With its Pixel 3 phone, Google has improved photography with a feature called Top Shot to avoid unflattering photos, an ability to shoot in the dark with no flash, and a way to zoom in beyond the camera’s ordinary resolution known as Super Res Zoom. Top Shot lets you skip photos where people are blinking, …
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The leaks keep on coming. Now playing: Watch this: Google unveils the Pixel 3, Pixel Slate and Home Hub 1:46 Even as Google kicked off its Made By Google event in New York City, Tuesday, a short video appearing to show upcoming product announcements like a new Pixel 3 phone, the Google Home Hub, and the Pixel Slate tablet surfaced …
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Without much fanfare, Asus has unveiled the new Chromebook C423, a lightweight, midrange Chrome OS laptop. The C423 appeared on Asus’ website over the weekend, where it was spotted by Reddit users. The Asus Chromebook C423 has a 14-inch screen and weighs under 3 pounds (1.34kg) with battery, making it easy to lug around. It’s powered by an Intel quad-core or dual-core …
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T-Mobile’s newly rebranded prepaid service, Metro, is jumping on the 5G bandwagon too. The service, rebranded from MetroPCS, launched with new plans on Monday. But the company also said at an event at Grand Central Terminal in New York that it’s committing to offering 5G for Metro next year. “When we talk about 5G for all, it’s not just nationwide …
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Magic Leap, one of the most talked-about, overhyped startups in the tech industry, reached a major milestone this summer when it released its mixed reality headset to developers after years of promises. Now CEO Rony Abovitz and his team are working to convince developers and creative types who’ve paid $2,295 for the first-generation Magic Leap One “Creator Edition” to invest …
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Microsoft revealed Monday that it’s testing an Xbox game streaming service, currently called Project xCloud. The company demonstrated its work on the service so far in a video showing Forza and Halo, games designed to be run on an Xbox One console, being played on Android phones and tablets. The games work both with an Xbox wireless controller paired over Bluetooth …
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Sliding into an October already full of watches and wearables, the Fitbit Charge 3 — which hits stores today, starting at $149 (£130, AU$230) — promises to be the company’s best general fitness tracker. And yet: Fitbit already has a watch, the Fitbit Versa, that does a lot of the same things (and a bit more) for just $50 more. …
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The OnePlus 6T has been officially announced and here’s our review. Speaking in his native Mandarin, OnePlus‘ founder and CEO Pete Lau exudes a reserved persona, despite being only weeks away from unveiling the OnePlus 6T phone. Compared to the company’s other founder, Carl Pei, Lau carries himself more formally. Though the two look unassuming in their own ways, Pei …
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If you’ve taken a selfie on the iPhone XS, you might think it looks a little different to other selfies you’ve taken in the past, especially from previous iPhones. We already know the cameras on the iPhone XS are different from those on the X. Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the iPhone XS ‘beauty mode’ 5:36 But some users on …
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Google’s upcoming Pixel 3 smartphones could come with a “Top Shot” mode to capture photos of people at the moment they’re looking their best, the newest in a series of Pixel 3 leaks indicates. “Use Top Shot to get smiles, not blinks, and take groupie selfies that get everyone in the photo (without a selfie stick),” say apparent promotional materials …
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