by Apple, especially when talking about its headphones and hardware. It’s a standard that can convincingly simulate a 3D audio space with a set of AirPods, but you may not know it’s based on a technology that’s been with us for many years: Dolby Atmos. Dolby Atmos is a popular surround-sound …
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If you’ve been paying attention to the spat pitting carriers AT&T and Verizon against the Federal Aviation Administration over safety issues tied to 5G, you may have heard the term C-band thrown around. It’s more than just a wonky designation for a swath of radio airwaves. This additional spectrum could significantly change your 5G experience, which for many has been …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S22 is just around the corner, and the company has already launched its new flagship processor that will almost certainly be inside the new phone. The Exynos 2200 will sit at the top of Samsung’s chip range and will feature a dedicated GPU, called the Xclipse 920, that’s been co-developed with gaming hardware giant AMD. The result? A …
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Updating the apps on your iPhone or iPad is a quick and easy way to gain new features, new levels in games or fix bugs and security issues in the apps you use. But you may not even know if updates to your apps are available or how to update your apps — unless you know where to look. Prior …
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Apple is making it harder for consumers to take advantage of its discounted education pricing, which traditionally knocks 10% off the price of many Apple products for college students and educators at all levels. To qualify now, according to the Apple website, users have to register with a third-party site, Unidays, which will verify their status as a student or …
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As AT&T and Verizon start turning on the latest upgrade to their respective 5G networks, the question for many is what devices will be able to connect to the new signal. We already had Verizon’s initial list and now we have AT&T’s. Among the early devices are: Apple’s iPhone 12 line Apple’s iPhone 13 line Samsung’s Galaxy S21 line, including the …
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