Facebook Messenger for Android and iOS update heading out with texting functionality

Facebook has been busy testing a new Messenger app for a little while, and now an update is rolling out to both Android and iOS users that brings the new experience. With the updated Messenger comes, most notably, a new design that is streamlined and simplified. New features accompany the updated design, among them being […]

Google YouTube Capture app for iOS gets quiet but rich upgrade

Google today has quietly rolled out some big new features to its iOS-only YouTube Capture app. The changes include clipping, soundtracking, and iTunes Library integration for the soundtracking. SlashGear’s Vincent Nguyen supplies some in-app screen captures here for your perusal after the jump. The app appears to be running well enough (despite one weight-induced crash), […]

Zepp Sensor aims to quantify your every move

We’re ramping up at an unprecedented rate this year towards total quantification of movement – especially sports and exercise-related movement – with devices like the Zepp Sensor. This device works inside a whole Zepp training system which aims to connect your movements – all of them – to mobile apps. You’ll find the teams at […]

Airport Time Capsule 3TB, External Power To The Max, 1TB USB3 [Deals]

Airport Time Capsule 3TB, External Power To The Max, 1TB USB3 [Deals]

Amazon is carrying the latest-generation 3TB Airport Time Capsule for $360, which is the lowest price this 802.11ac router/external hard drive combo has hit so far, and one of the few discounts we’ve seen on it. Same price at B&H. There is also a 2TB model available for $289. [Amazon via 9to5Toys]

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Retina iPad mini gutted by iFixit

You’ll find a rather familiar set of bits inside the iPad mini with Retina display this week from the likes of iFixit. The folks notoriously attached to the term “teardown” have found this machine to work with a repairability rating of 2 out of 10 – not so fantastic – but the whole organization of […]

How to Get the Emoji Keyboard on Your iOS or Android Device

How to Get the Emoji Keyboard on Your iOS or Android Device

You’ve seen them before. The cars and bicycles. The clinking beers. That bizarre, smiling pile of poo. You want to reply back with a semi-nonsensical emoji message of your own but… how the heck do you get the emoji keyboard …

    



PlayStation app launches for iOS and Android in North America

I think every gamer on the planet knows at this point that the Sony PlayStation 4 will launch this month. Ahead of the official launch of the Sony PlayStation 4, Sony’s president of worldwide studios for Sony Computer Entertainment, Shuhei Yoshida, tweeted today that the PlayStation app is now available in North America on the […]

Ahead of the PS4’s launch, you can download the official PlayStation apps,for Android and iOS, for u

Ahead of the PS4’s launch, you can download the official PlayStation apps,for Android and iOS, for use with the console. Almost as good as getting your hands on a PS4, right?

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Shots of Me launches to Bieber fans and doubters alike

Shots of Me, the Justin Bieber-backed selfie app for iOS, launched today. Despite Bieber doubters’ derision, the app could actually serve a variety of useful and fun purposes–and not just in terms of marketability to high schoolers. The app’s intentional lack of commenting functions, the frosty-screened button bars, the emphasis on human interest rather than […]

Smartphone spec war wanes as IDC shows average pricing fall

This week the folks at IDC have released their quarterly tracking numbers for shipments of smartphones as listed by operating system. Alongside these numbers, IDC shows an smartphone average selling price (ASP) chart which shows a relatively clear trend: downward. Though many publishers today have chosen to follow the “Phablet” headline opportunity in this most […]