The first major Xbox One system update of 2015 is finally here. After a relatively quiet January, the development team is back with some welcome additions to Xbox One, including controller improvements, game hubs, and some features that will improve the console’s TV functionality.
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I’m personally not a fan of Sam Smith, to say the least — I find his falsetto to be incredibly grating and his songs have very soupy pseudo-gospel arrangements that leave a lot to be desired. That said, my personal distaste for the British singer’s music hasn’t stopped me from appreciating that his music video for the single “Lay Me Down” is extremely well done.
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Every week, a landslide of video game trailers hit the Internet, hyping up the games that have just been released, the games that are about to be released and even the games that don’t have release dates. It can be a bit overwhelming to keep up with all of them, which is why we’ve decided to collect our favorites into a single post.
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Sprint, which for years has been the wireless industry’s 90-pound weakling, is showing some fresh signs of fight under new CEO Marcelo Claure. Although Sprint has often in the past been a passive whipping boy for outspoken T-Mobile CEO John Legere, an interview with Claure by CNET shows that the carrier isn’t going to lie down and take it anymore.
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When a device looks as bold and eye-catching as the Soundbook X3 by Bayan Audio, it’s usually compensating for something. In the case of a portable wireless speaker, the odds are good that it’s compensating for less-than-stellar sound quality. So when Bayan sent me a pair of speakers to test I was skeptical at best, and I assumed I was in store for “all show and no go.”
Of course, you know what they say about assumptions.
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Smartphone accessory makers are continuously trying to convince buyers to spend extra money on iPhone and Android accessories, some more useful than others, including headphones, battery packs, cases and screen protectors, to name just a few of the most popular ones. But none of these products are as useful as a recently revealed iPhone and Android smartphone accessory that might forever change how some critical blood tests are performed.
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Google Maps is one of the most popular apps on the planet, and for good reason. Getting from point A to point B used to be a huge and annoying production until mobile mapping came about, and there’s no better mobile mapping solution than Google Maps. Of course, once you’re done with whatever you needed to do at point B, Google Maps also makes it remarkably easy to find all of the nifty places nearby. And best of all, it’s completely free — as long as you consider paying with your private data to be free.
Now, in a new update, Google Maps is better than ever thanks to a new feature. And while the update hasn’t yet rolled out to all devices, you can already download it right here.
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With just three weeks to go until Samsung unveils its 2015 Galaxy S flagship models, more and more secret details about the handsets are leaking. In addition to specs, features and design details, which BGR reported exclusively a few weeks ago, some pictures showing the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge — or some of their major components — as well as schematics for at least one version of the handset have been published online this week.
On top of that, SamMobile has learned even more secrets about the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Edge from its sources.
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This is been a terrific week for paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free, and a few of the best apps in yesterday’s list are still free downloads if you hurry. For Friday, we have a great list of paid iOS apps that are all free for a limited time, and it includes some very popular paid apps as well as an innovative keyboard app that might completely change the way you type.
They’re all free right now, but these limited-time sales could be over at any minute, so be sure to download anything that looks appealing right away.
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Since I’m back on the iPhone 6 Plus train (for now), I have taken a couple of pictures with my iPhone 6 Plus and then captured the same picture with someone’s iPhone 6 to truly compare the cameras. While original reviews of the iPhone 6 Plus noted that the optical image stabilization in the Plus made its camera a better performer, most people seemed to think the difference wasn’t that big.
I believe these two pictures I took about a week or two ago in an incredibly dimly lit restaurant show just how wide the gap between the two devices’ cameras really is.
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