Google Voice Get a second phone number without buying a whole new linePopular Science - Whitson GordonMost of us only have one phone number, and we probably don’t want to share that one number with everyone. A disposable second number is awfully useful for one-time Craigslist conversations, or the early
5G FCC rules 5G safe, Beijing wants 10K base stationsCNET - by Rae Hodge Skip the hype, get the highlights on 5G news.
Apple Card Apple Card: How to lock your physical card with the Wallet app9to5Mac - Chance MillerOne of the ways Apple Card is unique is that it doesn’t have a card number printed on the physical card itself. Nonetheless, if you lose your Apple Card, you’ll still want to lock it to prevent any sort
Apple Watch The Apple Watch 5 tipped to come in ceramic and titanium versionstechradar.com - David Nield You wait all year for some decent Apple Watch Series 5 rumors and then two come along at once: we only just heard that the fifth-generation wearable …
Wear OS Runkeeper drops its Wear OS app due to a 'buggy experience'Engadget - Jon FingasAdd Runkeeper to the list of companies dropping their smartwatch apps -- albeit not for the usual reasons. The developer is warning customers that it's scrapping its Wear OS app as of the 9.13 release.
Mobile Technology How to try on virtual makeup on YouTubeCNET - by Katie Conner Pucker up! You won't even have to leave the house.
Netflix Classic TV gold rush hits streamingLos Angeles TimesThe finale of the hit sitcom “Seinfeld” aired on May 14, 1998, and has been ubiquitous in reruns on cable and local TV stations ever since. But more than 20 years later, its 180 episodes will soon become
Play buttonMobile Technology There's a Good Reason for iPhone Owners to Get This Non-Apple Smartwatchgearpatrol.com - Tucker Bowe Fossil just announced the Gen 5 Smartwatch, the company’s fifth-generation smartwatch, and there’s actually a neat reason for iPhone users to buy it: …
Bill Nye Windows or Chromebook? A Best Buy salesman told me it isn't even closeZDNet - Chris Matyszczyk After Google hires Bill Nye to explain that people are just scared to leave their decrepit Windows laptops for Chromebooks, I thought I'd get another …
Play buttonMobile Technology This week in Android: Huge camera sensors and a new DxOMark kingAndroid AuthorityThis week saw a number of interesting announcements in the Android world, including an enormous 108MP camera sensor from Samsung. That’s 12,032 x 9,024 pixels for those of you doing the math, although
Microsoft Office Use your phone to turn a photo of data into an Excel spreadsheet in a snapCNET - by Clifford Colby Microsoft's tool for iOS and Android phones turns photos of notes, lists, recipes and numbers into Excel spreadsheets.
A streaming guide to Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, and NBCUniversalQuartz - Adam EpsteinSo your brain is exploding trying to understand all the new streaming TV services. You’re not alone. Making sense of which companies own what content, where that content will be available, how you can
Cortana How low-paid Microsoft contractors train Cortana by listening to youThe Verge - Jay PetersNot only does Microsoft have human contractors listen to some of your Skype and Cortana voice recordings, those contractors are paid poorly and given repetitive tasks, according to a report by Motherboard.
Mobile Technology 7 Skyscrapers Leading the Way to a Green FuturePopular Mechanics - By David GrossmanIn many ways, skyscrapers came to define the 2oth century. Rising out of skeletons of steel, iron, and glass, they showed a new landscape and ecosystem to the world. Cities become incomplete without their
Siri Don't make calls with Siri or Google or you could get scammedMashable - Karissa BellIf you've ever used Siri or Google to call a business, you could be in danger of falling victim to a new scam. Phone calls made with voice assistants could open people up to scammers, who have found a
IKEA IKEA creates a business unit devoted to smart home techEngadget - Jon FingasIt's clear by now that IKEA is serious about smart home tech between its Sonos-powered speakers and connected lights, but the home furniture giant wants to formalize that commitment. It just established
Huawei Huawei could be about to reveal its own rival to Google Mapstechradar.com - David Nield Not only is Huawei busy developing its own operating system to potentially replace Android, it's also got an in-house mapping service in the pipeline …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMobile Technology A handful of upcoming Chromebooks will support Wi-Fi 6 as early as this fallchromeunboxed.com As we talked about earlier today, Wi-Fi 6 is on the way with faster peak download speeds and much better handling of multi-device households, …
Apps Android users duped into downloading adware apps 8 million timesMashable - Kellen BeckAndroid users need to exercise some caution when downloading apps on the Google Play store. Cyber security firm Trend Micro recently found 85 different apps for Android phones that are actually adware
Mobile Technology Buying a new phone every year is actually kind of crazyandroidcentral.com - Jerry Hildenbrand 2019 has shown off some really cool phones. 5G is now officially a thing, screens are now fingerprint sensors, and paint jobs look a lot like magic. …
iPhone iPhone 11R release date, price, news and leakstechradar.com - James Rogerson Apple is largely expected to release three new iPhone models this year, and among them we’re likely to see a successor to the iPhone XR, which for …
Computers 1.5% of Chrome users’ passwords are known to be compromised, according to GoogleDigital Trends - Georgina Torbet 1.5% of passwords used in Chrome are unsafe and have been released in data breaches, according to new information from Google. In February, a new …
Play button This new smartphone OS lives in the cloudZDNet - Ross Rubin The makers of the Puffin browser have applied their cloud expertise to a new operating system that they claim will outperform Android on low-end …
Mobile Technology VW Revives the Classic Dune Buggy as an All-Electric BlastWIRED - Eric Adams In the race toward electrification, some car companies are more motivated than others. Take Volkswagen: Still reeling from the fallout of its …
Windows 10 Your reaction to my hellish SSD upgrade proves that Windows 10 has a serious storage upgrade problembgr.com - Chris Smith Earlier this week, I told you how installing an SSD in an old Windows 10 laptop has been the best and worst upgrade I’ve ever done. It was the best …
Samsung Galaxy S10 Best Samsung Phones 2019: Which Galaxy Model Should You Buy?Tom's Guide - Philip Michaels The Galaxy S10 Plus sets a high bar for all smartphones, let alone devices just from Samsung. The more compact Galaxy S10e requires some trade-offs, …
iOS Developers criticize Apple’s changes to location permissions in iOS 13 as ‘anti-competitive’9to5Mac - Chance MilleriOS 13 introduces a number of changes for how developers are able to use user locations. Now, a group of app developers have joined forces to call the changes anti-competitive, and are taking their complaints
Renewable Energy Wind power prices now lower than the cost of natural gasArs Technica - John Timmer In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms than buy fossil fuels. This week, the US Department of Energy released a report that looks …
iPhone Apple iPhone 11 pre-launch impressions, from Business Insider readersBusiness Insider - Dave SmithWe're coming up on the end of August, which can only mean one thing: New iPhones are almost here. Apple typically holds in an event in early to mid-September to announce its new iPhones. This year, we're
