Bringing technology and music together creates a powerful tool for your wellness. Research from the field of music therapy has grown extensively in the last ten years, and is more accessible than ever. Music, that ever-present expression of human emotion, has been shown to improve physical well-being, reduce stress, and many more benefits that we are just beginning to understand. As technology improves, there are more and more ways to […]
Razer launched two new products today for streamers: the Razer Seiren X portable microphone and the Razer Kiyo webcam with a selfie light. These two products are Razer's latest attempt to become the popular choice for microphones and webcams, which people normally don't go to it for. The Razer Kiyo webcam comes with an adjustable ring light with twelve white LEDs, which you can control to twelve levels of brightness. It has a four-megapixel […]
Better hardware and new AI smarts means this year's Google phone is better with low-light photos while adding a new portrait mode. What do you do to top Google's highly regarded first-generation Pixel phone camera? The same, only more. More HDR+ image processing. More chip power. More artificial intelligence. And more image stabilization. The result for photos: "All the fundamentals are improved," said Tim Knight, head of Google's Pixel camera engineering team. On top […]
Despite having purchased Beats By Dre in 2014, Apple had yet to truly integrate the two company's technology with one another. For the most part, it felt like Beats By Dre was still operating as a standalone company. With the launch of the W1 chip alongside the AirPods, Apple slowly began integrating the technology into Beats headphones. For the past month or so, I've been testing the latest addition to […]
One of Google's most important decisions for Android was to separate key feature updates from new firmware -- you don't have to suffer through months of delays from your manufacturer and carrier just to get a new messaging app or a vital behind-the-scenes service. And now, that's true for Android Wear as well. Google's Hoi Lam has confirmed that Android Wear 2.0 can receive some updates through the Play Store, rather than waiting for […]
Weighing the benefits against the cost and drawbacks of Google’s new Pixel phones Google on Wednesday took the wraps off its new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones, the sequels to the first-ever Google-designed Android handsets. Both devices look sharp, minimal, and sport what the company says is one of the best mobile cameras on the market, with original Pixel buyers able to testify the device line’s prowess in the […]
Review: Microsoft chief Satya Nadella's first book, out on September 26, offers a glimpse of how the company's third CEO has attempted to reinvigorate the company In my decades of writing about Microsoft, I've had the opportunity to interview all three of the company's CEOs: The brash and brainy Bill Gates, the bombastic, take-no-prisoners Steve Ballmer and the understated yet thoughtful Satya Nadella. Having grown up alongside Microsoft, I understood the cutthroat and […]
Thanks to a $1.1 billion deal with Google, HTC will continue supporting its virtual reality headset, The Vive, according to Gamesindustry.biz. The deal with Google will split the money two ways: into HTC and Google's smartphone business, and to the former's VR initiatives. An undisclosed amount of HTC employees will join Google to work on phones, while the former picks up support for its VR headset and investments into augmented reality, […]
The brand new iPhone X -- that's pronounced "ten," by the way, not "ex" -- is Apple's iPhone zenith, the priciest, boldest iPhone the company has ever made. It already tops the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in some pretty specific ways. For Apple, it's a phone of firsts. The first to have a 5.8-inch screen with ultraslim bezels. The first to use an OLED screen, a different technology than the typical LCD […]
