Browsing Category: Reviews and Gadgets

  • Apple offers $50 credit if you paid for a new iPhone battery last year

    After admitting that it was sometimes slowing processor speeds on older iPhones, Apple discounted its out-of-warranty battery replacement from $50 to $30 starting at the tail end of last year. But for anyone who bought one at any point in 2017 for iP… Source: Engadget | Apple offers credit if you paid for a new …

    May 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Acer's first high-end Chromebooks are built for business

    Acer's Chromebooks to date have been entry-level models that you're more likely to find in grade school than the office, but the company is about to change its reputation. It's launching a slew of devices headlined by the Chromebook Spin 13 convertib… Source: Engadget | Acer's first high-end Chromebooks are built for business

    May 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Apple will let all users download their collected personal data

    Virtually every tech company is bending over backwards to comply with Europe's impending GDPR rules, and Apple is no exception to the rule. It just opened a Data and Privacy site that lets people with accounts in the European Union (plus Iceland, Lie… Source: Engadget | Apple will let all users download their collected personal …

    May 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • What's coming to Netflix in June: 'Luke Cage,' 'Sense8' and 'GLOW'

    Sometimes it can be hard to keep track of what's coming to and leaving Netflix. In the case of the former, at least, we can help. June brings new seasons of favorite shows, as well as some fun new summer movies and popular movies like Thor: Ragnarok… Source: Engadget | What's coming to Netflix in …

    May 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Vivo's all-screen concept phone looks like it will become a reality

    It looks like Vivo is going to push forward with its APEX FullView concept phone we saw at Mobile World Congress this year. The handset with barely-there bezels, pop-up selfie cam and in-display fingerprint sensor will apparently be unveiled June 12t… Source: Engadget | Vivo's all-screen concept phone looks like it will become a reality

    May 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Yelp wants the EU to launch new antitrust charges against Google

    Google still gives its own products an unlawful advantage in search results — that's what Yelp co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman said on CBS' 60 Minutes. That's also the crowdsourced reviews website's reason for filing another another complaint with the… Source: Engadget | Yelp wants the EU to launch new antitrust charges against Google

    May 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • FBI admits to 'over-counting' inaccessible mobile devices

    For the last two years, the FBI has repeatedly claimed that thousands of phones linked to criminal investigations were inaccessible due to locks and encryption. Last year FBI Director Christopher Wray said it had failed to access 7,800 mobile devices… Source: Engadget | FBI admits to 'over-counting' inaccessible mobile devices

    May 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • BMW's speedy, stylish EV chargers will spread across Europe

    Who said EV chargers had to be plain and utilitarian? Not BMW. Its Designworks team has been tapped to create ultra-fast 350kW chargers for Ionity's Europe-wide network, and you might actually enjoy using them. They're designed to be "inviting" wi… Source: Engadget | BMW's speedy, stylish EV chargers will spread across Europe

    May 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Twitter brings modern features to its web and Windows apps

    Twitter's other clients now have some of the features you take for granted using its main apps. Its mobile web version, Twitter Lite and Twitter for Windows now support night mode, real-time updates on replies, likes and retweets as well as a newer T… Source: Engadget | Twitter brings modern features to its web and …

    May 22, 2018 | by Raheel
  • MIT teaches self-driving cars to change lanes like real drivers

    Autonomous vehicles really don't know how to switch lanes as well as people do. They tend to rely on either relatively static data models that are difficult to study in the thick of traffic, or are basic enough that the car might only change lanes wh… Source: Engadget | MIT teaches self-driving cars to change …

    May 22, 2018 | by Raheel