The iPhone 6s is currently available for preorder in a dozen countries, with Apple saying the device is on track to beat last year’s iPhone 6 sales record. However, Apple is already developing future generations of iPhones, with a crazy rumor from Korea saying the iPhone 8 might deliver some fantastic new features, and some big changes that would come as a surprise.
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When it comes to Apple, there always seems to be a mythical and rumored product looming overhead. In the years preceding the iPhone unveiling, we were blasted with reports that Apple was planning to get into the phone business. More recently, the tech world was wrapped up in Apple Watch hysteria. And now that Apple’s wearable is finally out on the market, the next big rumor centers on Apple’s alleged plan to release its own electric-powered car.
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One of the smart things about Uber (and Lyft, for that matter) is that the ratings system goes both ways. Not only can passengers rate drivers, but drivers can also rate passengers. Not only does this incentivize drivers to be friendly and accommodating, but it also ensures that Uber can prevent users who are consistently unruly or threatening from using the service.
While every Uber passenger can see the rating of whatever driver happens to be picking them up, Uber has historically made it exceedingly difficult for users to find out how they themselves rank.
Until now.
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Samsung released a new series of ads in time for the iPhone 6s launch using a familiar tag line that riffs off Apple’s most recent TV commercials. Samsung’s It’s not a phone, it’s a Galaxy ads are a direct response to Apple’s If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone advertising campaign, featuring ads that take direct and not-so-direct shots at the iPhone.
After launching a couple of ads that focused on wireless charging and phone customization, Samsung is back with new commercials that show two more unique features from its top-of-the-line Galaxy handsets – well, at least one of them is pretty unique to Samsung’s lineup.
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If there’s one common problem for iPhone and Nexus buyers, it’s storage. Apple and Google aren’t fond of microSD cards, and while the iPhone maker has “fixed” storage problems by offering customers storage tiers up to 128GB, Google has often disappointed Nexus fans in that regard. However, it looks like that’s about to change with the next-generation Nexus devices.
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We pick on Samsung at least once a month for parroting Apple, but we’d be more than happy to stop writing about it if Samsung would stop doing. Of course, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen any time soon, as an industry executive with insider knowledge has told Forbes that Samsung is prepping its own leasing program.
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It’s great to have a portable charger with a big battery that can recharge your phone multiple times before needing to juiced up again itself. Batteries are quite heavy though, and sometimes you just don’t have the space to lug around a big portable charger. But just because you’re short on space doesn’t mean you have to sit back and watch as your smartphone battery dies. Meet the RAVPower 3,350 mAh Portable Charger.
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The Tesla Model S may be widely revered and critically acclaimed, but like any new disruptive technology or product, it faces no shortage of critics who remain skeptical that electric cars are the wave of the future. In turn, there are also no shortage of articles which provide first-hand accounts of what driving a Tesla is like in a gasoline dominated autotomotive market.
In a clever flip of the script, Tibor Blomhall, writing for Tesla Club Sweden, put together an amusing first-hand account detailing what it’d be like to drive a gasoline powered car in an automotive market dominated by electric vehicles.
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Another week, another five days packed full of opportunities to snag some great paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. This week we’re kicking things off with a list of eight solid iOS apps that span all different genres. We’ve got games, we’ve got photography apps, we’ve got utilities and more. As always though, you’ll have to hurry if you want to download these apps while they’re still free.
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Facebook’s mobile apps are some of the most popular apps in the world, used by hundreds of millions of people from all walks of life. The main Facebook app is obviously its most popular one, but other apps like Messenger and Instagram also have huge user bases. But did you know that Facebook has an app that almost no one uses by comparison? This particular app is unpopular by design, because it’s not open to the public. Instead, it’s intended for use only by famous people — but you’re about to get a rare inside look at this mysterious app.
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