The Beats Pill has grown up. The popular little Bluetooth speaker has been totally redesigned, from top to bottom, and in the second generation—now with a plus sign—it’s easier to use, louder and just a bit bigger than before. Read More »
The Beats Pill has grown up. The popular little Bluetooth speaker has been totally redesigned, from top to bottom, and in the second generation—now with a plus sign—it’s easier to use, louder and just a bit bigger than before. Read More »
A startup called Chronos wants to bring a smartwatch to every watch wearer’s wrist—without you having to get rid of the watch you’ve already got. Read More »
Twenty drops. Ten times from five feet up. Ten times from ten feet up. And the Motorola Droid Turbo 2’s screen didn’t suffer so much as a small crack. Read More »
Google is already reading your email. Now it wants to help you reply.
Google, whose parent company recently renamed itself Alphabet Inc., is rolling out a Gmail program this week that will guess which emails can be answered with a short reply and prepare a few responses on your behalf, the company said in a blog post. Called Smart Reply, it lets you tap on one of its suggested responses to start editing. If it’s good to send as is, tap again to send it. Read More »
Children love iPads. They’re the most popular tablet in American homes. But iPads can cause headaches for parents. Here are the four most important iOS parental controls. Read More »
Twitter Inc. hearts Facebook Inc.’s likes.
The 140-character social media service on Tuesday said that it is dropping the term “favorites” in favor of “likes.” The company is also switching out the star associated with the favorite button for a heart, a symbol used on Facebook’s Instagram app as well as Twitter’s livestreaming Periscope app. Twitter said the symbol and terminology changes will also be made to its Vine app. Read More »
The tensions caused by San Francisco’s tech boom are playing out on the local ballot. On Tuesday, the city’s residents head to the polls to vote on measures that will impact companies like Airbnb Inc., Twitter Inc., Google Inc. and Uber Inc., that are headquartered in or operate large offices in the city. Read More »
At a time when many companies are expanding cloud storage options, Microsoft Corp. is shrinking its offerings. Read More »
I drink tea every day, twice a day, so when I heard about a smart tea machine, my first thought was, “I want one.” Teforia’s “intelligent infuser”—available for pre-order now, yet not scheduled to ship until the spring—is a stylish, impressive device which turns five grams of tea leaves into a carafe of perfection. But am I ready for a household tea robot? Is the world? Read More »
VSCO, the iPhone photo app maker, has a new app for Gif making, called DSCO. Read More »