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The first beta version of iOS 19 is still months away, but Apple has been hard at work getting the next-gen iPhone software ready for developer testing. And we already know of a few potential changes ...
If you love to take selfies and post them online for all the world to see, then it's important to ensure that you are always sharing your best side. It's pretty common for people to just open up their ...
The Unicode Consortium is already hard at work on the next batch of emoji, but don't get too excited just yet. It may be a while before you see these new characters, which include an apple core, orca, ...
Besides obvious features like a touchscreen and biometric sensors, the modern smartphone comes with an array of state-of-the-art hardware in the form of various sensors that help your device sense the ...
While Google's generative AI wallpapers for Android won't be out until the fall, you can take advantage of emoji backgrounds and cinematic wallpapers on your Pixel smartphone right now. Throughout its ...
One thing that I got more and more excited about as we got closer and closer to the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference was finally learning about the new Acer Windows Mixed Reality head-mounte ...
The private automobile has been an intrinsic part of our lives for around a hundred years. But over the last decade, car sharing has gained a very small but growing part of the mobility market. The mo ...
One of the best things about Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is how realistic he makes the caped crusader feel. Unlike the Joel Schumacher or even the Tim Burton versions, Nolan's world seems groun ...
Apple's iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 have been out since September, but more features are coming, such as new emoji from Unicode 16, and you can test them after installing a beta build for iOS 18.4 or iPadOS ...
If you're someone who frequently awakes in the middle of the night trembling in terror, you might want to consider swapping sides. According to research done at Yüzüncü Yil University, those who sleep ...
When you download files from certain apps like Safari and Chrome on your Mac, those files are tagged with the "Where from" metadata attribute. Depending on where the file was downloaded from, this att ...
Market Reality
The beginning of autumn has delivered a number of new augmented reality developments, and we're on top of it. This week, NASA ...
As we move toward the end of the year, the wheels of the augmented reality space continue to shift in major ways. Facebook is ...
When it comes to the ever-shifting sands of the augmented reality space, you never know which week will end up being truly hi ...
Amid a troubling resurgence in coronavirus cases, led by the new Delta variant, augmented reality is once again moving back i ...
The year leading into fall is turning out to be packed with a flurry of augmented reality activity. Most notably, TikTok is a ...
The march to the mainstreaming of augmented reality can sometimes seem slow, but this week things picked up in earnest. From ...
The augmented reality industry has grown steadily over the past four years, but now it is on a collision course with uber-pop ...
After weeks of reports about their first augmented reality device, Apple actually shipped a real AR product this week in the ...
If there is one constant in currently available AR headsets, it's that, for a quality experience, they'll carry a high price ...
Just as the augmented reality industry grows, so too does the segment dedicated to creating experiences for the tools becomin ...
Movies & TV
There are new features for the Apple TV app on the latest software updates for Apple devices. While some are pretty noticeabl ...
If you use the Apple TV Remote found in your iPhone's Control Center, there's a hidden surprise you'll like on iOS 16 and lat ...
Apple's TV app for iPhone didn't get any new features with the iOS 17.1 software update, but iOS 17.2 is a totally different ...
If you're an avid YouTube viewer, you may find yourself overwhelmed on the home page by recommendations from your past viewin ...
Whether you subscribe to Apple TV+ or not, the TV app on your iPhone is a great place to watch movies and TV shows. On the su ...
There's never been a better time for streaming videos on your phone. With so many options available (including a potential mo ...
There's never been a better time for streaming movies and TV shows on the go. With so many services available, the only limit ...
The newest feature for Pixel smartphones puts a home theater in your pocket. Spatial Audio outputs sound that appears to come ...
YouTube has offered viewers a video queue on desktop browsers for some time, and the world's most popular video site is prepa ...
When it comes to finding the exact moment you want to see in a video, the seeking function can be hit or miss depending on th ...
Hands-On
Unlike the realm of virtual reality, augmented reality is less about losing yourself in some fantasy environment, and more ab ...
For its latest take on augmented reality-infused playsets, Lego is giving the young, and the simply young at heart, its twist ...
The business world is currently figuring out how to deal with the coronavirus crisis, with many offices opting to work remote ...
Despite some of the biggest players in tech still lagging in terms of offering smartglasses options, there are nevertheless a ...
Back when I worked in the music industry, I never imagined there would be a day that I'd be able to sit in a room surrounded ...
We're a few weeks away from the fireworks associated with New Year's celebrations, but that doesn't mean you can't start a li ...
This week's Magic Leap Lumin OS update contained a number of goodies, including iris authentication, and a way to stream to T ...
The newly enhanced focus from Magic Leap on enterprise, announced on Tuesday, also came with a few companies opting to weigh ...
Finland-based Rovio, one of the pioneers of mobile gaming, is now ready to break new ground in augmented reality with its Ang ...
What if you could combine the fun of Halloween with the process of learning? Well, if you were wise enough to have already sn ...
Videography
Apple's iOS 18 update brings powerful new features to your iPhone's Camera app, but some tools are easy to overlook yet incre ...
The devices in the new iPhone 16 series lineup have one feature no other iPhone models have: a physical Camera Control button ...
The physical Camera Control button on the side of the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, or 16 Pro Max is great for launching Apple' ...
So, you're trying to show a friend or two a hilarious Reel you liked or saved on Instagram, but where is it? Unlike TikTok, I ...
There are some important new features in the Photos app on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 that will streamline editing, give your pets ...
The Camera app on your iPhone includes new features with the iOS 17 update that will help you take better photos and more imp ...
Cropping images and videos on your iPhone has always been kind of clunky in the Photos app, but Apple just made the process b ...
If you shoot videos with your iPhone in low-light situations, you may not always get the results you want. And that applies w ...
If you have a screen recording with distracting UI elements, black borders, and other unneeded visuals, Google Photos can hel ...
TikTok is all the rage right now, and its green screen effect is one of the more popular augmented reality tricks creators us ...
The Future of Augmented Reality
Today is the 10-year anniversary of the death of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs. To commemorate the occasion, App ...
The emergence of Facebook's collaboration with Ray-Ban to launch Stories smartglasses has finally put an exclamation point on ...
If there is a major blind spot in the AR space in 2019, it's the impact that blockchain technology will eventually have on th ...
What does mainstream augmented reality look like? I'm not talking about the stuff you see in concept videos and science ficti ...
You can almost detect the collective breath-holding of the augmented reality industry as it waits for Apple's inevitable entr ...
Anyone who has been within a block of any wireless brick and mortar store or tech conference in the last couple of years has ...
By far the most significant development for AR in the coming months and years — the development that will drive AR adoption — ...
The year in augmented reality 2019 started with the kind of doom and gloom that usually signals the end of something. Driven ...
Music & Audio
Apple introduced layered recordings in Voice Memos back in September, and the feature finally arrived with the latest update ...
A new iPhone and iPad setting gives you control over how loud your device's built-in speakers get, which can help you avoid b ...
Apple's official feature list for the Music app on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 may highlight only one update, but there's much more ...
Feel your music on iPhone like never before with Music Haptics on iOS 18, a feature that syncs vibrations to every beat, bass ...
Jumping right into the most captivating part of a podcast episode can make all the difference when sharing episodes with othe ...
In the ever-evolving world of podcasting, Apple has once again turned up the volume with new upgrades to its beloved Podcasts ...
If you're an AirPods user, things are a lot better with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. If you're not, it may finally be time to grab y ...
Collaboration is available in many different Apple apps, from Notes and Reminders to Photos, Freeform, and even Files. Now yo ...
When you don't feel like talking, let your iPhone do all the work. Yes, your iPhone can speak for you, and it works over phon ...
Since Shazam became available on iPhone, it's been easier than ever to identify a song playing somewhere in the background. Y ...