Australia, you’ve been having it too good for too long, with your low-cost internet purchases. The government was bound to make some changes eventually. And that time has come. On July 1, 2017, the government’s so-called “Netflix Tax” is going to change the way you pay for content online, bringing GST to online products like …
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Environmental activist organization Greenpeace has teamed up with repair gurus iFixit to rate a selection of 40 phones, laptops and tablets for the ability to make common repairs that might extend their lifespans, keep them out of landfills and make it possible to easily recycle the parts. Popular products from Apple, Samsung and Microsoft did not fare well. (Download the …
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Amazon Web Services, the e-commerce giant’s other mega business that powers websites for companies like Netflix and Comcast, has been working on a translation service that clients could use to make sites and apps available in multiple languages, CNBC reported Monday. Amazon is already using a technology internally to translate items like product information, but the company is now preparing to …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 11 transforms the iPad 2:12 The iPad has slowly been growing up, both through seriously fast hardware and more versatile software. On the surface, iOS 11 promises some features that sound almost Mac-like. I’ve been holding out hope that these will transform the iPad into the touchscreen MacBook replacement I’ve long been seeking. After using …
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Apple TV owners had cause to celebrate last month when Apple announced the totally unexpected arrival of an Amazon Prime Video app. Can a Google Play app be far behind? It seems pretty unlikely, but never say never. Fortunately, there’s already a way to watch your Google purchases on your Apple TV. You don’t need to jailbreak anything, nor even …
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Google has a fun new educational tool for those students slowly falling asleep at their desks. The company on Monday launched 10 new “stories” on Google Earth Voyager specifically designed for educational use. Students can explore remote places such as the Costa Rica Thermal Dome Hope Spot through interactive guided tours of satellite imagery and photographs. The interaction comes from …
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Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 5 vs. iPhone 7 Plus: Dual-camera shootout 3:34 Dual rear cameras on phones are officially a thing. Like the iPhone 7 Plus, the OnePlus 5 uses dual cameras to make zoomed-in pictures look great and create photos with bokeh (gorgeous, out-of-focus backgrounds). But unlike the iPhone, the OnePlus has higher-resolution cameras with slightly wider apertures …
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If tablets were the Brady Bunch, the Apple iPad would be Marcia and, well, everything else would be Jan. But that’s not fair, right? Those other tablets have great qualities, too. (Just like Jan.) And just because they’re not the most popular doesn’t mean they’re not worthy of your attention. (Just like Jan!) Here are the best tablets that aren’t …
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In an era where we’ve all resigned ourselves to the fact that Google knows all our personal information anyway, the company announced Friday that it will stop scanning personal Gmail inboxes for ad targeting purposes. Google already refrains from tailoring ads by combing though Gmail accounts in its G Suite platform for enterprise and businesses. It will stop doing so …
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Unlike many of us, the Indian government doesn’t think much of Google‘s mapping services. The country’s mapping and surveying agency, Survey of India, urged citizens to stop relying on Google Maps and Google Earth, saying neither has been authenticated by the government, reported Business Standard. To encourage this, the SoI made its own maps available online for citizens to use …
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