Virtual Reality can be an incredible, unique experience — but most of it has a painfully high barrier to entry. Most VR setups require an expensive PC and an unwieldily headset weighed down by wires and adapters. There are a few cheap, simple options, like the Oculus Go, but they don’t have enough power to …
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On Thursday, HTC Vive announced its new push toward bringing VR to the enterprise level. This involves a new platform, hardware and software geared toward business applications. The HTC Vive Focus is the company’s new standalone VR headset. The Vive Focus is powered by the Vive Wave platform, comes with dual 3K AMOLED screens and runs on a Snapdragon 835 …
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In the late 1990s, one of the original portable music file formats — the MP3 — was causing quite a bit of bother mainly due to user’s illegal sharing over Napster. While MP3 eventually prevailed, there is an even better choice for high-quality music downloads, and it’s playable on your favorite device. It’s even in your music streams. FLAC (Free …
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HTC just launched its early access period for the HTC Exodus 1, the company’s first blockchain phone. What does a “blockchain phone” even mean? Well, according to HTC, it’s called that because it’s blockchain-encrypted, and dedicated to security and decentralized applications. The phone also acts as its own blockchain node (you can read more about how blockchain works in this …
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Ten years ago tomorrow, October 20, the T-Mobile G1 launched in the US. The first Android phone wasn’t much of a looker, and it suffered a clunky beginning, but none of that mattered. Even as the G1 (aka the HTC Dream outside the US) debuted to a mixed reception, it was clear that Android had the potential to eclipse Apple’s iPhone in ways that the …
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You couldn’t miss the explosion of purple and magenta amid the sedate stone and marble interior of Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall. T-Mobile was, at least temporarily, making its mark on the New York icon. The wireless carrier earlier this month had set up a pop-up event to promote the rebranding of its Metro prepaid arm, but I didn’t really …
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The Google Lens augmented-reality tool is directly integrated into Google’s new Pixel 3 phone, Google said Tuesday at a launch event for several new products. Lens unlocks previously announced capabilities like Style Search, which identifies products online that’re similar to the one you’re pointing your phone’s camera at, or a feature that gives you the option of having your phone autodial …
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Check out CNET’s full reviews of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, now! No more leaks! Google’s new Pixel phones have finally been unveiled. The Pixel 3 will start at $799 and £739 while the Pixel 3 XL starts at $899 and £869. The Pixel Stand, a wireless charger that works with the phones, will sell for $79 and £69. …
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Every year after Google releases the next major update of Android, there’s a week or so of excitement about the new features. Then, after the excitement wears off, there’s a realization that you will likely wait weeks or months before your phone will get the update. Heck, my friend’s Galaxy S7 Edge ($199 at Amazon) just received the Android Oreo …
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Only a week out from Google’s Oct. 9 event, presumably for the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones, Google Japan posted a teaser video with 30 seconds of people squeezing things — followed by a few seconds of a hand squeezing the outline of a phone. That seems to indicate the new phones will retain the Active Edge …
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