Articles tagged "Misc"

A $450 million funding in Globalstar, a US-based satellite service, has enabled Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite feature, which is coming to the iPhone 14 lineup later this month. The funding is secured through Apple's Advanced Manufacturing...

Apple’s walled garden is a real thing in the latest ad from Samsung – and in the confines of that garden there are no foldable phones. They are totally coming, but you will have to wait. “That’s what we do, we wait,” says the caricature of an Apple...

Elon Musk is now fully in control of Twitter and is making big changes. On his very first week as Twitter CEO, Musk dissolved the board of directors, consolidating power to himself, and also fired four top executives - former CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO...

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 kicks off in just over a month (November 20) and smartphone maker vivo (as the official smartphone partner for the event) has cooked up several ways for fans to engage with the championship, the brand and win official gifts...

With the announcement of the iPhone 14 lineup, Apple announced that its new devices are outfitted with sensors and tech that can detect when a user has been in a car crash. The iPhone will then prompt to dial emergency services and will...

In a different timeline, this could have been one of the most innovative phones of 2021. In this timeline, only a few LG Rollable units were produced and they were sold to employees as keepsakes. It showed up in some photos and even a short video,...

The iPhone 14 is finally in the hands of users and Zach aka JerryRigEverything is here to test its durability with his usual set of tests including scratching, burning and bending. The design of the 14 is mostly carried over from last year’s iPhone...

Carrier KT has unveiled a special edition Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 that celebrates the South Korean national football team – KT has been an official sponsor of the team since 2001 and will continue to support it as it prepares for the 2022 Qatar World...

Google is working on the next generation of emoji, which are freely available thanks to its Noto Emoji project. First off, there are 31 new emojis to catch up to Unicode 15.0 (for a total of 3,664), all of which will be available on Android soon and...

Samsung has a special relationship with Snapchat. Last year it integrated Snapchat’s AR Lenses into the Galaxy A-series camera app as “Fun Mode”, this year it allowed Snap to tap into the Galaxy S22 powerful computational photography features (also...

Google could be facing hefty lawsuits in the British and Dutch courts set to be filed in the next few weeks. Between the two lawsuits, Google may need to pay out €25 billion (~$25.4 billion) in fines. According to Reuters, the lawsuits allege that...

According to newly compiled Canalys report, the global smart wearable market recorded a 2% increase in shipments in Q2 2022, compared to Q1. The total global shipments of smart wearables - basic bands and smartwatches - stood at 41.7 million...

The default ringtone and theme song of Samsung’s Galaxy series, ‘Over the Horizon’, has seen many remixes over the years, but this is the first time that the same artist has been invited to do it a second time. As you can tell from its official...

Nearly three years after his formal exit from Apple, famed industrial and product designer Jony Ive has officially cut ties with Cupertino after both sides agreed not to extend his consultancy contract. Back in 2019, Sir Jonathan Paul Ive reportedly...

Beginning Thursday, Apple Japan has updated its pricing for all iPhone models. Some models have increased in price by as much as 20%, which could reflect the weakening of the Japanese Yen against the US Dollar, which has lost about 15% of its value...

The European Union will continue to prevent carriers from appling roaming charges for travelers from and to any of the 27 member states of the union or the European Economic Area for 10 more years. The "roam like at home" initiative abolished...

Teslas are known for popularizing the massive touchscreen on the dashboard, but as Tesla owners know all too well, that screen can’t be used to connect your phone using Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. But what if there was a way, a very convoluted...

Every technology user is different, and even in an era where large displays and swipey gestures are the norm, there are still users who believe “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Movie star Chris Evans was not ready to part ways with his iPhone 6S...

Last week, the European Parliament made it mandatory for all small and medium-sized consumer electronics to come equipped with a USB-C charging port. Now an open letter from two US Senators to the Secretary of Commerce urges for a similar policy in...

Back in 2018 the EU antitrust regulator slapped Qualcomm with a €1 billion fine, accusing it of paying off Apple to use Qualcomm modems instead of switching to competitors like Intel in the period from 2011 to 2016. Naturally, the company appealed...