Good headphones can usually deliver a bass-rich sound to your ears, but if you’re interested in bumping up the visceral enjoyment of your beats, the Basslet can help. This haptic wearable delivers a low-end rumble — spanning frequencies from 10 to 2…
Sky has slowly been adding virtual reality content to its Sky VR app, but those Star Wars and David Beckham specials have only been available to viewers with Google Cardboard. Fast forward almost five months and the broadcaster has finally done somet…
A lot of well-meaning parents really, really want their child to learn a second language. However, it’s hard to teach a language when you don’t actually speak it yourself. Flash cards, videos and apps are all great, but real retention only happens th…
New FCC chairman Ajit Pai has made his views on net neutrality clear in the past — he’s against it. But today at Mobile World Congress, Pai gave a wide-ranging speech in which he made his most pointed comments against net neutrality since taking ove…
Apple is said to have something special planned for the 10th anniversary of the iPhone and rumors have circulated for months speculating on different features. This report by the WSJ is the most detailed yet, citing anonymous sources who state there will be a high-end version of the next iPhone that will sport exclusive hardware. According to the report, at least one new iPhone model will… Read More
Hot on the heels of Hidden Figures’ recent Academy Award nominations, including one for best picture, Lego has just revealed the next fan-designed set it’s officially putting into production, and it also celebrates women who have played key roles in the history of the US space program.
You might remember that leaked footage of Boston Dynamics’ latest killer robot, Handle. Well now they’ve released an official video of Handle so we can all be officially terrified.
This wheel-legged robot is the stuff of nightmares. It moves around at speeds up to 9 mph, can lift 100 pounds, go down stairs, and has all of the hallmarks of a robot that can chase us down and kill us dead. It can even jump obstacles and on top of tables, so no one is safe, even in a cafeteria.
The apocalypse, brought to you by Boston Dynamics. How much will it cost to build a fallout shelter, because I give up.
[via Geekologie]
BlackBerry is no longer making its own smartphones. It has signed a global licensing agreement with TCL which gives the Chinese company the rights to manufacture and sell BlackBerry-branded smartphones. It officially announced one such device at the Mobile World Congress 2017 called the BlackBerry KEYone. According to a new report, TCL might have two additional BlackBerry phones on the way.
TCL Communications Nicolas Zibell told CNET in an interview that the company is going to have a total of three BlackBerry phones in its smartphone portfolio this year. What this means is that there are two BB-branded devices yet to come from TCL.
A source familiar with TCL’s plans mentioned in the report claims that one of the new BlackBerry handsets is going to be one that’s all-touchscreen. Think of it as a successor to the DTEK60 which TCL also built for BlackBerry, but TCL is expected to drop the DTEK branding for this new device.
No word as yet on what the specifications of these two new handsets are going to be and if they’re going to be aimed towards the mid-range or premium segment of the market. Time will tell, but we still don’t know for how long we’ll have to wait to see those two new BlackBerry handsets.
Two New BlackBerry Phones Might Be On The Way , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Google’s connected speaker is called Google Home and it’s powered by the company’s artificial intelligence assistant aptly called Google Assistant. It launched this product in November last year and since then Google Home has been available for purchase in the United States. It appears that the company might soon be ready to take it across the pond. According to a report, the Google Home UK launch might take place by June this year.
Google hasn’t released Google Home officially in any other market as yet. It remains exclusive to the United States for now. That doesn’t mean you can’t get it anywhere else, there are plenty of third-party retailers and gray market sellers who are importing units from the U.S. and selling them at a premium.
Speaking to the BBC at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, SVP of Hardware at Google Rick Osterloh mentioned that the Google Home UK launch is going to take place this year before the end of June. This will finally allow the company’s connected speaker to take on rivals like the Amazon Echo which was released in the United Kingdom in the fall last year.
Osterloh didn’t say how much this product is going to cost in the UK and what new partners it’s going to work with to make Google Home a more compelling option for customers in that country. We’ll find out this information in the weeks leading up to the launch.
Google Home UK Launch Expected By June , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Long before Google came out with its Daydream View virtual reality headset, it introduced a VR viewer called . It was a barebones solution that enabled people to experience virtual reality at little or no cost at all. Cardboard has since become very popular for those looking at a relatively cheap entry point into the world of virtual reality. The company today revealed that it has shipped more than 10 million Cardboard VR viewers ever since it first started shipping them back in 2014.
Google also revealed at the Mobile World Congress 2017 toady that Cardboard apps have been downloaded more than 160 million times on the Google Play Store and that 30 of these apps have more than one million downloads each. This goes to show the rising interest in virtual reality.
The company now offers a more proper and powerful virtual reality solution to those who want it. The Daydream View headset has been out for a couple of months now and google says that it’s being used for about 40 minutes per day by each user. It only happens to be compatible with six smartphones currently and just about 100 VR apps are available for Daydream.
Perhaps rather unsurprisingly, YouTube happens to be the most popular Daydream View app as far as time spent and the number of users is concerned.
Google Shipped Over 10 Million Cardboard VR Viewers , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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