The Korean Intellectual Property Office recently published Samsung’s patent application for an earphone that seems to be a compact Bluetooth headset and smart glass rolled into one whose shape quickly calls to mind a familiar object in Dragon Ball Z — the scouter.
Samsung’s patent application referred to the device as simply the “Earphone.”
Is it the rumored Samsung Galaxy Gear Glass redesigned? Or is it a design for an entirely new product?
Google believes that our future relationship with technology will be intrinsically conversational. That’s why they’ve put so much heft behind projects like Google Home, their recentGoogle Assistant, and machine learning focused on language. Now Google Maps is getting an upgrade with this perspective in mind.
The goal is to make hands-free interaction with your smartphone safer and easier while you’re on the road. Although Google wants future roads filled with autonomous vehicles, they also want to make sure as many people as possible stay alive to witness that achievement.
Earlier this year wetook a look at Fin, an Indiegogo-backed gesture ring with big ambitions. Of course, that’s far from the only gesture-controlling wearable in the works, and one of these potential competitors is available for pre-order starting today.
Called the Nod, this upcoming wearable is very far along in the prototype stage and is expected to ship to all interested parties in the fall. As for the company behind the ring?
Samsung has launched a new app to allow Samsung Galaxy owners to customize a wealth of audio settings on their devices.
Known as SoundAssistant, the app offers “150 steps” of volume adjustment, a floating EQ, mono and stereo balancing, as well as the chance to set individual volumes for different apps.
What’s more, SoundAssistant can alter the hardware volume keys so that they default to media volume control rather than call volume.
The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google’s latest flagship phones, were made available last week. The new handsets have been met with much excitement, as you might expect, but also some worrying reports.
Last week, we discussed comments that had appeared online regarding the Pixel 2 XL’s display, namely that it seemed undersaturated, and that it suffered some kind of blockiness/distortion in low-light. We looked at the situation in more depth over the weekend and concluded that it might be enough to make one reconsider purchasing the device.
In a new update that’s rolling out today, Pushbullet is gaining support for end-to-end encryption for notification mirroring, SMS as well as universal copy and paste. Many users have been requesting these features for quite some time now, so it’s great to see the Pushbullet team finally bring some added security benefits to the service.
What exactly is end-to-end encryption? For starters, in order to sync your notifications across multiple devices and platforms, Pushbullet needs to forward some of your personal data between devices.
If you want to start customizing your brand new Samsung Galaxy Nexus SPH-L700 on Sprint, we’ve got good news for you. The touch-based ClockworkMod Recovery is here and ready for you to download. You can flash custom kernels and scripts to your phone without overusing your phone’s Volume buttons or Power key.
The Sprint Galaxy Nexus is fresh from its grand release, yet many people are already excited to know what they can do with the device.
If you own a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge, you’re probably very familiar with Samsung’s Game Launcher and Game Tools applications. If you use these apps regularly, you’ll be happy to hear that a new report claims both apps will soon get a big update with a ton of new features.
According to SamMobile, an incoming update to the Game Launcher will bring a new feature called Game Scene — a full-screen hub where you can find all your installed games in a neat tile format.
Over the years, the porn industry has been doing its part to bring adult content to the forefront by means of emerging technologies. Users have been able to watch their favorite videos in perhaps overly-immersive 3D and 4K for some time, but what if you’re looking for something a tad more captivating? Naughty America, producer of high-quality video content, is now here to help you out with all of your desires. The company has just announced its very first virtual reality scene entitled “2 Chicks Same Time”, which is formatted for 180-degree stereoscopic head tracking.
Amazon Fire Stick (2020 Edition)Despite its few shortcomings, the updated 2020 edition of the Amazon Fire Stick is a great budget solution for adding streaming capabilities to an older television. It can play content from practically every streaming service and now includes HDR support as well. Add to that the fluid interface and versatile remote, and you've got a streaming stick that's nearly perfect -- unless you are tightly integrated into the Google Home ecosystem.