Month: February 2020
From The Strategist: the 14 best laptop cases and bags
Whether you have a top-of-the-line laptop tricked out for gaming or video editing, or a cheap, bare-bones machine for basic word processing and internet surfing, the last thing you want is to drop or spill something on your computer and end up spending hours — and lots of cash —…
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HTC debuts ‘Project Proton’ concept Vive headset
Like practically everyone else in the mobile world, the cancellation of MWC on extremely short notice left HTC in the lurch. While the company has moved much of its efforts away from smartphones in general, the Taiwanese manufacturer has begun to use the show to showcase much of its VR…
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Huawei: 5G can bring real emotion to the mobile world
Huawei has revealed more about its vision of how 5G can change the world. Speaking at the company’s Mobile World Congress media event, held in London after the Barcelona trade show was cancelled over coronavirus fears, Huawei doubled down on its belief that 5G will be a truly transformative technology…
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11 things we learned about Animal Crossing: New Horizons from today’s Nintendo Direct
The vibe around Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a lot less secretive now. This morning, Nintendo showed off a lengthy presentation that provided plenty of details about the latest title in its adorable life sim series, which is making its debut on the Switch on March 20th. That includes everything…
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons: hands-on with Nintendo’s adorable Switch life sim
From the beginning, Animal Crossing: New Horizons feels different. Historically, Nintendo’s life-sim series almost always starts the same: plunking your human character down into a quaint town populated by animals. New Horizons, instead, begins with an information desk. Your character is peppered with questions by adorable raccoons Timmy and Tommy…
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Your Fitbit may be getting a new blood oxygen monitoring feature
For years, Fitbit has included an SpO2 sensor capable of measuring your blood oxygen levels to detect abnormalities in your sleep, such as sleep apnea, in its smartwatches but the feature is only just being turned on. The feature debuted on the Fitbit Ionic, even though the function was dormant,…
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