Despite worries about Russia and that passive News Feed scrolling hurts us, Facebook beat expectations again in its Q4 2017 earnings report. Facebook now has 1.4 billion daily users, up 2.18% compared to growing 3.8% to 1.37 billion users in Q3. That’s a sizeable slow down, and the lowest quarter-over-quarter percentage daily user growth ever […]
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Apple offers free repairs for iPhone 7 devices that refuse to connect to cellular service
Apple has confirmed that a “ small percentage” of iPhone 7 devices are affected by a bug that prevents the phone from connecting to a cellular network, instead displaying “No Service” on the status bar. Typically, this occurs after the iPhone switches off Airplane Mode, and is unable to re-connect to service. The company says […]
There may not be an iPhone SE 2 after all
There have been rumors swirling about the iPhone SE getting an update sometime in 2018, but KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has thrown some cold water on those fires. A new research note claims that Apple might not have an updated SE in the cards at all — or if there is one, customers can […]
More Original Xbox Backwards Compatibility Games Are Coming, But It’s “More Complicated”
There are currently 13 Original Xbox games in the Xbox One’s backwards compatibility lineup, including great games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Psychonauts. More are coming, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed, though he did not give anything away about what these titles might be. “There are a number of [Original […]
Apple might finally admit this iPhone feature has been a flop
Remember how 3D Touch, the iPhone feature where you press harder into the screen, was supposed to be a very big, earth-shattering, game-changing, deal? Yeah…about that. Apple may finally take the first steps towards abandoning 3D Touch when it releases new iPhones later this year. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo returned this week with another […]
Microsoft releases emergency Windows update to hamstring earlier ‘Spectre’ defense
Intel urged customers not to deploy firmware updates aimed at the Spectre and Meltdown flaws because the updates caused system instability; Microsoft reacted with its own release – KB4078130 – on Saturday. Microsoft on Saturday issued an out-of-band Windows security update that disabled a patch the company released earlier this month to protect personal computers […]
Microsoft Offers Cheaper Surface Laptops With Lesser Specs
Microsoft is introducing cheaper models of its Surface Laptop and Surface Book 2. The Surface Laptop model is now available on the Microsoft Store for $799. That’s a $200 discount, but a trade-off in processing power; it runs a 1.6GHz Intel Core m3 processor instead of the faster Core i5 found in the original $999 […]
iPhone beats out Samsung in Q4, global smartphone shipments up 3% in 2017
IHS Markit is out with its 2017 data on smartphone shipments. The firms’ numbers are a bit more positive than what we saw yesterday from Strategy Analytics, pointing to a smaller quarterly decline along with a greater increase in year-over-year shipments. The data also puts iPhone in first place with the highest share of holiday […]
Here’s A Nice Xbox One X Deal
Best Buy launches a pretty nice deal. Are you in the market for a new Xbox One X? Best Buy has launched a new deal you might want to consider. The US retailer is now throwing in an extra controller (black or white) and three months of Xbox Live Gold when you buy the $500 […]
RACING All Of The Cool Little Details On The New BMW M8 GTE That Debuted At Daytona
We’ve been yearning for a new BMW 8 Series for years, and now it’s finally here, having debuted at the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona. One of the best parts about Daytona is the ability to get up close to the different cars and look at all of the interesting parts. We got that chance […]
Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ could feature Intelligent Scan, 3D stickers, and Tag shot camera mode
Looks like this is the weekend of Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ leaks. We already know what the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ look like, their specs, and other details, before they’re officially unveiled on February 25 at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. Thanks to SamCentral, however, we’re also learning about possible included […]
Intel reportedly notified Chinese companies of chip security flaw before the U.S. government
Intel is not having that great of year thus far in the face of a slew of information about security flaws in it hardware coming out — and you can add another new report from The Wall Street Journal today, which suggests that Intel didn’t immediately notify the U.S. government of the issues, to that […]