Hey, all you space aliens out there? Tuesday might be a good day to land an army of flying saucers, because no one will pay any attention. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are divorcing, and the media is in a feeding frenzy. Everyone from TMZ, which broke the news, to the staid New York Times …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 7, reviewed: maybe it’s boring, but it’s absolutely… 2:45 Go ahead. Yawn at the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Or dig a little deeper, and maybe you’ll perk up at some tantalizing clues to the future of the iPhone. You see, there may be more to Apple’s latest phone than just a carbon copy …
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Just FYI, Apple’s new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus come in two new colors: black and black. But there’s a difference. We have both here at the office, and I’ve been living with them for a week. Black is a nice, matte anodized aluminum, much like Apple’s iPod Nano used to have way back. It looks sharp, and a lot …
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Science fiction can be extra enjoyable when it’s written by real scientists. The latest Humble Book Bundle offers sci-fi novels written by practicing scientists specializing in genetics, astrophysics and psychology. Humble Bundles let you pay what you want for select digital media, with some proceeds typically supporting charity. In this case, money goes to organizations including UNICEF and Science Fiction …
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After I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 10 it felt like it was on fire for the first few hours, and not in the good way. My iPhone got hotter than it ever has while performance slowed to a crawl. The situation improved by the end of iOS 10’s launch day; my iPhone 6S was back operating at its …
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It’s new iPhone day, which means that people are already hard at work tearing the shiny new phones apart and feasting (their eyes) on the gooey innards. Chief among the deconstructionists is repair site iFixit. Apple plays its cards quite close to the chest when it comes to the build on its products, so iFixit’s teardowns are usually the first …
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When I reviewed Epson’s original laser projector I called it a technological tour de force with a fabulous image, albeit one that didn’t quite beat the best from Sony and JVC. Its replacement is very similar on paper, with one big difference: compatibility with HDR (high dynamic range) sources. The LS10500 costs the same ($8,000, available this fall) and has …
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Time stands still for some in the smartwatch market. With Apple set to release “Series 2” of its Watch and Samsung prepping its Gear S3 timepiece, many of the biggest players that have embraced Google’s Android Wear software have decided to hit pause on their own efforts. LG, Huawei and Lenovo’s Motorola unit will not release a smartwatch in the …
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Several 360-degree cameras have arrived in the past year for consumers, but a good, simple way to edit the video from them has lagged behind. One of the best desktop apps I’ve seen is the Samsung Gear 360 Action Director app bundled with the company’s Gear 360 camera. These tools are now available in Cyberlink’s new PowerDirector 15 suite for …
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Magazine publisher Time Inc. is getting into the streaming media business. The company is launching its first streaming video network based on content from its popular entertainment magazines, People and Entertainment Weekly. The network, which is free due to advertising support, is called People/Entertainment Weekly Network, or PEN for short, and goes live on Tuesday. The online network is available …
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