The holidays are about bringing people together, and what better way to bring your family and friends together than sharing selfies with dog ears or your face in a toilet? The makers of Snapchat, Snap Inc., announced on Tuesday that a new group c…
Lees meerApple is releasing its wire-free Bluetooth AirPods in time for Christmas, skating under the wire juuuuust barely by making them available to order online today with an initial ship date of December 21.AirPods will also be available in Apple Store…
Lees meerGoogle’s parent company does not yet have the courage to build a car with no steering wheel or pedals, preferring to put its self-driving technology into existing cars from traditional auto manufacturers. Thats the conclusion of news site The Inf…
Lees meerThere are some things you just don't need -- until the price plummets to under $20 and then you can't grab your wallet fast enough. The Etekcity Lasergrip 1080 Digital Infrared Thermometer Temperature Gun aims with a laser while instantly measuri…
Lees meerWhen you’re on the road in a new town and the gas tank begins relentlessly nagging for fuel like the man-eating plant Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, you know it’s time to find the nearest gas station. Apple Maps can get you there with a bit o…
Lees meerCharles Bewlay has a sad story: My monitor that I use for my Mac mini got stolen in transit for repair. I’m wondering if I really need one since I have an iMac (that I can’t use as a monitor for it as it’s too old) and a 2015 MacBook Pro. And a…
Lees meerThis holiday season, please think of those who are suffering the most. Like tech pundits who are, for some reason, forcing themselves to wear an Apple Watch, like some kind of hair shirt. Writing for The Street, Brian Sozzi complains “I Hate My …
Lees meerWere you hoping to get a pair of Apple AirPods as a holiday gift this year? Well, as of right now, you can’t. But no worries, we found some other great gift ideas for iPhone lovers while we wait for Apple’s truly-wireless AirPods. In this week’s…
Lees meerApple had a tough 2016. Early in the year, the tech giant became entangled in a legal battle with the FBI over the company's refusal to help the agency unlock the phone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. Apple argued that doing so woul…
Lees meerThe thin, lightweight design makes this hub a great travel companion to expand one USB 3.0 port into four. Each port has its own power switch so you can control each port independently. It currently averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon from ove…
Lees meerThe Explorer 50 Bluetooth Headset from Plantronics averages 4 out of 5 stars from over 2,000 people (read reviews) on Amazon, where its typical list price of $25.48 has been reduced 29% to just $17.99. The Plantronics Explorer 50 Bluetooth headse…
Lees meerThe new Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pros have been polarizing, to say the least. Some think the new 13- and 15-inch models are woefully underpowered for their high price tags, while others rave about the OLED strip that replaces the Pro’s functio…
Lees meerInstagram’s latest features focus more on live streaming and less on photo sharing. On Monday, Instagram started rolling out its “Live” video-streaming feature to iOS and Android users in the U.S. The company first unveiled this feature in Novem…
Lees meerOn Monday, Apple decided to start the week off with operating system updates. The company released iOS 10.2, watchOS 3.1.1, and tvOS 10.1 to the general public. Each update is available as an over-the-air download. Before installing the updates,…
Lees meerOne of Apple’s major suppliers of iPhone displays is poised to make a major investment in OLED screens. Japan Display plans to acquire Joled, a joint OLED screen maker owned by Sony and Panasonic, according to Japan’s Nikkei newspaper. The deal …
Lees meerLike anything else, they're better with bacon The emoji in iOS 10.2 are approaching the uncanny valley, but that’s not going to stop me from slapping them onto every iMessage, tweet, and email until the end of time. The newly released iOS 10.2 inc…
Lees meerApple promised to put a stop to those irritating iCloud Calendar spam invites, and now the fix is in. The company just added a “Report Junk” option the Calendar app on iCloud.com, and that feature may soon be coming to iOS and macOS. The junk-re…
Lees meerFree-to-play games often look appealing, but it’s difficult to know at a glance whether the business model is insidious and fun ruining, or reasonable and worth pumping a few bucks into. With Freemium Field Test, we’ll take a recent free-to-play …
Lees meerNew cases on the scene This week’s roundup of new iPhone and iPad cases brings us iPhone 7 models of two of our favorite cases—LuMee’s fabulous Duo case for photography, and Mophie’s slim Juice Pack Air battery case. Plus, a nice assortment of other…
Lees meerMark Weinrib writes in with a question about his 500GB iMovie Library file, which he has stored on an external drive. I back it up using Time Machine, but I would like to have another backup option. I don’t have 500GB free space on my Mac, so D…
Lees meerI’ve had a love/hate relationship with mice over the years, with anything made by Apple reserved for special condemnation. (Worst offender: The infamous “hockey puck” mouse that shipped with the first iMac.) I made a habit of grabbing a new trac…
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