Smart glasses won’t be ubiquitous until they carry an Apple logo

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So, Facebook is the latest company to try and make smart glasses a thing that people would voluntarily pay money for and then put on their face. In public. Perhaps aware of its...

I’m starting to hate true wireless earbuds

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AirPod owners aside, I have a question for you: does anybody really, actually like true wireless earbuds?  For those confused by the terminology, “true wireless” refers to those earphones without any kind...

Google forcing security on people is the right choice, even if it seems like...

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Last week, only noticed by the kinds of people that read the company’s Keyword blog posts for fun, Google revealed something pretty incredible. Since last year, the company has been automatically...
Spatial audio now available on Android – but does anyone care?

Spatial Audio now available on Android… but does anyone care?

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Android users that subscribe to Apple Music (rare breeds) can now experience spatial audio too.  The format - powered by Dolby Atmos - was touted as “the next generation of sound” when...

Here’s why “Live Text” is Apple’s best feature from WWDC 2021

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Up until now Apple hasn’t been quite as adept at dealing with text in images as Google or Samsung. I open my Google Photos app when I want to find, say,...

Why our government should make paying ransoms to cyber criminals illegal

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Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has been in the headlines lately defending the proposed new hate speech laws. The laws sparked opprobrium from both the left and right, critics citing the limits...

Samsung to throw everything at the wall with Galaxy Unpacked, but will anything stick?

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What are you doing in three weeks’ time? Samsung hopes that on Wednesday 11 August you’ll be tuned in to the company’s live stream for the next Galaxy Unpacked event.  Actually, given...

Why Apple should care about silly superstitions

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Apple Month is nearly upon us! September has seen new iPhones unveiled for the past decade, with one small blip last year when a global pandemic did the unthinkable and pushed...

Apple’s future vision of wireless charging convenience sounds awful (not awfully convenient)

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Remember AirPower? Announced alongside the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in 2017 as a wireless charging pad to fill up all your Apple devices at once, it missed its 2018 release...

We spent a day looking for Covid and Vaccine disinformation on Facebook: Here’s what...

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Like most of us who believe in science rather than crackpot conspiracy theories, I'd unfollowed the few Facebook friends who - out of the blue - started posting anti-vaccination rants.  But here...