[ad_1] Cable TV just got its biggest competitor yet. YouTube, the most popular video service on the web that recently announced it streamed one billion hours per day, is now launching a live TV service called YouTube TV. Unlike the free YouTube you know so well, populated by cat videos, ...
Read More »Free Wi-Fi dilemma: Should public hotspots have to block file-sharing sites?
[ad_1] Will new laws encourage more German cafes to offer Wi-Fi? Image: Marek SLUSARCZYK, Getty Images The German government wants to make it less risky for shops and cafés to open up their Wi-Fi hotspots to the public, through a new amendment to recently-adopted legislation. The change, which would exempt ...
Read More »TripIt Pro update tells business travelers when to leave for the airport
[ad_1] Image: TripIt I’ve been a TripIt Pro user since 2011 and have saved hundreds of dollars with low fare alerts. Last month I wrote about the new TripIt Navigator feature that added transportation options, airport maps, and airport lounge details. Today’s release of TripIt for iOS and Android adds ...
Read More »DT Daily MWC 2017: Top Tech awards, Snake on the Nokia 3310, and more
[ad_1] Day three of Mobile World Congress 2017 was dominated by our awards, but we still found time to have some fun with the new Nokia 3310 feature phone and try out the new Nokia smartphones. It turns out, the famous old brand has learned some new tricks. The day ...
Read More »Watch LG's G6 wallpaper get assembled by hand
[ad_1] In the official making-of video, you can see how some elements were cut to shape, sprayed with paint (with color guidance from Pantone) and eventually toyed around with different lighting plus positioning. All of this, of course, was done with the FullVision display’s 18:9 aspect ratio in mind, so ...
Read More »Nearly one year after launch, Apple Pay finds limited traction in China
[ad_1] Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on TechNode, an editorial partner of TechCrunch based in China. After a slow start, Apple Pay is now dominating its home country, the United States, but the same can’t be said of China where it is up against a different set of challenges. ...
Read More »Alleged iPhone 7 goes up against iPhone 6S in video clip – CNET
[ad_1] The next iPhone won’t offer much in the way of new features, assuming a new video is on the money. Tim Hardwick/YouTube A video of an alleged dummy iPhone 7 reveals only a few enhancements over its predecessor. Published on French website Nowhereelse.fr, Chinese blog site Weibo and YouTube, ...
Read More »Review: The Nintendo Switch
[ad_1] Nintendo’s long-awaited Switch console has arrived, alongside the even more long-awaited New Zelda. The Switch combines the convenience of a handheld with the power of a home console — or at least, that’s the pitch. And while the two roles make considerable compromises in order to accommodate one another, ...
Read More »Snap explored selling a 360 camera
[ad_1] What comes after Spectacles for the “camera company”? Snap has explored 360 cameras as a future product, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Snap brought in a camera developer with expertise in 360 cameras and stereoscopic cameras to pitch the company potential hardware options. Snap’s investigation into ...
Read More »Snap reportedly looked at drones as a product option
[ad_1] Snap’s camera company ambitions included exploring drones as a possible product line, according to a new report from the New York Times. The drone plans would’ve given users the potential to take photos and videos from an eagle-eye perspective to share on Snapchat, its social network, and would’ve offered ...
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