When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the social network was working on its first smart glasses, he tried to dial down the hype. The glasses, he suggested during the Facebook Connect conference in September 2020, would be just a step toward a more ambitious project. “They’re not yet augmented reality glasses,” Zuckerberg said, referring …
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Apple gave phone photographers an upgrade to get excited about last year. With the release of the iPhone 12 lineup, Apple added a new raw photo format to the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max, called ProRaw, which gives you the customization of a raw file infused with the iPhone’s computational photo smarts. We don’t know whether Apple will expand …
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Facebook’s Ray-Ban Stories sunglasses feel almost normal at times. And, of course, utterly abnormal. And also very familiar. I’ve used products like this, off and on, for years. Welcome to Facebook’s first smart glasses. After promising smart glasses for years, Facebook’s first glasses are disappointingly familiar. These aren’t AR glasses at all. They don’t have displays in them. Instead, they’re …
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Epic Games has asked Apple to reinstate its hit Fortnite online battle game into the iPhone and iPad App Store in response to a South Korean law that clamps down on how mobile app stores operate. The new law, which was passed in August and is expected to go into effect soon, forces app store operators like Apple and Google …
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Amazon’s cloud gaming service Luna is opening up to more devices, including Fire tablets, Chromebooks and the new Fire TV 4K Max, the company announced Thursday. The company is also introducing a new channel, the $3-a-month Family Channel, which includes kid-friendly games like SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and Garfield Kart Furious Racing. “Amazon Luna is already available today …
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Amazon’s range of streaming devices just got a little larger with the unveiling of the company’s flagship player, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max. Amazon says the Max is 40% more powerful than the popular $40 Fire TV Stick 4K and comes with a quad-core 1.8GHz processor. This should translate to speedier loading times and navigation than the cheaper model offers, …
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Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 13 during its “California streaming” event next week, but on Wednesday another device was stealing the spotlight: the iPhone 14. iPhone 14 was trending on Twitter and Google search on Wednesday, following rumors about the future phone’s design. Alleged details of the iPhone 14, which presumably would launch in 2022, were shared by …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S20 phones are both excellent Android phones, so much so that a prospective buyer might consider buying one of Samsung’s older phones, rather than waiting for the S22, to save some cash. The Galaxy S20 in particular has had quite the price drop, launching at $999 right as the coronavirus pandemic hit back in March …
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The 22 year-old self-proclaimed “Bitcoin millionaire” Erik Finman in an interview with The New York Times described smartphones as “the ultimate political tools. Everyone has one in their pocket.” His brand new Freedom Phone promises to prioritize “free speech and privacy”above anything else. You might assume that the Freedom Phone follows the trend of phone-makers like Apple that use software updates to …
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As hybrid and remote work are projected to be the new norm even after the COVID-19 pandemic, Google is teaming up with Avocor to launch two new devices designed to make in-person and remote meetings more efficient: the Google Meet Series One Desk 27 and Board 65. Avocor, which makes interactive displays, shared the update in a release Wednesday. The …
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