Alaska Airlines says it’s becoming the first US-based airline to roll out support for electronic bag tags, small programmable devices with e-paper displays that are designed to replace the paper tags currently in use. As The Verge reports, the airline plans to launch the new program in phases, and it’ll initially be focused on San […]
As The Verge reports, Prime Video has never been the most elegant or user friendly app, especially when ompared to Netflix, Disney Plus, and other major streaming services. Its user experience lacks the polish of those competitors and feels more cobbled together. There are good aspects to what’s there — like the long-standing X-Ray feature […]
As The Verge reports, Twitter vs. Elon Musk is moving to the courts. The social media company filed a lawsuit against the world’s richest man on Tuesday, saying that he is refusing to “honor his obligations” under their agreement and seeking to make him complete the deal. Musk is trying to exit the $44 billion […]
Google’s Gboard keyboard app for Android is throwing a bone to people who use foldable phones (or at least, for now, to beta users of the app) with a split keyboard mode. According to The Verge, its aim is to make it less awkward and a little more ergonomic to type on the large, expanded […]
On July 4, Xiaomi introduced a trio of new smartphones, and one of them comes with a pretty huge new feature: a 1-inch camera sensor, which is relatively giant for a smartphone. Everything about Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone, the Mi 12S Ultra, is big. It has a 6.73-inch OLED display, a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Plus […]
President Joe Biden plans to ask the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to protect consumer data privacy following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a new report from Axios. Biden’s request is expected to come by way of a letter to the FTC, asking the agency to protect the privacy […]
The remnants of Sprint’s network have been put out to pasture. As The Verge reports, as of yesterday, Sprint’s LTE network has been retired by its new owner, T-Mobile. That’s along with Sprint’s 3G CDMA network, which was shut down earlier this year, and what remained of T-Mobile’s own 3G network, which enters retirement today. T-Mobile […]
There’s a lot going on in Air Twister. The arcade-style shooter from legendary designer Yu Suzuki has just been released on Apple Arcade, and it pushes players through a strange fantasy world full of armored birds, flying squids, skeletal dragons, floating cities, and evil clocks. For Suzuki, who is best known for his work at Sega on […]
T-Mobile’s advertising business is offering a new way for marketers to pry into your app-using habits. Ad Exchanger reports that the un-carrier’s new program is called App Insights, and it’s now fully operational after spending a year in beta. The program allows third-party marketers to buy T-Mobile customer data and centers around a key piece of information that […]
According to a report from Korean outlet ETNews (via SamMobile), Samsung is getting ready to release its massive 55-inch curved Odyssey Ark monitor this August. The monitor, which was announced in January at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), has reportedly gone through a few certification programs that have to be done before it can go on sale. Details about this […]