Tag: Apple
Amazon Dash Wand: Convenience or another step towards transforming our living spaces into retail spaces?
It's either incredibly amazing. Or it's astonishingly creepy.
Possibly a bit of both.
Amazon today announced a new product that makes it even easier to tap directly into your bank account. The cynic in me might suggest they also took another step towards transforming our living spaces into retail spaces.
How many...
Apple emphasizes music with HomePod – but it’s still an assistant
The assistant wars are heating up. Apple has officially entered with fray.
Apple HomePod joins Amazon Echo and Google Home in the battle for the rest of our non-mobile lives. We have search with us on the go, thanks to our Androids and iPhones. But what about the home? Apparently,...
Google should kill Android Wear, reboot wearable strategy
Asus is out. If reports are true the company will no longer make smartwatches that run the Android Wear operating system.
Officially last year Motorola also bowed out -- especially surprising given it was the first, and much hyped, manufacturer to hit the Wear market with the (quite beautiful) Moto 360.
Then...
Solving MacBook Pro Dongle Hell: Sanho HyperDrive Hub Review
Here's a simple solution to getting around the MacBook Pro's USB-C port limitation.
I'm like you -- or maybe at least a handful of you risk-taking, crazy, early adopters.
I took the plunge late last year and finally replaced my aging MacBook Air (2012) with a (controversial) 15" MacBook Pro (2016).
Yes,...
ZTE launches Quartz smartwatch, its first wearable for U.S. market runs Android Wear 2.0
ZTE Quartz smartwatch features 1.4-inch round AMOLED display, supports T-Mobile LTE and costs only $192. Stark Insider breaks down ZTE's first U.S. wearable.
Microsoft Drops to 2nd: Android now most-used operating system in the world
“This is a milestone in technology history and the end of an era.”
Apple adds Theater Mode with watchOS 3.2
Good news! Apple has finally added Theater Mode for the Apple Watch.
The small, but very useful new feature rolled out as part of the watchOS 3.2 update. To get it, you'll need to ensure your iPhone is running the latest version of iOS (10.3).
Activating theater mode on the Apple...
How To: Solution for Apple Watch battery drain
First, the good: The Apple Watch has one of the best rated batteries going.
As far as smartwatches goes it handily beats most (but not all) of what Android Wear has to offer. Pebble owners, though, know that theirs is still tops when it comes to not needing a charge...
Huawei Watch 2: Sigh, not the Android Wear 2.0 flagship we were pining for
Mobile World Congress is on. That of course means new phones, new gadgets and new tech products.
So far LG has announced a bunch of new phones. Huawei has too, and, also has taken the wraps off the eagerly anticipated Huawei Watch 2. Unfortunately, I'm not convinced this news is...
Cure for Android Wear 2.0 delay(s)? Apple Watch
Apple Watch.
Question: What is the best alternative for a former Pebble smartwatch owner?
It's not the answer I was expecting. But, indeed, after finally relenting, and trying out an Apple Watch for a few weeks, this former Pebbler believes it to be the best available option on the market today....