Apple has done it again: 16GB is still the amount of storage in the cheapest iPhone 6s. With preorders now live, many of you will be wondering whether you can survive for at least a year with a 16GB device, or whether they should simply spend an extra $100 for the 64GB version that offers four times more storage.
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The stunt performed in the video below is pretty crazy. Zak Maytum, a downhill longboard racer from Colorado, recently decided it’d be a cool idea to hop on his longboard and fly down a Boulder highway at about 70 miles per hour. And oh yes, did we mention that the highway has a speed limit of 30 miles per hour?
The video really does a great job of conveying how fast Maytum is going. And in case you need any proof, if you keep an eye out for when Maytum crouches down and puts his gloves to the pavement, you’ll literally see sparks flying. Clearly, he’s flying down the street like a speed demon.
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Coincidence or not, more Galaxy S7 rumors are coming in now that the iPhone 6s has been made official. After a report claimed that the next-gen Samsung smartphone will arrive in two different sizes and pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, a separate report claims the phone will have a phablet-esque display and a special camera.
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It’s either really really late at night in the U.S., or afternoon on the other side of the world. But it doesn’t matter where you are if you’re waiting patiently for Apple to start taking your money. Well, good news, folks! If you’re reading this right now then you’re just moments away from buying either the iPhone 6s or the iPhone 6s Plus. So get ready to place your orders.
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We’re all pretty much in agreement that the Star Wars prequels were an abomination, right? They introduced countless characters were didn’t care about, they ruined the Anakin Skywalker (and therefore Darth Vader) and they relied far too heavily on CGI. But despite all these issues, there was some fascinating artistry on the part of the creator.
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A new radio technology lets warfighters talk to each other by harnessing their bones to transmit and listen to messages.
The technology leverages the human body’s natural ability to transmit sound through bone. It takes the bone-transmitted messages and then delivers them directly to the inner ear through the warfighter’s helmet.
Warfighters can both listen to messages and send messages this way – and the tech is the mere weight and size of a small coin.
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The way we buy smartphones is changing rapidly, and now carriers are locked in a back and forth game of undercutting to provide users with the most attractive deals.
Earlier today, Sprint mildly adjusted its iPhone upgrade plan such that qualified customers can now trade in their existing smartphones and get a new iPhone 6s for just $15 per month. Without a trade-in, users can still get a new iPhone 6s for just $26 per month.
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One of the unexpected announcements from Apple’s Hey Siri event on Wednesday was the official iPhone Upgrade Program that lets buyers purchase an iPhone in installments directly from Apple, bundled with an AppleCare+ extended warranty. The program is similar to what some carriers are already offering their subscribers, and while it might not be the overall cheapest option – thank T-Mobile for that, at least for the time being – it might still be the better program in the long run, as Apple’s offer has some advantages over the others.
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In spite of the many security policies it enforces, the TSA isn’t really on top of its game when it comes to guarding its own secrets. Not long ago, a publication ran a story on TSA security measures complete with a high-resolution image that showed the master luggage keys the agency uses to open locked luggage. At the time, it was believed the picture would provide enough details for anyone their own master keys – and it looks like that’s exactly what happened. Anyone with a 3D printer can download the schematics off the Internet and print their own keys.
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The Apple TV demo we saw earlier this week was unbelievably slick. In particular, some of the Siri tricks Apple showed off were especially impressive.
Tell Siri to “Show me that Modern Family episode with Edward Norton” and, boom, just like that the correct episode shows up. In another example, an Apple employee was able to use Siri to search just for the James Bond movies featuring Sean Connery.
Some of the other Apple TV features that had TV fans excited included the ability to tell a program to “skip ahead 8 minutes” or even go back 15-seconds in time if a user asks “What did he/she just say?”
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