Wednesday, 1 July 2020

T-Mobile quietly expands its mid-band 5G network to three additional major cities

Whenever someone asks or wonders which one of America's big four wireless service providers has the best 5G network, the answer is the same - it's complicated. The first edition of , for instance, yielded three different winners across three major categories, with Verizon and T-Mobile predictably taking home the download speed and availability trophies respectively, and AT&T and Verizon surprisingly sharing the crucial "download speed experience" title.

Unsurprisingly, T-Mobile and Verizon chose to focus on the more flattering parts of the comprehensive nationwide report ...

More Galaxy Watch 3 specs and Samsung's new faces leak out

Remember the stylish honeycomb watch face that we saw on the yesterday? Well, it turns out that it will be part of a bunch, as Samsung is planning to introduce new watch faces when the next version of its popular wearable hits the shelves.

Max Weinbach got a hold on the Watch 3 firmware, and extracted the new stock watch faces, wallpapers, as well as the new software functions and features that Samsung has prepared for us.


In addition, he corroborates all the specs that were revealed yesterday, but adds some new twists to the ...

The Motorola Edge gets a US price tag to challenge all the 5G midrangers

Motorola has finally announced the US pricing of its Edge midranger with 5G connectivity. Determined to put a lid on the ever-increasing 5G phone prices, it opted for the next best alternative to Snapdragon 865 with its new Edge phone, and equipped it with the more cost-efficient Snapdragon 765 instead, Qualcomm's first integrated 5G chipset. 

It also added a huge battery, 64MP camera, and... a headphone jack, for one of the most complete $700 packages you can find on a 5G-capable phone. Yep, just as we envisioned in our review of the Motorola Edge, as all rumors pointed ...

Google could revolutionize texting by launching Smart Compose for Gboard

Google introduced Smart Compose a couple of years ago to help people save time while writing emails in Gmail. The feature suggests words and phrases while you’re typing that you can either ignore or press tab on your keyboard (or swipe on Android) and have them added to your text automatically.

Considering the challenge of guessing what you’re about to write, the feature works surprisingly well and can often help you add as many as three or four words with a single button. It’s very easy to get used to and the only downside is that it might occasionally creep you out by guessing too accurately ...

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Comments by North founders strongly hint at new consumer based Google smart glasses

Last week we told you that , North, for $180 million. , Google Senior Vice President, Devices & Services Rick Osterloh confirmed that the deal has been done (the purchase price was not revealed). And while our initial impression was that Google decided to purchase North in an attempt to create a challenger for the rumored Apple Glass, the blog disseminated by Google and indicate that there is more to the transaction than smart glasses.

Osterloh wrote, "North’s technical expertise will help as we continue to invest in our hardware efforts and ambient computing ...

Motorola Moto G 5G Plus to be launched alongside the Moto G 5G

Motorola is seemingly getting ready to release not one, but two new 5G smartphones. Earlier today, we reported about the , and now we're hearing that a Moto G 5G Plus also exists.

According to (also known as @evleaks), the Moto G 5G Plus is "incoming" alongside the regular Moto G 5G. Unfortunately, at this time, there is no word on exactly when Motorola intends to announce and release these two handsets.

There are no images showing the Moto G 5G Plus, but the phone is probably nearly identical to the non-Plus Moto G 5G (pictured below). There ...

Apple wants users to get addicted to some Arcade games for one big reason

, Apple is making some changes to its Arcade app. People familiar with Apple's plans say that the tech giant is canceling some contracts it had with developers for new games while looking for other titles that are apt to retain subscribers. The report says that an Apple Arcade creative producer back in April made phone calls to some developers to tell them that their upcoming games didn't have the level of engagement that Apple wants to see.
Apple's Services business is on target to produce $50 billion in revenue this fiscal year

To put it another way, ...