It’s hard to believe that a month after the first developer-focused build, Android 13 Developer Preview 2 is now available with a whole host of new features and functions. Here is a shortlist of some of the best.
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Yet another media player redesign
Extensive notification shade tuning
Lockscreen notification tweaks
Notification permission pop-up
Improved haptic feedback…
If you think you need to improve your neck and shoulder posture, there’s an iPhone app that uses AirPods to help you improve just that. Developed by Jordi Bruin, Posture Pal is an interesting idea that will help you during long work hours, while playing a video game, or…
Samsung announced the Galaxy A33 and Galaxy A53 budget phones today. Part of the Galaxy A budget lineup, this is Samsung’s most popular smartphone category. Both are due to come out just after Apple’s budget 5G iPhone. Based on some of the information we know, how do the…
New Counterpoint data is out and shows that 5G smartphone sales surpassed 4G for the first time in January 2022. Sales of 5G smartphones reached 51% in January. China, North America, and Western Europe were the driving forces of this increase.
According to Counterpoint, the push for 5G came from Chinese telecom operators and the readiness of OEMs to supply competitively priced 5G smartphones…
Apple streamlines the process of buying a new iPhone SE for AT&T and T-Mobile customers
March 18, 2022
With the launch of the third generation iPhone SE, Apple has made some changes to introduce a streamlined purchase process for AT&T and T-Mobile customers. Users will now be able to send their personal data to the carriers when they first turn on the device, rather than…
The price of Tesla vehicles are going through the roof, but the automaker has managed to reduce the price of one of its most popular products, the Wall Connector.
Tesla’s Wall Connector – which is used as a home charging station and for the automaker’s Destination…
Ford’s base $40,000 F-150 Lightning electric pickup gets 230-miles of EPA range and 68 MPGe
March 17, 2022
The base version of the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup, which starts at $40,000, has received an official EPA rating with an estimated range of 230 miles and 68 MPGe.
Ford is preparing to start production and deliveries of the F-150 Lightning, an electric pickup truck, to help accelerate the electrification of the massive segment of the auto industry in the US.
The automaker grabbed a lot…
eCessna? Textron, maker of Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft acquires Pipistrel for eAviation wing
March 17, 2022
The electric aviation world got a big shakeup today when Textron, the maker of Iconic small aircraft brands Cessna, Beechcraft, and Bell bought the Slovenian/Italian maker Pipistrel. The new organization has big plans for “eAviation”…
Textron eAviation division…
This afternoon, NASA will begin the very slow process of rolling out its brand new rocket, the Space Launch System, transporting the fully stacked vehicle out to its primary launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It’s a major moment for the rocket, which has been in…
Imagine looking through your camera’s viewfinder, finding it strangely blurry, and then realizing that a fairly large spider had made its home inside… and that your eye had been just a fraction of an inch away from the eight-legged creature. That’s what happened recently to Canadian photographer Joel Robison.
Robison first purchased his Sony a7R III mirrorless camera brand new a…
