If you’re a fan of Parrot’s Bebop or Mambo drones, you might want to snag one while you still can. The French drone maker is reportedly pulling out of the mini drone market as it focuses future development on its flagship line of Anafi drones. Tech site Wirecutter on Thursday tweeted that it “got official …
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Dish launches 4K streaming stick AirTV Mini, with access to Netflix, Sling TV
AirTV, a subsidiary of satellite broadcaster Dish Network, on Monday introduced AirTV Mini, a 4K streaming stick that lets users access Sling TV, Netflix and over-the-air channels in one place. AirTV Mini is powered by Android TV and costs $79.99. Users can plug the device into their television’s HDMI port to access the Sling TV app, with which Netflix is integrated. They …
Read More »Prime Day deal: Spend $10 at Whole Foods, get a $10 Amazon credit (updated)
Amazon continues to play it fast and loose with the definition of “Prime Day,” which is actually two days (July 15 and 16) and is not, in fact, confined to those two days. Rather, there are all sorts of Prime Day deals available right now, and Amazon recently announced another one for Prime subscribers: From now through July 16, when …
Read More »Jony Ive is leaving Apple: 15 of his most iconic products and designs
Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, announced Thursday that he’s leaving the company later this year. He will start his own design firm, for which Apple will be a primary client. During his nearly 30 years working for the tech giant, Ive designed several of the company’s most memorable hardware products, including the iPhone and iMac, and had a hand …
Read More »The Kodak Mini Shot instant
Digital photos are all well and good, but there’s something to be said for an actual print you can hold in your hand, stick to the fridge, drop in an envelope to a friend and so on. Call me nostalgic, but printed snapshots are just kind of nice. And I’m not alone in this sentiment, as mobile photo-printers have soared …
Read More »Apple’s iPadOS is here, and Hulu just reminded me my iPad 2 is obsolete
The latest and greatest iOS 13 and newly christened iPadOS arrived for public beta testing this week. Too bad my crotchety old iPad will never know the joys of a modern Apple operating system, just as it will never again stream a Hulu show. I stared in mild shock. What?! I had just tapped on the Hulu app icon on my …
Read More »DJI’s new $500 RC robot features a camera, 31 sensors and a mini cannon
The DJI RoboMaster S1 looks like an autonomous sentry ready to protect the smart home of the future, and maybe someday it will be. At the moment, the company says it’s simply the most advanced robot for students on the market. Made to see, feel and hear the world around it, the S1 has 31 sensors to map its environment, …
Read More »Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay is its smallest, lightest hybrid instant camera
The Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay combines the features of an analog instant film camera with digital camera convenience in the smallest package possible. Like the company’s Instax Square SQ10, the LiPlay (pronounced LEE-play) is a hybrid instant film camera. It doesn’t shoot straight to instant film like analog Instax cameras, but instead uses a very small 1/5-inch digital image sensor …
Read More »Who is the new iPod Touch for?
Who still uses an iPod in the golden age of the iPhone? It’s a question that crossed the mind of more than a few people when Apple announced a new 2019 iPod Touch a few weeks back. But yes, there are still several situations where the new iPod makes perfect sense, like as a kid’s mobile gaming system (especially once Apple Arcade is out) …
Read More »iOS 13 compatible with iPhone 6S and later, but iPhone 6 and 5S owners are out of luck
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple doesn’t really care what you think. Not only will it sell a stand for its newest Pro Display XDR monitor for $1,000 a pop, it’s also making a bunch of older iPhones obsolete. At the company’s WWDC conference held in San Jose, California, …
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