The company announced during its CES press event the newest addition to the Xperia line: the Xperia Z1S. The Z1S, which runs Android 4.3 (lly Bean), is the first fully waterproof phone that Sony has made available in the U.S. The phone is powered by a quad-core 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, features 2GB of RAM a 3,000mAh battery pack. It ships with 32GB of storage a microSD expansion slot, features a 5-inch full HD Triluminos display....

Earlier today, Sony announced that its X series of devices would be landing in the United States. And now there’s a new E series handset on the horizon, too. Unfortunately, Sony doesn’t have any information on specific launch dates for the E5, or where it might end up, but the company’s announcing the device anyway. As far as features go, it boasts a 5-inch 720p display, a quad-core MediaTek MTK6735 processor, 1....

This week, I received questions on spy apps, iOS’s secret scanner, how to check internet speeds and more. Do you have a question you’d like to ask me? Click here to email me directly. Nosy apps Q: I think someone put a spy program on my phone. Are there such programs that will secretly record and send my texts, pics, and phone calls to another person? A: Originally, these apps were designed for concerned parents, but it’s extremely easy for them to fall into the wrong hands....

It introduces the Hub, which lives just to the left of the keyboard. en you touch the three-lined menu, you’ll have access to your SwiftKey Cloud data, see the number of keystrokes you’ve been saved, be able to customize the size overall look of your keyboard. It’s more of a reorganization than a major feature rollout, but it’s good to see SwiftKey continuing to push forward with its well-regarded keyboard app....

This seventeenth-century Dutch Baroque painter created 36 known pieces, including his celebrated “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (1665), which is on display in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands. Tap or click to learn how art conservators clean paintings. As historians speculated about the details surrounding the painting, novelist Tracy Chevalier and Hollywood tried to answer the who, what, when and where of the painting in their own fashion....

Well, if you happened to pick up one of the new M2-powered Macs, then TG Pro now supports this new chip. Doesn’t macOS already do a good job of thermal control? Yes, but professionals who push their hardware to the limits with heavyweight tasks such as video rendering will benefit from having manual control over the thermals. And even if you don’t want to control the fans, you can use TG Pro to keep an eye on the various temperature sensors inside your Mac....

It’s a phone That’s it. A phone Just like the one It is named after. The one that came before In 2000. The one that broke pavements By falling on them. This one won’t. It is built solidly, yes, But not for pavement demolition. It will turn heads instead With its colors And because it is so Incredibly small. So small That it makes the iPhone SE look big....

Still, the decision on what console to get has never been more difficult, especially with both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X battling head to head. But there are other options you should consider before trying to secure one of the top next-gen consoles. CPU: AMD Zen 2-Based CPU with 8 Cores at 3.5 GHzGPU: 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23 GHzInternal Storage: 825GBOptical Drive: 4K UHD Blu-ray driveDimensions (L x W x H): 3....

Most importantly, the document reveals that the Nougat beta update for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will be available from 9th November and last until the middle of December. Carriers who will be participating in the beta program include Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, with only AT&T giving the beta program a miss. Since the beta program will be running until mid-December, it is likely that we will see Samsung roll out Nougat publicly for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge around the same time....

From early unboxings hs-on impressions, to reviews, tips, how-tos, more. And we’ll collect it all here, making this your hub for everything you need to know about Samsung’s latest superphone. Specs Size Galaxy S8: 148.9 x 68.1 x 8.0 mm, 155 gGalaxy S8+: 159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1 mm, 173 g Display Galaxy S8: 5.8-inch Super AMOD, 2960×1440, 570ppiGalaxy S8: 6.2-inch Super AMOD, 2960×1440, 529ppiScreen aspect ratio 18.5:9Screen-to-body ratio 83....

Building on the success of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge from last year, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S8 and S8+ last night — its first major flagship smartphone since the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. So, how does the Galaxy S8 compare to the Galaxy S7? The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge were widely considered to be among the best Android smartphones released this year, and it shows since the handsets sold in excess of 50 million units....

Samsung’s Galaxy S4, the 16 GB model, has less than 8.5 GB of free storage after a factory reset according to C|Net UK. They asked Samsung why that’s the case. Here’s their answer: Well there you go. The GS4 is storage constrainted because of the new “powerful” features that Samsung wrote in order for you to enjoy the “ultimate mobile experience” of their device. Sigh. Now granted, they’re correct to point out that there’s a microSD card slot in the GS4, but I wonder how many people will take advantage of that?...

Samsung has added support for 39 additional banks and credit unions to Samsung Pay today. Slowly but steadily, the Korean company has been adding support for more banks to its mobile payment service. While Samsung Pay is still behind Apple Pay in terms of the number of banks supported, it is miles ahead when compared to Android Pay. The 39 new banks and credit unions that have gained support Samsung Pay today are as follows:...

Mozilla, the browser vendor that people still kind of remember, but barely, has recently entered the smartphone game with an operating system aptly called “Firefox OS”. Chances are you haven’t seen or held a Firefox OS device because no one is making them. Well, I take that back, a few Firefox OS phones are out there, but they cost as much as Android phones, so … why buy a phone with no ecosystem?...

Samsung might be recovering from a data breach, but that doesn’t stop it from releasing the new mid-range Galaxy F23 smartphone in India. The phone boasts 5G connectivity, Android 12 installed from the factory, a 50MP primary camera, and a starting price of just Rs. 17,499 (around $227). Internal Specifications The Galaxy F23 is the successor of last year’s Galaxy F22 smartphone. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G chipset that includes a 5G modem with 12-band compatibility....

The new feature is available with the version 14.7 update to those who have installed the shBullet software on ndows. The team says it is working to bring this same functionality to the Mac. There are also Chrome Firefox extensions, but neither of those support the feature. shBullet’s Oldenburg demos the feature in a video, copying a web link pasting it into atsApp. This could be a pretty powerful feature, especially for anyone who frequently uses two-step authentication codes when logging into accounts or want to share content they find online with others through their phone....

The basic model was released with 8GB of storage, and as you know, iPhones don’t have memory card slots for expansion. Android phones didn’t fare too much better in 2010, but many did have the ability to increase storage. Tap or click here for photo storage options: Google Photos vs. iCloud vs. iDrive. But you can’t accurately compare storage from then to today’s massive 1TB in the iPhone 13 Pro Max....

Industry regulator Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) released its “jobs transformation” roadmap for the local information and communications workforce Thursday, highlighting roles it said would be in demand as well as at risk of being displaced amidst rapid technology changes. The roadmap pointed to several key trends that would drive high demand for skilled workers over the next few years, including cloud computing, analytics and AI, and software engineering and DevOps....

The application, which takes advantage of the hardware of our device to perform surveillance tasks, was presented today while launching its first beta version on Google Play, which can be downloaded for free at this time. This is Haven, the surveillance app of Edward Snowden Through its Twitter account, Snowden announces the launch of its new application for Android and iOS developed by the Guardian Project. The purpose of the application is to offer a surveillance system to those people who require a way to protect their personal space and their possessions, without endangering their own privacy....

But according to Android Central, the rollout of the feature has officially has begun in the U.S., as Sprint has announced that it will be the first to push the update to HTC One (M8) devices on its network. If you’re eager to download yourself, it’s version 1.54.651.8. You wouldn’t be able to tell that the Extreme wer Saving mode comes equipped with it, however, since the change log is so vague, referring to the update only as “network acquisition enhancements....