Month: August 2024
Breaking down online shopping’s silent threat
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have long served as the invisible backbone of online retail. They empower retailers to seamlessly integrate the intricate web of ecommerce systems, orchestrating everything from payment processing to shipping logistics and inventory management. This interconnectedness, however, has also made the retail sector a lucrative target for…
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Apple welcomes back PC emulators on iOS – but are they here to stay?
Remember the days of MS-DOS? If you don’t, you can experience classic PC games from that era on your iPhone, thanks to new App Store rules that, once again, allow the distribution of emulators. Which means iDOS 3 – a PC emulator that allows you to run applications made for…
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The Google Pixel Watch 3’s Loss of Pulse Detection is a first for smartwatches, and it could be a lifesaver
During Made by Google 2024, the tech giant unveiled its next-gen wearable, the Pixel Watch 3, and with it, a life-saving feature called Loss of Pulse Detection. This is an opt-in tool that gives the smartwatch the “ability to detect loss of pulse,” which is a very scary event in…
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Google is making Gemini AI part of everything you do with your smartphone – here’s how
Google showed off a lot of impressive hardware at the Made by Google event this year, with new Pixel smartphones, earbuds, and smartwatches. But, the company’s Gemini AI model was arguably the real star, playing a central or supporting role in nearly every unveiled feature. We’ve put together the most…
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Fujifilm’s new Instax Mini printer just landed to make your smartphone snapping fun again
Sometimes, you just want the tactile fun of printing Instax photos without the hassle of actually using an Instax camera. If that sounds like you, the new Instax Mini Link 3 printer for smartphones could be your next impulse buy for birthday parties and weddings. The successor to the Instax…
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Valve confirms it’ll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system
Valve once imagined that every PC maker could have their own “Steam Machine,” a PC game console running the company’s Linux-based SteamOS. It took a decade for that dream to evolve into the company’s own internally developed Steam Deck gaming handheld, but the original dream isn’t dead. The company’s long…
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