Yesterday’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free was a great one, and there are still some solid freebies in there that you can grab if you hurry back to that post. Today is a new day, of course, which means we’ve got a whole new list of sales to share with you.
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Samsung is prepping for its next big thing this year, the joint launch of the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge Plus phablets, and a new leak seems to indicate the company may have a pleasant surprise for buyers. According to a leaked document, Samsung may have fixed the worst thing about the Galaxy S6.
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If Apple included a paper user manual with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that included explanations of each and every feature, it would be the size of a phone book. The iOS platform simply packs too many features to cover them all at once, but that’s one of the great things about it. Even if you’ve been an iPhone user for years, there are still hidden features that are waiting to be discovered.
Today, we’re going to help you discover 10 such features, and you may never look at your phone the same way again.
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Surprise, surprise! Upgrading to new smartphones on AT&T is about to get more expensive. Droid Life this week broke the news that starting on August 1st, AT&T is planning to raise upgrade fees for customers signing new two-year contracts with the carrier to $45, or $5 more than what it currently charges to activate a new device when you sign a two-year deal.
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Hopefully we can put the rampant speculation regarding the Apple Watch’s untimely demise to rest, at least for the time being. While Apple didn’t disclose specific sales figures during the company’s earnings report yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook did make a point of mentioning that Apple Watch sales thus far have “exceeded expectations.”
What’s more, Cook also added that demand for the Apple Watch still continues to outpace supply. But what should really nullify recent reports which claim that Apple Watch sales have ground to a fault is that sales of Apple’s new wearable are actually increasing, contrary to some recent third-party reports we’ve seen.
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Are we about to see a kinder, gentler Islamic State? Probably not but it seems the ruthless terrorist organization has decided that publishing videos of its members beheading civilians might be a little too damaging to its reputation. Arabic language publication All4Syria.info reported recently that ISIS has ordered its members to stop filming and posting beheading videos online because many Muslims find the scenes “disgusting” and because many children also find them scary. You don’t say!
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The OnePlus 2 is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated Android flagship handsets of the year. The company teased some of its specs before its official announcement and they suggest the device should be the powerful and affordable handset customers expect it to be. While OnePlus did not release any images of the new handset ahead of the launch, Chinese telecom regulator TENAA published on its website more information about the handset, including pictures.
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If you missed it earlier, The New York Times on Monday ran a rather slanted Apple Watch piece arguing that developer disinterest in the Apple Watch speaks to the overall cloud of doubt which continues to hover over Apple’s new wearable.
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Tesla and Google aren’t the only companies aggressively exploring autonomous driving technologies. Earlier this week, a simulated 32 acre city opened up on the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus. The fake city, so to speak, was developed in conjunction with automakers, a slew of tech companies, and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
The goal? To test automated and connected cars in real world conditions.
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A brand new Star Wars movie is coming out this year, but The Force Awakens is only the beginning. Disney and Lucasfilm are reportedly casting for the eighth film in the saga, which will be launched in 2017, and Benicio Del Toro might play the villain in the upcoming sequel.
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