It’s no secret that ice around the world is receding as global temperatures rise. Even so, the sudden destabilization of a remote ice cap in the Russian High Arctic has scientists throwing around words like “extraordinary” and “unprecedented.”
Apple’s stumbles with wireless charging could be Huawei’s gain. The Chinese tech giant’s upcoming Freebuds 2 Pro truly wireless earbuds look an awful lot like Apple’s AirPods and in a twist, their battery case can supposedly charge the forthcoming Ma…
If you’re in the US and use Bing as your search engine on mobile, you might start coming across AMP’s lightning bolt in the results page. While Microsoft already uses AMP in some of its apps, including Bing, it’s only now that the search engine has s…
HMD Global seems to have adopted a two-pronged branding strategy when it comes to its Nokia smartphones. It launches a “X#” series model for China, followed by an “#.1 Plus” variant for the rest of the world. Barely a month after it did the latter with the Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus, HMD Global is now rumored to … Continue reading
Fitness trackers are great if you’re looking for a way to track your fitness activities. They can be used by people of all ages, although admittedly giving an Apple Watch to a kid might not be the best idea as they might damage it. However if you’d still like to equip your child with a fitness tracker, Garmin might have something for you.
The company has recently taken the wraps off a Spider-Man themed fitness tracker in the form of the Vivofit Jr. 2. This isn’t the first time that Garmin has partnered up with other companies to released themed fitness trackers. Prior to this, Garmin had released Star Wars and Disney Princess themed fitness trackers, so the Spider-Man version doesn’t exactly come as a surprise.
Also given the massive success of Spider-Man on the PS4, we reckon it’s actually pretty good timing. As for the features of the tracker, it pretty much does what all trackers does, which lets its wearer track things like steps, sleep, and there will also be challenges for kids to complete them, such as chores, all of which can be customized by parents via its accompanying smartphone app. Challenges that are completed are then rewarded with virtual coins.
In terms of pricing, the Vivofit Jr. 2 will be priced at $80 which makes it a pretty affordable options for parents who want to equip their kids with fitness trackers.
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It’s no secret that ice around the world is receding as global temperatures rise. Even so, the sudden destabilization of a remote ice cap in the Russian High Arctic has scientists throwing around words like “extraordinary” and “unprecedented.”
Amazon caused a few gasps at its Alexa event Thursday when it revealed it had 70 things to announce. If that sounds like a lot to take in, fret not — not all of those were hardware announcements. We’ve rounded up all of the Alexa-infused products Am…
HMD Global seems to have adopted a two-pronged branding strategy when it comes to its Nokia smartphones. It launches a “X#” series model for China, followed by an “#.1 Plus” variant for the rest of the world. Barely a month after it did the latter with the Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus, HMD Global is now rumored to … Continue reading
The Nintendo Switch is a rather unique console which we reckon helped it achieve some of the success it’s had since its launch. Nintendo made some interesting decisions about the console, one of which is how voice chat is supported where users need to use a smartphone app in order to chat with friends.
For those who have subscribed to the recently launched Switch’s Online service and would like to chat with their friends while they game, you might be interested to learn that the Nintendo Switch app for mobile devices has recently been updated where it will now support voice chat for more kinds of games.
Initially the app was launched with voice chat support for Splatoon 2, but like we said, there is now support for more games. This includes the likes of Mario Tennis Aces, ARMS, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. We expect that more games will be added to the list later on, although if anything it seems like this process highlights how unnecessarily complicated this setup is.
Nintendo’s justification for the feature was that because we carry our phones with us all the time, it made sense to use our phones as the platform for voice chat. While we can’t disagree with that logic, we’re sure that many gamers would appreciate it if there were less complicated methods of chatting with friends.
Nintendo Switch’s App Updated With Voice Chat Support For More Games , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Many are wondering what will happen to the AirPower wireless charging pad from Apple. It was expected to be officially launched at Apple’s iPhone event last week, but that clearly did not happen. In fact mentions of the AirPower accessory were subsequently removed from Apple’s website, and was followed by reports claiming that the device was “doomed” as it was plagued by all kinds of technical problems.
However it seems that Apple hasn’t given up yet, at least according to a tweet by Gavin Stephens who discovered that there were references made to the AirPower in the packaging of the iPhone Xs. Now some might think of that as an oversight by Apple, and that the packaging might have already been made early on when Apple was still planning on releasing the AirPower.
But they definitely mention it in the new iPhone XS Max manual pic.twitter.com/qJO7kVc8bi
— Gavin Stephens (@ccgavind) September 20, 2018
That is a possibility, but it has also been discovered that there are references made to AirPower in the latest iOS 12.1 beta, suggesting that Apple is still trying to make it work. Of course the reference in iOS 12.1 doesn’t necessarily confirm that the device will be launched anytime soon, but at least Apple hasn’t given up yet.
Some of the problems we’ve heard plaguing the device include how it overheats. There are also reports that claim that because the AirPower is designed to charge multiple Apple devices at once, that it can lead to interference issues between them, all of which are problems that Apple is still trying to solve. Exactly when we will see the AirPower launched is anyone’s guess, but until then there are a bunch of different wireless charging pads out there that you can use as an alternative.
AirPower Referenced In iPhone Xs Packaging & iOS 12.1 Code , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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