Sonos is meant to stream your music wirelessly to speakers throughout your house, and now it can help you do the same for less. The company is now running a promotion wherein you can purchase any Sonos product (excepting the all-connecting Bridge) and get a free six month trial of Google Play Music All Access thrown in on top of that. That's not a bad deal, though you'll be shelling out a minimum...
Today at a health-focused event in San Francisco, Samsung has shown off a new advanced wearable health tracker, the SIMBAND (we'll just call it Simband from here on out). The device, which straps onto your wrist like about half of the wearables out there today, users a variety of sensors to track your heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, hydration, and more, all in real time and historically....
App Annie runs a fantastic iOS, Android, and Windows Phone app analytics system, and they've just acquired another major company in that sphere, Distimo. The acquisition puts App Annie at over 240 employees, and comes hot on the heels of a recent $17 million round of investment from IDG and other partners. The specific terms of the deal were undisclosed. Distimo's Netherlands office will join other...
Although LG hasn't really tried to keep the G Watch a secret, they're not exactly going out of their way to tell us all about it either but that may soon be coming to an end. Hitting the FCC recently is what is reported to be one variation of the G Watch otherwise known as the LG-W100. According to the documents, it's listed as smart watch with Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE but lacks mention of any 3G...
If you've been laying up nights waiting for the timer and cropping to return to the Google Camera app, rest easy tonight. The timer's back with today's update, as are cropping options. So go all 16:9 on your bad self(ie) if that's how you roll. Or stick with 4:3. We don't judge. ...
Starting this summer, the car service beloved by of us will become the AT&T bloatware loathed by, well, just about everyone. Uber and AT&T today announced a partnership that will use the U.S. carrier's data in its cars. And in turn, Uber's app will be preloaded onto new Android phones on AT&T. (And it wouldn't at all surprise us to see the app show up in a ROM update for current phones,...
It's official. Apple has just announced their intentions to acquire Beats for $3 billion. The deal will include both streaming music service Beats Music and Beats Electronics. The mammoth deal will see Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre joining Apple. Our pals at iMore are all over this one . As for us? We can't imagine the Android app for Beats Music going anywhere anytime soon. Source: Apple...
Looking for a reason to pick up a Moto G ? If so, you won't want to miss out on the deal Amazon is hosting on them right now provided you're on Verizon or don't mind using the device only on WiFi. Unlike the GSM versions which are selling for $100 to $200 depending on storage size, you can pick up the 8 GB version of the Verizon prepaid Moto G for only $70. ...
In acquiring Beats Music , Apple will have its first non-iOS mobile applications under its control and importantly it looks like those apps will live on after the acquisition. According to Tim Bradshaw of the Financial Times , the Android and Windows Phone Beats Music apps are safe: ...
T-Mobile has setup another Uncarrier event for June 18 in Los Angeles. This will be their fifth such event, hence the name Uncarrier 5.0. Previously on the John Legere show, we've seen T-Mobile offer to pay your ETF from AT&T, Sprint or Verizon, Introduce their Jump! program, give everyone free international roaming and offer free LTE data for your tablet . It seems to be working for them, as...
We're wrapping up a very sweet photo contest — one that brought in four full pages of great entries in the forums and made it tough to pick just two winners. The great variety of pictures this week had us both jealous of the tasty treats at some of the members' disposal and a little worried for a few peoples' health, to be honest. Let's hope that everything that was photographed this week was consumed...
Our first look at the photographic capabilities of LG's flagship G3 smartphone With 24 hours of LG G3 usage under our belt, we've had just enough time to get to grips with the phone's camera — a 13-megapixel optically-stabilized shooter with a faster laser-powered autofocus. LG is one of the few manufacturers using OIS as a major point of differentiation, and with high-end smartphones increasingly...
The last time we saw the Asus Padfone X , it was locked inside a glass case. Tonight in New York City, AT&T and Asus finally let us get our hands on them. The Padfone X is a new smartphone and tablet hybrid that will be available to pre-order from AT&T online or in stores on June 6th for $199 with a two-year agreement. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.3GHz quad-core CPU, 16GB of...
We recently did a photo contest about bricks, and now we're moving to another commonly-used construction material — concrete. It may not always be the prettiest of materials out there, but we're sure you'll be able to take some pretty fantastic "concrete" photos this week. It doesn't just have to be a shot straight down at the sidewalk you're walking down — get creative with this one. We'll be picking...
Google has just published a blog post that gives insight into the diversity at the company. The numbers published detail the gender and ethnic diversity within the workforce. Laszlo Bock, Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google, admits that Google is not where they want to be when it comes to diversity. Numbers after the break. ...
Since there are over 1 million apps in the Play Store, the chances of someone finding your app without any sort of promotion is literally 1 in a million....
There’s been so many LG G3 leaks that the official launch on May 27th will essentially be nothing more than a way of confirming what we already know. So what exactly do we know about the handset? Unofficial Specs Dimensions: 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm (5.76 x 2.94 x 0.35 in) Display: 1440......
A new update to the S Health app makes it possible to check your stress levels using the heart rate sensor on the Galaxy S5....
A new render of the LG G3 has surfaced, reportedly this is the Sprint version of the handset, though the actual branding is extremely minimalistic. ...
Today's indie app of the day is an app called Peek. Peek is the closest you'll get to the Moto X Active Display without buying a Moto X. Check it out!...