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Android Wear 2.0 sharpens Google's focus on smartwatches

Dan Seifert May 20, 2016 10:11 am11 hours ago 58

For the past two years, smartwatches have been all over the place. As the relatively new category has developed, we have seen countless ideas on what smartwatches should be and how they should work....

Nailing the basics, and then some

Reddit posts can now be embedded elsewhere on the internet

Nick Statt May 19, 2016 07:20 pm05.19.2016 6

Reddit has added an embed feature for nearly every post on its site, letting you snag a snippet of code and place linked posts, images, and videos in other news outlets and blogs. The feature may be...

Including photos, GIFs, and videos

These stick-on lenses turn your smartphone into a digital microscope

James Vincent May 20, 2016 07:52 am13 hours ago 1

It's a cliché to say that your smartphone is a pocket-sized computer, but sometimes we forget exactly how powerful these devices are. BLIPS — a set of thin, stick-on lenses that turn your cell phone into a...

with up to 100x magnification

Apple might let you unlock your Mac with an iPhone and Touch ID

Nick Statt May 19, 2016 06:24 pm05.19.2016 39

Apple is working on an OS X feature that would allow Mac computers to be unlocked using an iPhone's fingerprint reader and Touch ID, according to a report from MacRumors. This auto-unlock feature may be...

Bringing the iPhone's security to the Mac

Lenovo teases the next Moto phone with a gloriously 2000s Razr ad

Jacob Kastrenakes May 19, 2016 05:41 pm05.19.2016 24

Don't you wish we all still had hair over our eyes and phones that could definitively fit in our pockets? And also pockets that could definitively fit our phones?

Lenovo put out an ad this afternoon...

June 9th could be the day

This app lets rescue workers send offline alerts when disaster strikes

Amar Toor May 19, 2016 09:00 am05.19.2016

Communication is critical during any emergency, but whenever a natural disaster strikes, it's often unreliable. Congested cell phone networks and damaged infrastructure can make it difficult for rescue...

A mesh network for emergencies

Zuckerberg calls Facebook ‘a platform for all ideas’ after meeting with conservatives

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 07:39 pm05.18.2016 18

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with prominent US conservatives today to address concerns his social network was censoring news from right-leaning outlets. In a post published on his personal account,...

And namedrops Donald Trump and Fox News

Huawei P9 review: good design outshines dual cameras

read the review

Google is launching Family Library to let you share apps

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 05:46 pm05.18.2016 10

Google began sending letters to developers today notifying them of an upcoming feature called Family Library, according to a report from Android Police. Releasing on July 2nd, Family Library will let as...

With up to six family members

Daydream will be the reason you'll want a 4K phone

Vlad Savov May 18, 2016 04:56 pm05.18.2016 76

The Android spec race is back on. With the announcement of a far-reaching Daydream VR initiative, Google effectively rebooted the quest for the biggest and baddest spec sheet among Android manufacturers....

Yeah, but can it run VR Crysis?

A first look at Android Wear 2.0

Dan Seifert May 18, 2016 03:59 pm05.18.2016 70

One of the surprise announcements from Google's keynote session at I / O this year was Android Wear 2.0.

Poncho's playful weather app launches on Android

Jacob Kastrenakes May 18, 2016 03:00 pm05.18.2016 6

Somehow, Poncho is the only app genius enough to have a cartoon cat tell you about the weather. And now, fortunately, Android phone owners will be able to partake in that wonderful experience, too.

Also:...

Let a cat tell you about the weather

Google announces Android Wear 2.0 with standalone app support and a tiny keyboard

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 02:39 pm05.18.2016 25

Google today announced Android Wear 2.0, the biggest update to its wearable operating system since its release back in September 2014. The biggest change with the software, which releases this fall, is...

And new fitness and messaging capabilities
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