Good news for Galaxy phone owners who use Windows 10: Samsung plans to make its Flow app compatible with any device that runs Windows 10. This means that in addition to being able to unlock your Windows 10 computer with your Galaxy phone’s fingerprint sensor, you’ll also be able to seamlessly hand off tasks, notifications …
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“Hi everyone — the photo you are all excited about is NOT what you think it is.” So said Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz on Twitter earlier this month, responding to the latest PR crisis embroiling his Florida-based augmented reality (AR) startup. Days before, Business Insider published what it said was the first photo of Magic Leap’s secretive, never-before-seen hardware. …
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The tablet industry continues to shrink, but not for everyone. Amazon boosted tablet sales by 99.4 percent last year, according to TrendForce. It sold over 11 million Fire tablets in 2016. However, total tablet shipments were down by 6.6 percent. Apple‘s iPad sales dipped 14.1 percent, but the company retained its top spot, selling 42 million devices to comfortably best …
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It’s been a year since Apple fought the FBI over data privacy, and we’ve barely heard a peep from either side on the issue. So everything’s fine, right? Uh, no. The FBI’s attempt to force Apple to unlock an iPhone used by a terrorist set up a grand legal battle between security and privacy. On one side is a massive …
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It took six weeks of tech support calls, power usage monitoring and Genius Bar diagnostics, but I’m finally convinced my new MacBook Pro isn’t an expensive mistake. And what I’ve learned along the way can help you, too — regardless of what laptop you’re using. I bought a 15-inch Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro sight unseen late last year, confident that …
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The Nokia name is set to make its comeback at Spain’s annual Mobile World Congress show with as many as four new phones, according to frequent Twitter tipster Evan Blass, who writes for Venture Beat. These are reportedly the Nokia 6 (which already sells in China), Nokia 5, Nokia 3, and a bonus handset that’s apparently reminiscent of the Nokia …
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When Steve Jobs launched the original iPhone in 2007, its revolutionary all-touchscreen design blew away the then-dominant keyboard phones of the day: the Moto Q, Palm Treo, Nokia E62 and BlackBerry Pearl. Enlarge Image BlackBerry’s new phone channels its QWERTY soul. James Martin/CNET Back then, Nokia and BlackBerry were the smartphone standard-bearers and Apple was the daring upstart. Now, as …
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There’s an old football saying: When you have two starting quarterbacks, you have none. I’ve watched the New York Jets go through a lot of seasons with a lot of quarterbacks on the roster, but no single hero. I just spent a week with Google’s new Android Wear 2.0 software update on two different watches, and I feel like Android …
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Microsoft‘s Surface tablet PCs have come a long way since their 2012 launch, but the concept behind the design remains unchanged: A tablet that can convincingly double as a laptop. Both the hardware and the Windows OS had to mature, and it finally hit its stride with 2015’s Surface Pro 4. It instantly became the ideal that other PC makers …
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“I’ll get you an answer tomorrow.” “I’ll have those figures to you by EOD.” “I’ll get you that report on Friday.” With the constant barrage of emails, your promises to do one thing or another can get lost in the shuffle. Enter Cortana. You may already use Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon)‘s digital assistant to set reminders for yourself, but …
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