Facebook is taking a novel approach to its first smartwatch, which the company hasn’t confirmed publicly but currently plans to debut next summer. The device will feature a display with two cameras that can be detached from the wrist for taking pictures and videos that can be shared across Facebook’s suite of apps, including Instagram, The Verge has learned. A camera on the front of the watch display exists primarily for video calling, […]
How to navigate today's big Google Photos change Google Photos is changing today – if you hadn't already heard, from June 1 the popular cloud storage service is no longer giving us unlimited free storage for 'high quality' (or compressed) images. But what does that mean and what should you do about it? That depends on your current Google Photos setup and how you use the service, but we've rounded up all […]
A surge in interest for large-screen slates has prompted the company to inject an “Entertainment Space” into the user interface. Last summer Google introduced a content hub for select Android tablets called Kids Space to help children and their parents find age-appropriate books, games, and videos. Now the company is doing the same thing for adults. In what's possibly the biggest change to the Android tablet experience since 2011, Google's new Entertainment Space is […]
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Samsung for providing ‘defective’ glass on the camera of its flagship series, the Galaxy S20. According to the law firm Hagens Berman, Samsung has ignored a widespread defect prevalent on the Galaxy S20 series of smartphones where the protective glass on top of the camera module shatters unexpectedly during normal use Samsung is being accused of fraud, breach of warranty, and violations of […]
Music streaming service Spotify is increasing its prices after the company warned of doing so last year. Many subscribers will be affected by Spotify’s price increase and some have already started receiving emails notifying them of the changes. In the US, the Spotify price hike will affect Family plans. Meanwhile, over in Europe and UK, Spotify prices will go up for Student, Duo, and Family plans. The increased prices will […]
Microsoft is updating Outlook to give companies the option to automatically start or end all meetings early to ensure employees have a break between back-to-backs. New settings in Outlook are rolling out to help reduce the digital overload of working remotely. Companies can set their own scheduling defaults, and they’re fully customizable. That means you could have five minutes blocked off before or after a 30-minute meeting, or 10-15 minutes […]
Apple announced an April 20 product event where it’s expected to announce new versions of the iPad Pro, AirTags tracking devices and more. The event will start at 1 p.m. ET. Apple could use the event to continue riding the boost iPads have seen during the pandemic. In January, Apple reported $8.44 billion in iPad revenue for its fiscal first quarter, up 41% year over year. The new iPad Pros […]
Objective-C, the programming language superseded by Apple's Swift for iOS and macOS app development, has finally dropped off the top 20 most popular languages, according to the April 2021 edition of the Tiobe Programming Community index. While it's been seven years since Apple released Swift, Objective-C has continued to linger in Tiobe's top 20 list of the world's most popular languages. Objective-C was third on the index in 2014 when Swift […]
Instagram confirms it will soon let users save drafts of stories the same way they can create drafts of regular posts. Instagram users will soon be able to create stories and save them as drafts to publish later, the company confirms in an announcement. Instagram has long offered the ability to save regular posts as drafts, while stories have always had to be created at the time of publishing. If […]
