You probably know that excessive exposure to electronic screens before bed can disrupt your sleep. That’s why Apple introduced Night Shift back in iOS 9.3, then added it to Macs in 2017. The setting aims to minimize the adverse effects of the blue light emitted by your phone, tablet and computer. However, according to a new …
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Now that the calendar has turned to March, It’s time to start paying attention to college basketball beyond its ongoing corruption scandal. Selection Sunday is less than a week away, which means you have precious little time to study up to prepare your NCAA tournament bracket. Will North Carolina repeat as champions of college basketball? Is this the year that …
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If you don’t want to spring for a pricey peanut sensor, then you can use your phone to avoid foods that contain nuts. Here are three free apps that can help peanut allergy sufferers. ShopWell ShopWell is a health app that helps you achieve a wide variety of health goals, but for our purposes here, I’ll focus on its bar …
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An iPhone ($285 at Amazon) looks pretty good right out of the box, but after you slip it into even the slimmest of cases and start using it under a variety of lighting conditions, the screen and body can lose some of their luster. I can’t help you with the case situation, but I can help you improve the look …
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Google is firming up a tool that should help programmers bridge the divide between Android phones and iPhones. It’s hard to write software that matches the appearance of both Apple’s iOS software and Google’s Android operating system, which is one reason developers often hire separate teams to create two versions of the same product. Google, though, is finishing up a …
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CBS launched a free streaming TV sports network known as CBS Sports HQ on Monday, as more media companies look to virtual television to offset slipping ratings. CBS Sports HQ is modeled on CBSN — a 24-hour online news network CBS launched in 2014 — with a sports spin. The sports service will present live news, game highlights and team analyses on connected devices. …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Apple wants you to know it’s better. Because it says so. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET They like to play aloof in Cupertino. No, no, insisted Apple CEO Tim Cook last week, his company doesn’t follow its rivals. You’d think Apple doesn’t even bother to …
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Apple and Google are fierce competitors when it comes to phones, digital assistants and map apps. But they get along quite amicably when it comes to Apple’s iCloud service. In its latest iOS Security document, a detailed explanation of the technology choices it makes to keep you from getting hacked, Apple disclosed it’s using Google’s cloud-computing infrastructure to store iCloud data …
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Apple’s 2018 iPhone lineup may literally be its biggest ever. According to Bloomberg in a Monday report, Apple is designing what would be its largest iPhone ever, an upgraded edition of 2017’s iPhone X and a cheaper iPhone that would keep the iPhone X design while making concessions for a lower price. Citing “people familiar with the products” who spoke …
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Uh-oh. Smartphones finally took a nosedive. In the fourth quarter of 2017, smartphone sales fell for the first time ever, according to Gartner. Handset makers sold nearly 408 million smartphones to customers in the quarter, down 5.6 percent from the same period a year ago, the research firm said Thursday. That marks the first annual decline since Gartner started tracking …
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