It can take a lot of cables to charge your entire set of smart devices. Whether you’re at home or on the go, it may be beneficial to have a streamlined charging solution that lets you power multiple devices without cluttered cables. The MagStack Foldable is a three-in-one wireless charging station that …
Read More »Xiaomi AR Glasses Concept
(Credit: Xiaomi)There’s a consensus amongst tech folks that augmented and virtual reality would catch on if the headsets were more comfortable. So far, all we’ve had, aside from a few flash-in-the-pan concepts, are big, bulky headsets. Nobody wants to wear those all day, nor could they, as battery life becomes …
Read More »New Wireless Smart Bandage
(Photo: Jian-Cheng Lai, Bao Research Group/Stanford University)Chronic wounds are an under-acknowledged medical concern. At any given time, more than 600,000 Americans are thought to experience physiologically-stunted wounds that won’t heal. Chronic wounds aren’t just inconvenient and painful; they also rack up individual healthcare costs and prevent people from engaging in …
Read More »Apple Long Distance Wireless
It’s quite rare for Apple to announce a new technology at one of its hardware launch events, then scuttle it afterwards, but that’s exactly what happened with its much-hyped AirPower charging mat. The tantalizing mat would have been able to charge three Apple devices at once: an iPhone, Apple Watch, …
Read More »Panasonic Wireless Charger
It’s CES 2021, and although we’re not live from Las Vegas, there’s plenty that companies want to share with us in digital form. Take Panasonic’s new wireless phone charger for the car, which forgoes in-place charging coils for mobile ones. To make clear what I mean by that — this …
Read More »AMD buys into wireless VR: Is it the start of something bigger?
It’s no secret AMD has had its struggles in both the CPU and GPU markets, and has been left behind by Nvidia when it comes to the booming area of GPGPU (General Purpose computing on GPUs). AMD is aiming to change things up by focusing heavily on the emerging VR and …
Read More »Comcast announces its new wireless business, Xfinity Mobile
Comcast, a cable company notorious for poor customer service, now wants to be your cellular provider, as well. The company today announced its new business, Xfinity Mobile, a wireless service offering unlimited data plans at $65 per line, that can be brought down to $45 per line for customers that …
Read More »AT&T’s Unlimited Plus wireless plan now includes free HBO
ATT’s $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner hasn’t yet completed, but the company is already leveraging Time Warner assets to boost its own services – first with its streaming TV service DirecTV Now, which is currently giving out free HBO, and now today it’s rolling out free HBO to ATT’s “Unlimited …
Read More »Rumor: Apple may add wireless charging to iPhone 8, but top-end model could cost $1,000
There are rumors swirling around the iPhone 8 suggesting Apple could be planning to offer a major technology leap forward with its 10th Anniversary iPhone, but the highest-end devices may not be cheap. Business Insider has published a pair of rumors on various aspects of the upcoming iPhone 8. KGI …
Read More »Apple kills the headphone jack, launches mediocre wireless earbuds, and calls it ‘courage’
At its iPhone unveil yesterday, Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller took the stage to explain why the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus would dump the 3.5mm headphone jack, and move to a mixture of proprietary wireless solutions with wired headphone support provided via the Lightning port. Schiller justified this …
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