Tag: Google

Things are changing dramatically in the camera market these days. Smartphones -- mostly iPhone and Androids -- have all but killed the point-and-shoot compact camera. Entry level DSLRs have also been hurt by the built-in cameras in our phones which are increasingly more than "good enough." And this year the...

Another day, another camera report. There's seemingly a lot of them out there. And for good reason: the camera market is morphing dramatically. Thanks to the rise of the smartphone and software smarts known as computational photography, the cameras and images produced by today's smartphones -- namely flagship iPhones from...

Google has announced that its shutting down Google+. The ill-fated social network was Google's attempt to take on Facebook. Although initially successfully -- especially among the tech community -- it offered little to differentiate itself. Most users were accustomed to and happy with enough with Facebook, and reluctant to sign...

YouTube TV is here in a big way. For $40/month you essentially get a package of channels that would've cost about twice as much in the old days of satellite and cable. Cord cutters looking for a comprehensible lineup of content could do well to place the service on...

Google today is rolling out an update to its famed voice assistant. Look for it today on your Android phone -- by way of the Google Play Store. Thankfully, the team in Mountain View realized that now all of us want to interact by voice, and is now giving more...

Amazon today unveiled a 2nd generation Echo show featuring a larger screen. You can now get the Alexa-powered speaker with a 10" screen and improved Dolby audio. There's a bunch of other small improvements to the two-year-old original Echo Show including: Real-time Dolby processing 8 microphone array 3rd party browsers,...

"California. How I love. California. California..." How appropriate that the new Apple Watch would be unveiled this morning in Cupertino at the Steve Jobs Theater. With a Mission Impossible style opening sequence featuring employees running across the stunning Apple campus and a little bit of help from Siri ("Hey Siri, what...

Apple's design ethos is leading the way. Google's Pixel Watch has a lot of catching up to do.

Could new Fit app pave way for an upcoming Pixel Watch?

It's official. The new Samsung smartwatch runs Tizen. Not Android Wear OS, as many were hoping. Too bad about that. Aside from that unfortunate bit of news, Samsung is offering two sizes of the new Galaxy Watch -- the successor to the decidedly poorly received Gear S3. Galaxy Watch 42mm...