Sony just revealed its lineup of new TVs for 2024. While many boast interesting features that we’ll get into later, the biggest change is naming conventions. Sony TVs used to be named confusing strings of numbers and letters, but that’s all gone now. The names here are clean and simple. They all use Bravia, a … Read more
Google‘s Long Exposure photo mode is actually decent. There, I said it. Photographer me is putting his neck on the line by saying that another smartphone computational photography mode, recently given its own tab in Google’s revamped Camera app, is one less reason to use a ‘proper’ camera – and mine’s a TechRadar-approved best mirrorless … Read more
A lawsuit revealed that Google allowed users of Chrome’s Incognito mode to think the app wasn’t tracking them. Image: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac Google is reportedly being required to delete the data it gathered while millions of users of its Chrome web bowser were in Incognito mode as part of settling a lawsuit. Moving forward, … Read more
Apple Pay’s Express Mode has rolled out to all TTC subway stations in Toronto, allowing riders to simply hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near the reader at the turnstile to pay for their fare. With Express Mode, payment can be completed without waking or unlocking the device, or authenticating with Face ID, Touch ID, … Read more
Philips Hue parent company Signify today announced an expanded relationship with Samsung, bringing the Philips Hue Sync TV app to additional countries, adding a Music Mode, and introducing a monthly subscription option. As of last year, Samsung TV owners have been able to download a Philips Hue Sync app that allows Samsung smart TVs to … Read more
YouTube TV’s Multiview feature is reportedly rolling out to iOS devices, giving iPhone owners a new, more immersive way to watch sports. News of this update comes from multiple users on the YouTubeTV subreddit claiming that they had just received the option on their smartphones. One person even shared a short video of their iPhone … Read more
Last updated: March 12th, 2024 at 09:12 UTC+01:00 Google Chrome for Android features Chrome Custom Tabs, which developers can use to offer a web browser experience in their applications. Take Gmail for example. It is one of the apps that uses this feature. When you click on a link to a website in an email, … Read more
AirPods Pro will gain a new “hearing aid mode” with the release of iOS 18 later this year, according to the latest report by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Writing in the subscriber edition of his regular Power On newsletter, Gurman claims that the “big news” for AirPods Pro in the near term will be support for … Read more
Lockdown Mode on the iPhone represents a significant advancement in digital security protocols, meticulously crafted by Apple as an optional yet robust security feature. Its primary aim is to fortify the digital defenses of an exceptionally narrow margin of users, those who are most susceptible to the nefarious undertakings of highly advanced cyber threats. Such … Read more
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has rolled out a fresh update for the Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, and it’s packed with new features that are sure to excite both the casual tinkerer and the dedicated developer. At the forefront of this update is the introduction of a sleek dark mode, known as PiXnoir, and a host … Read more