Snapchat has been morphing your face into cats, dogs and White Walkers for years, and now the company is changing the way you see art. The company’s CEO, Evan Spiegel, announced Snapchat’s new art feature Tuesday: a series of Lenses that will add augmented-reality sculptures by artist Jeff Koons to specific locations worldwide. These include …
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iPhone 8 Plus vs. Galaxy Note 8: Which phone has better video?
For capturing still photos, the iPhone 8 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Note 8 are on a pretty even field. But does the same apply to video recording? I found the biggest differences between the iPhone 8 Plus and Note 8 came down to three categories: audio, the front-facing camera and low-light performance. Video specs Galaxy Note 8 iPhone 8 Plus …
Read More »Which Nokia Android phone should I buy?
Read our full review of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the latest Nokia phone from HMD Global. Nokia relaunched into the smartphone scene this year with a whole raft of Android phones, from affordable entry-level handsets to powerhouse top-end superphones. Each phone is suited to a different sort of user, with a different budget to spend. If you’re keen on reliving your …
Read More »LG V30 available on Verizon, AT&T and T
The V30, LG‘s most premium phone of the season, will be available on the country’s three largest carriers starting Thursday, Oct. 5. The phone will be available online and in retail stores for Verizon right on Oct. 5, without pre-order. On AT&T, you can purchase the phone online that day too, or buy it in retail stores when it will be available …
Read More »FCC tells Apple to turn on FM chips. iPhone 8 doesn’t have one
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has a message for Apple CEO Tim Cook: “Flip the switch” and turn on FM radios embedded in iPhones. In the wake of three major hurricanes that have wiped out communications for millions of people over the past month, Pai issued a statement Thursday urging Apple, one of the largest makers of cellphones in …
Read More »Enter to win* a Galaxy Note 8
Looking for an upgrade? We got your back! Now is your chance to take home a new Galaxy Note 8, a phone with a 8.9 rating from our editors after some serious testing. Some of its features include a vibrant 6.3-inch OLED screen, Samsung‘s first twin-lens phone that can create pretty depth-effect portraits, a top-of-the-line processor, water resistance, expandable storage …
Read More »I won’t buy a Pixel 2 without a headphone jack
This March, I declared I wouldn’t buy a Samsung Galaxy S8. I’d pick a Pixel instead. But there was one thing I wasn’t counting on, one possibility I hadn’t even considered: Google’s new phone, expected to be unveiled next week, might ditch the headphone jack. Yeah, it’d be pretty weird. After all, wasn’t Google the one who made fun of Apple for doing that …
Read More »Titanic VR ride at NYC Samsung store is as weird as it sounds
I looked at my colleague as we took a breather at the bathroom sink, moments after we had sat together in a boat. With VR helmets on. No, we weren’t exactly sure what just happened, either. We were right off the Highline — the elevated park and major tourist attraction –at Samsung’s flagship 837 showroom in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Here, …
Read More »Google Pixel 2 wishlist: Headphone jack, waterproofing, more
Thanks to a major leak, we can say with 99.9 percent certainty that Google will announce the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL (in addition to other devices) next week during its Oct. 4 event When Google’s flagship first launched last year, the device impressed us with its camera prowess and introduction of Google Assistant (which is now available on …
Read More »Google Pixel trade
With the Google Pixel 2 likely debuting less than two weeks away, you may be ready to retire your current phone in anticipation. All signs point to Google trying to make the process smoother. The company launched a trade-in program (scroll down on the right-hand side of the page for details) for those who send in their old phone when buying a …
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