Is it better to have a self-contained pair of smart glasses, or something that simply uses your phone to do the heavy lifting and battery power? Kopin, a manufacturer of microdisplays and smart glasses components, is betting on the latter. The Kopin Golden-i Infinity isn’t really an AR device, so much as it is a …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In April, Apple killed off its entire networking product line. The company announced that it would be sunsetting the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule. You can still buy the remaining stock (if you don’t mind Frozen-era networking tech), and they’ll …
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Modern phone chargers come in all shapes, sizes and capacities, so we can afford to be a little picky about the ones we choose. Today, for example, Aukey is offering the PB-T18 10,000mAh portable power bank with Quick Charge 3.0 for $23 shipped. That’s after applying promo code FORMOM18 at checkout. It was $43 back in January and sold for $36 …
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The dawn of virtual reality is a bit like the dawn of cinema. It’s no accident that Google decided to make its VR-ready Google Doodle about one of film’s pioneers: Georges Méliès, the French inventor and illusionist who directed A Trip To The Moon and was featured as a character in Martin Scorcese’s film Hugo. The animations are based on …
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It’s been 16 months since the debut of the Google Home, and today the smart speaker finally arrives in Southeast Asia. But it’s only in one country for now: Singapore. Alongside the Google Home Mini, the Google Home speaker will be sold online and through retail stores across the island state. There’s no word yet on when the newer Google …
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Good news, gamers! (Bad news, parents of easily distracted schoolchildren.) Roughly two weeks after it first launched on iOS in an invite-only beta, the free-to-play gaming sensation Fortnite is now available to anyone who owns a recent iPhone or iPad. You no longer need an invite to get in on the action. Works with: iPhone SE, 6S, 7, 8, X; …
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The new 2018 iPad arrived yesterday, with much fanfare from Apple. It’s $329 in the U.S. ($299 for schools), and adds a faster A10 processor and compatibility with the Pencil stylus. Other than that, though, it’s pretty much identical to the 2017 iPad, which previously sold for the same price. If that’s still too expensive for you — and if …
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In March 2017, Apple limited its thinnest and lightest iPad, the Mini 4, to a single configuration with 128GB of storage, costing $399 for the Wi-Fi model and $529 for the Wi-Fi and cellular edition. (See international pricing below.) Today, Apple announced its newest 9.7-inch iPad with support for Apple’s Pencil stylus and powered by a fast A10 Fusion chip for $329 (£319 in …
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Foreign countries may be growing wary of products developed in China, but that hasn’t stopped international brands from leveraging WeChat’s popularity and reportedly spending millions to engage with potential customers. Nike and McDonald’s have become the first companies to advertise on the Chinese social-messaging platform’s wildly popular mini game called Tiao Yi Tiao, loosely translated as Jump, WeChat announced on …
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The Google Assistant is now available as an iPad app, the company announced Tuesday in a blog post. The Assistant, which is most notable for powering the Google Home and Google Home Mini speakers, was already available as an iPhone app released last May. While that iPhone version could run on the iPad, this tablet-specific version adds true support for …
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