Apple is building its own version of Google Street View for Apple Maps
At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced plans to update its Maps app with transit directions, and now, the company revealed it's working on its own version of Google Maps' Street View. The company launched a new website to let people know it will be "driving vehicles…
Apple debuts iOS 9: Battery enhancements, smarter Siri and more
Apple just revealed the latest version of iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference. iOS 9, which will roll out to iPhones and iPads later this year, adds a suite of new features to the operating system. With a smarter Siri, battery enhancements and other performance improvements, iOS 9 is…
Report: Xiaomi Now World’s Second Biggest Seller Of Wearables Behind Only Fitbit
In a sign that the market for wearable devices remains nascent, China’s Xiaomi has risen from nowhere to become the industry’s second largest company responsible for one-quarter of all shipments in the first quarter of this year. That’s according to new data from IDC, which ranks Fitbit top of the…
LG Display’s next act: A roll-up screen
The days of being able to roll up a computer or television screen are (kinda) upon us. LG Display will feature prominently at the 2015 Society for Information Display conference in San Jose, Calif. this week, showcasing an 18-inch flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. According to…
A bigger Samsung Galaxy S6 with 2 curved edges could be on its way
Samsung is reportedly planning to announce a bigger version of its flagship Galaxy S6 Android smartphone later this year. According to Samsung-focused blog SamMobile, the Korean electronics giant will introduce a Galaxy S6 Plus at the annual IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin in…
Google’s Project Soli to bring gesture control to wearables
Gesture-based system are usually attached to video game consoles like the Microsoft Kinect or your computer like the Leap Motion. Google's ATAP team figured that the smaller form factor of the smartwatch segment needed its own finger-waving way to control the devices without having to reply on the…
Android M is official and coming later this year
Google officially introduced Android M, the next version of its mobile operating system, at its annual I/O conference in San Francisco on Thursday. Like 2014's Android L preview, which eventually became 5.0 Lollipop, Google hasn't yet granted Android M its delicious dessert name or a version…
Can Pebble Time compete with the Apple Watch and Android Wear?
Before the Apple Watch and Android Wear, there was Pebble. One of the earliest players in the smartwatch space, the company transitioned from Kickstarter success story to shipping over 1 million devices in just under three years. In February, Pebble officially announced its latest smartwatch, the…
Google’s Android poised to get full fingerprint support
Google's next update to its Android operating system could come with a new security feature: full support for fingerprint sensors. At the Google I/O conference next week, Google will unveil native fingerprint authentication support in its expected Android M operating system, BuzzFeed News is…
Google reportedly building an OS for the Internet of Things
Google is tipped to be developing another new operating system, this time for the Internet of Things. This new operating system is code-named "Brillo" and will connect all devices connected to the internet. This software may be launched under the Android brand and could have the ability to run on…