What you love best about Waze is now coming to Google Maps, and it's about time. Five years after the tech giant acquired the Israeli navigation app, it's finally adopting some of its most popular features, most notably incident reporting. Users began spotting the new option on their Android apps a few days ago.
| Cars | March 25, 2022 |
Nearly two years after Google Home first made its debut, it's now finally compatible with Google Play Movies. That means that you can now control Google's native video streaming service using your Google Assistant and your voice. It's strange that this feature didn't exist before, but better late than never.
| Smart Home News | March 25, 2022 |
Aptly named the Stolen Phone Checker, this tool quite simply allows users to look up if a device has been reported as lost or stolen.
| Mobile | March 23, 2022 |
If you have a Nintendo Switch gaming console, you're going to want to listen up. As initially reported by Ars Technica, it would appear that a new "exploit chain" for Nvidia Tegra X1-based systems outlines an unpatachable process to run random code on all -- that's right, all -- Nintendo Switches.
| News | March 14, 2022 |
Some parents are discovering that their children have become victims of what is essentially virtual kidnapping, or baby role-play.
| Mobile | March 7, 2022 |
Have you had any issues trying to get Apple to replace your iPhone battery in the wake of the handset-throttling debacle? The company is offering discounted replacements, but an investigation by the BBC suggests Apple is making it difficult for some customers to obtain a new battery. Now, Apple is offering refunds.
| Mobile | February 14, 2022 |
FeedMe may be the most aptly-named company ever -- it aggregates all delivery info from different sites into one place.
| Smart Home News | January 31, 2022 |
Now, Google has debuted the latest and greatest iteration of Google Assistant, which is built into the entire Google Home family.
| Smart Home News | October 5, 2021 |
Your kitchen might just become the most happening culinary hotspot in town, if you equip it with the right hardware from the Perfect Company.
| Smart Home News | October 5, 2021 |
This 5-foot strand of bright, waterproof, and USB-powered LEDs called the Luminoodle will illuminate even the darkest of nights.
| News | October 5, 2021 |
Meet Atticus, a new chatbot from AT&T "built to talk entertainment." Just think of him as the perfect boyfriend.
| Audio / Video | October 5, 2021 |
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is "exploring an ambitious offensive aimed at infiltrating the last bastion of ... pay-television: live sports."
| News | October 5, 2021 |
Meet the Coca Cola selfie bottle, which is, as you might've guessed, a bottle of coke that takes your selfie. Welcome to the 21st century.
| News | October 5, 2021 |
You won't be made a fool when you tap your computer screen -- so long as you have an AirBar. This new accessory instantly turns your PC into a touchscreen.
| News | October 5, 2021 |
Getting a better night's sleep now starts and ends with your voice. The newest product to emerge from Hello is the Sense with Voice
| Smart Home News | October 5, 2021 |
Honeywell's Smart Home Security system is now available. Starting with the Smart Home Security Camera Base Station, the Alexa-friendly system can operate as a stand-alone security module or connect with a variety of sensor and smart home devices. Alexa-awareness enables full smart home component control.
| Smart Home News | September 28, 2021 |
Online meal-planning company eMeals is collaborating with grocery delivery service Instacart to create "the ultimate meal kit alternative."
| Smart Home News | August 20, 2021 |
Amazon's Alexa can now narrate Kindle books by way of the Echo -- just say, "Alex, read [title]," and you'll be able to enjoy the latest pages of your book.
| Smart Home News | August 19, 2021 |
Recent layoffs at Amazon were triggered by a decision to merge AmazonFresh and Amazon Prime Now, reports claim.
| Smart Home News | August 19, 2021 |
Amazon Fresh is being seen as anything but by some unhappy customers. Amazon Fresh is now being plagued by complaints of low-quality or rotten produce, incorrect orders, cancelled or delayed deliveries, and frequently missing items. In essence, it seems that Amazon Fresh is being seen as more trouble than it's worth.
| Smart Home News | August 19, 2021 |
Participating in Amazon Fresh just got a lot harder -- at least, from the vendor side. Amazon will stop allowing local third-party sellers to offer their goods on the platform. Previously, these vendors were given the opportunity to take part of Amazon Fresh's Local Market Seller initiative.
| Smart Home News | August 19, 2021 |
Amazon Fresh, the grocery delivery service, is closing in at least nine states, including parts of California and New York.
| Smart Home News | August 19, 2021 |
Google has effectively trained artificial neural networks by showing them millions of images whose features are recognized by layers of artificial neurons.
| News | August 4, 2021 |
At the latest WWDC, Apple announced that any Apple developer with interest can start playing around with HomeKit.
| Smart Home News | August 3, 2021 |
Meet Burst, a distinctively modern looking sonic toothbrush whose black charcoal coated bristles promise to leave you with shining pearly whites.
| Smart Home News | June 4, 2021 |
You're a strong, independent (wo)man, so why depend on a security company to take care of your home? Just use the Abode starter kit instead.
| Smart Home News | May 19, 2021 |
Hey New Yorkers -- always finding yourself sending an urgent, last-minute email in the morning rush to the subway? Better hope you're riding the Q line.
| Guides | May 7, 2021 |
Thanks to increasingly complex encryption systems, companies like Apple are claiming that their hands are tied when it comes to releasing data to officials.
| News | May 7, 2021 |
On Thursday, Google announced that it had made the latest version of its image captioning system available as an open source model in TensorFlow.
| News | May 7, 2021 |
The London Mayor's office recently announced the creation of a new specialized police force charged with investigating digital hate crimes.
| News | May 7, 2021 |
Facebook tried to block an image of plus-sized model Tess Holliday, claiming that the photograph depicted "a body or body parts in an undesirable manner."
| News | May 7, 2021 |
All the data about our energy usage -- and believe us, there's a lot of it -- is presented in the form of this interactive, zoomable flowchart.
| Smart Home News | May 7, 2021 |
Meet the Nectar by Hummingbird, a system that wants to help you garden regardless of where you are.
| Smart Home News | May 7, 2021 |
Kinsa's Instant Wireless Smart Ear Thermometer combines trademark its one-second readings and smart features with messages from Sesame Street's Elmo.
| Smart Home News | May 7, 2021 |
Start framing your digital art with the eWilner Frames app, the tool that lets you elevate your selfies and cat photos with frames fit for a Picasso.
| News | May 7, 2021 |
There's new talk of eradicating moquitoes altogether. And the way to go about doing it? Turning them all into males.
| News | May 7, 2021 |
The only thing worse than drunk texting? Drunk tweeting, duh.
| News | May 7, 2021 |
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but someone's gotta tell you -- you're not actually seeing Jesus in your toast. It's just your pareidolia acting up.
| News | April 2, 2021 |