Verizon has just announced that it will offer free spam and robocall protection to its subscribers starting this March. The “Call Filter” service, which was previously available as a $3 add-on, will be offered for free to all Verizon customers with phones that support the features, including iPhones and Android phones. It’s about time: competing […]
Facebook Messenger’s redesign, which was first announced at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference last Spring, is finally here. Both its App Store and Google Play Store listings have been updated to show the new interface, and it’s available across both operating systems, but the Messenger team has said that it might take a little time for […]
At this point it may be a tradition that new Google phones show up in unboxing videos from Eastern Europe before they’ve even been announced. So it is with the so-called “Pixel 3 Lite,” a midrange Pixel phone that’s already leaked extensively but has now shown up in apparently near-final form on video thanks to […]
The latest gadgets want even greater access to your lives. Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas was a showcase for cameras that can livestream the living room, a doorbell that can share videos with Amazon, and a gizmo that tracks the heartbeat of an unborn child. These features can be useful — […]
It has GPS, lasers, computer vision, and uses machine learning and sensors to be more efficient. This is the new high-tech farm equipment from John Deere, which made its first Consumer Electronics Show appearance last week to highlight the importance of tech in farming. Deere brought its massive agricultural combine and GPS-guided tractor to the […]
As technology evolves, an increasing number of tech options are available for the bathroom. Mirrors with built-in LED lighting, motion detecting faucets, and even automatic temperature regulators are growing in popularity. As seen in some hotel bathrooms, mirror-integrated touchscreens are also becoming popular among the more tech-savvy population. An example of this is the new […]
In healthcare organizations, data analytics are making a real difference to people’s lives. Technology has helped both the public and private sector in coping with the increasing demands for society’s healthcare needs, thanks to the digitization of patient information, remote monitoring, and more recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI). So far, the majority of the Data Analytics […]
The amount of data we produce every day is truly mind-boggling. Over the last two years alone 90 percent of the data in the world was generated. There are 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day at our current pace, but that pace is only accelerating with the growth of the Internet of Things […]
Did you know that roughly 18% of adults have non-mobile smart cameras? And the experts are predicting that number is about to increase dramatically, as over the next four years, the average American will have at least 12 smart camera devices in their lives. This goes beyond that high quality camera in your smart […]
When a person thinks about cloud storage, they will likely think about storing files (songs, videos, and applications) on a remote server to be retrieved from multiple devices any time he or she needs them. Cloud storage is essentially a system that allows you to store and retrieve data from the internet remotely. It’s cheaper […]