Quick housekeeping note: We’re doing a little experimenting in the coming weeks, meaning you might see some bonus deals that appear as short, standalone posts. Today, for example, there’s a pretty sweet Parrot Swing deal, but you won’t find it below; it’ll appear separately on the Cheapskate page and in the newsletter. The idea is …
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YouTube has rolled out high dynamic range (HDR) to users of the iPhone X, enabling improved contrast and color on HDR-enabled YouTube videos. As spotted by Macrumors, videos like those from the popular HDR Channel, are now able to be viewed in HDR mode. Neither the iPhone X nor the Apple TV are able to output the videos in 4K, …
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If you think your Google Drive has changed, you’re not going crazy. Google announced that it is updating the UI of Google Drive, so it will look and feel different. Beyond that, Google says the functionality hasn’t changed. Some changes include: The logo in the top-left corner is now the Google Drive logo (if you have a custom logo it’s …
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Google’s Android P beta software brings radical change to the way that you’ll navigate an Android phone. As with the iPhone X, Android P is all about gestures. Case in point: You swipe up from the bottom to see an overview of all your apps and to open the app drawer, and swipe left and right to select apps. It’d …
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The future of Google VR needs to work better with my hands. But…maybe not just yet. Google’s next wave of VR just arrived a few days ago, in the form of a standalone headset called the Lenovo Mirage Solo. It’s an impressive demonstration of how VR will start to involve larger-scale tracking. But it doesn’t have a new, next-generation set …
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When installing a new app, you have to click “accept” to give the program access to your location, camera and microphone. That unlocks a lot of potential in your apps, but it also opens up the question of when exactly those apps are collecting your data. Until now, it’s been hard to know the answer on phones use the Android …
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Google and Qualcomm are working on a next generation of smartwatches that should be arriving this fall, and more possible details continue to arrive during this year’s Google developer conference. Google is expected to finally make its own watch through its internal hardware division — or its own watches, according to the latest report from German tech site Winfuture.de. The …
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Google I/O, the Big G’s annual developer conference, crammed in a mind-boggling number of demos and announcements to show off advancements in everything that the tech behemoth touches. These are the changes that’ll you’ll use every day on your phone, your work and your home. The most important updates come to Google Assistant, Android, Google Maps and AR. Now …
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Update: Check out Here’s how Qualcomm-powered Wear OS watches will take on Apple Watch for a more in-depth, detailed follow-up report on this story. Qualcomm is working on new chips for Wear OS smartwatches, according to a report from Wareable on Tuesday. “You will see this new platform, this new architecture, significantly improve the look and feel of the watch whether …
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Google announced the browser-based Tour Creator, for roll-your-own VR walkthroughs, at its Google I/O developer conference this week. But if you want to create your own 360-degree content, you’ll need a camera that works with it. Out of the gate, Ricoh says it’s ready for you with its Ricoh Theta V, an existing 360 camera that will work with the …
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