Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer announced that it will be increasing the production of its TAG Heuer Connected smartwatch, in order to meet the anticipated (heavy) demand. Despite carrying a luxurious $1,500 price tag, making it the most expensive Android Wear based smartwatch, retailers and subsidiaries have collectively received requests for over 100,000 watches.
The Swiss company’s first smartwatch is modelled after the classic Carrera model, and was initially being referred to as the Carrera Wearable 01.
Last week Google introduced the first four Android apps for Chromebooks, promising more apps would be on their way in the near future. While four apps is a start, what if you could take just about any Android app and install it on your Chrome OS device? That’s exactly what developer Vladikoff’s ‘hack’ lets you do.
The new hack uses a small Javascript script, which basically lets you take any Android APK and package it up for side-loading (for lack of a better term) onto the Chromebook.
Now that the Motorola Moto X is available inseveral different wood finishes, this could be the perfect time to ditch your iPhone and make the move over to Android. Even better, Motorola Migrate is going to make the job much easier, thanks to a new update for its Android app.
Up until now, the Migrate feature was designed to transfer content from an existing Android device over to a Motorola handset, but no longer.
Just yesterday, Google hosted a small event in San Francisco where it showed off a bunch of new features for the Google Assistant. There’s a lot to cover here and we want to respect your time, so we’ve broken everything out in the order that we find most interesting.
Let’s get to it.
Respond to broadcasts Almost exactly a year ago, Google introduced broadcasts. This feature allowed users to send messages through the Google Assistant-enabled speakers in their home.
Google on Wednesday announced new features for Google Maps, including support for directions for multiple destinations and new tools that will help users manage their reservations and upcoming events.
Of these three new features, directions for multiple destinations seems to be the most exciting one, allowing Google Maps users to plan more detailed routes for their trips and include multiple stops. Once set up, the various destinations can be moved around up and down the list by simply dragging and dropping the stops.
Netflix has been available for those in the UK for some time now. In fact, an Android app launched way back in January of this year. But while a regular Netflix for Android app has been available by way of Google Play, that hasn’t yet been of benefit for those sporting a Kindle Fire. Of course, we cannot fault Netflix all that bad considering the Kindle Fire has only been available for a few days now.
Samsung held an event in New York City earlier this evening as part of its Galaxy Note 2 World Tour, and we were there to see it happen. While there wasn’t any earth-shattering news revealed, the event was well received and devices were everywhere for the testing. Read on for a first-hand account of the event.
To kick things off, there was a short video showing the increasing popularity of Samsung devices.
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The LG V40 ThinQ’s first update on Verizon includes new My Avatar and Augmented Selfie modes. The two new features focus on the selfie cameras instead of the three rear cameras. The update is now rolling out to V40 ThinQ owners on Verizon. It took about a month, but Verizon has just pushed out the first update to the LG V40 ThinQ. Instead of fine-tuning the three rear cameras, however, the update focuses on the two selfie cameras.
Update, July 15: Newegg is making the deal even sweeter by bundling a pair of free Monster N-Pulse headphones, a $99 value according to the listed price. The offer is limited and is only valid for those who pre-order the ZTE Axon 7 through July 27. Check out the deal on Newegg.
Original post, July 13: The Axon 7 is now available for pre-order in the United States, at a very attractive price.
We expected the Axon 7 to cost less than $500 in the US, but it looks like ZTE has pulled all stops to make its second-generation Axon phone a smash hit.
In September 2010, Nokia announced it had hired Stephen Elop, formerly of Microsoft. In a surprise move, he became the new CEO for the Finland-based mobile phone company. Then in February 2011, Elop announced that Nokia had signed a partnership with Microsoft to make Windows Phone its primary smartphone operating system, ahead of Nokia’s own Symbian OS.
At the time, Nokia was still the biggest maker of mobile phones, but with the launch of the iPhone and the Android OS a few years earlier, the company knew that it needed to make some changes to stay competitive.