Besides unveiling a new quicker and lighter Messenger app with end-to-end encryption, and new features for Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook announced today some changes that are being made to its flagship app. The new focus of the Facebook app will be on groups, and FB5 will feature new ways to bring together people offline. With 400 million users subscribed to over ten million active groups, the redesigned app will make it easier for users to access the groups they belong to and find new ones to join. The groups tab will show a feed from all of the groups a member has joined, with recommendations ...
Samsung's last year flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and S9+ are now on sale at Amazon, but that's not the only thing you'll get out of this deal. The US retailer now offers two other accessories for free when you buy either of the two smartphones: a microSD card and a wireless charger.
Sony prides itself with some of the best audio accessories such as headphones, sound bars and others. When it comes to headphones, the WH-1000XM3 noise-canceling wireless headphones are probably the company's most important product, but they don't come cheap.
The worldwide smartphone market is looking pretty bleak at the moment and the situation in China is even worse. But despite these conditions, new data from Canalys shows that Huawei’s growth is basically unstoppable.
Although the Galaxy Tab S5e is technically inferior to the Tab S4, with a slower processor and no S Pen support in tow, it's hard to argue with the $400 starting price of the newer and slimmer Android slate, especially when you can also get a cool gift at no extra charge. But there's one other very important thing the Tab S5e is missing that the Galaxy Tab S4 delivers... at a big premium.
Bose QuietComfort 35 Series II are probably among the most popular premium noise cancelling headphones in the $350 price range, along with Sony's WH-1000XM3. Bose's expensive headphones have been on sale quite a few times, but they're selling like hot cakes, so it's easy to miss these deals if you're undecided.
Over 500 million Instagram users now use Stories on a daily basis to freely express themselves and check in on the lives of friends, family, and influencers. Today, with the goal of keeping these users hooked, some additional features have been announced.
Samsung is expected to bring three Galaxy A series phones to the United States: Galaxy A20, A50 and A70. These are part of the new wave of smartphones announced this year by the South Korean company and will be offered in the US through various carriers.
While you still have almost two weeks to consider your options in terms of what could constitute a smart, thoughtful, and reasonably priced Mother's Day present, Fitbit can already hook you up with some of its most popular and well-reviewed wearable devices at nice discounts.
Two months after unveiling the smartphone at MWC 2019, HMD Global has today announced that the Nokia 4.2 is coming to the United States in two weeks’ time.
With big names like Samsung and Huawei investing heavily in this new form factor, it seems safe to say that foldable phones are here to stay. And we have nothing against that. The smartphone space was starting to feel stagnant with all offerings looking pretty much identical, so a little meaningful innovation is more than welcome right now.
The Energizer Power Max P18K Pop was announced at MWC 2019 back in February as the smartphone with the world’s biggest battery. But just two months later, the product has been officially canceled.
While Apple unceremoniously pulled the plug on the iPhone X just one year after releasing the company's first "all-screen" handset with Face ID recognition, the venerable iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are still sold through the official online store of the Cupertino-based tech giant... at arguably excessive starting prices of $449 and $569 respectively.
While Garmin makes all kinds of wearable devices, ranging from super-basic activity trackers to luxury smartwatches, its central focus remains on so-called GPS running watches, designed to take on the likes of the Fitbit Versa rather than the global market-leading Apple Watch family.
The iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone XR devices all use LCD displays. The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, on the other hand, use higher quality OLED panels. But eventually, neither of these technologies will be found on Apple’s devices.
While the question of the headline is an important one that I'll dive into a bit, it's probably fair to say at the start that the answer is that a smartphone is somewhere in the middle for most people (but nuance isn't always the most interesting lead, is it? That's why there are tons of headlines about smartphone addiction, but not so many about being mindful about using your phone.) Everyone will do some productive tasks on their phone and of course there are tons of options for wasting time -- social media, YouTube, gaming, etc. -- and the question is more about where we all fall on that spectrum. ...
Samsung's latest high-end handsets might be selling reasonably well, at least according to a new financial report that doesn't exactly look swell, but there's always room for big discounts and substantial deal sweeteners when talking about devices typically priced at $750 and up.
While Korean media vents that Chinese phone makers are all coming out with 5G models, and some like Xiaomi are even able to make them for half the price of their local equivalents from Samsung or LG, the more worrying story today is that a Galaxy S10 5G has reportedly caught fire all on its own.
While Samsung may be prepping a foldable tablet that unfurls to the size of the large iPad Pro, and a Galaxy Fold successor with 8" double-bending display, it keeps patenting the future of foldable phones.
Rovio, the Finnish company behind the Angry Birds smash hit, announced last month that their first augmented reality mobile game is available for pre-order. Dubbed Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs, the game has now been released in the App Store and is available for free.
While Samsung may be prepping a foldable tablet that unfurls to the size of the large iPad Pro, and a Galaxy Fold successor with 8" double-bending display, it keeps patenting the future of foldable phones.
The phase out of Play Music in favor of YouTube Music has been a long time coming, though Google’s actions towards this haven’t been particularly quick or decisive up to this point. However, with the latest update, YouTube Music has gained an important feature that brings it closer to being Google’s one and only music streaming service. We’re talking about the ability to play local files on your Android phone – something so basic, yet elusive.
Like it or not, the fingerprint readers that can be hidden under the phone's display, are here to stay, and are about to become ubiquitous. Patron, a Samsung supplier, is expecting to hit nearly a billion dollar revenue this year, on the back of the increased amount of camera modules and, yes, in-display finger scanners.
This is certainly not the best time to be in the business of manufacturing and selling smartphones (unless you're headquartered in China, of course), as everyone from Apple to Samsung to Google continues to struggle amid declining numbers for the overall global market. Then again, LG's troubles began back when the mobile industry as a whole was still thriving, so it's definitely no surprise to see the tech giant's smartphone division generate another big quarterly loss between January and March 2019.
Apple, Samsung, LG, Sony, HTC… The list of smartphone manufacturers that have experienced a decline in sales at some point throughout the past year is already pretty long but today it grew by one.
Samsung is running a sale with decent savings on its smartwatches, including the Gear S3 frontier and Galaxy Watch, but if you found that the prices are still high for your budget, we have an even better deal for you.
If you're not waiting to Apple's latest Powerbeats Pro that are expected to hit shelves on May 10 for $250, but still want to own a pair of Beats headphones, we have just the deal for you. The Beats Solo3 wireless headphones are a solid choice for any Apple fan, although they're a bit expensive at $300.
Samsung is running a sale with decent savings on its smartwatches, including the Gear S3 frontier and Galaxy Watch, but if you found that the prices are still high for your budget, we have an even better deal for you.
There have been plenty of tests when it comes to the various voice assistants available on the market these days and generally the consensus is that voice assistants are pretty good. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses, but for the most part they do the job that people need (except for Bixby. Bixby is just flat out bad.) By far the most common uses of voice assistants are for playing music, checking the weather, setting timers, making a shopping list, and other fairly mundane tasks. When you get into more complex requests Google Assistant often comes out ahead though.
As the 5G rollout continues, one question that has become more and more prevalent is when carriers will start trying to charge customers more for 5G service compared to 4G (it's not really a question of if, because we know carriers will if they can get away with it.) But, there appears to be a little bit of good news for some Verizon customers in terms of the planned 5G upcharge.
Fossil launched a bunch of new smartwatches in the last couple of years, which means the company had some success making selling them. The latest Fossil smartwatches include top-of-the-line chipsets, premium features and more than decent prices.
Wearable devices are generally divided in two categories, but before unveiling the low-cost Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Fit-e, Samsung tried to strike a balance between basic activity trackers and fancy smartwatches with the Gear Fit family. The latest member saw daylight back in the summer of 2017 with a fairly lengthy list of features, an unusually sleek design (for a non-smartwatch), and a hard to swallow $200 price tag.