Recent updates to Google’s main video conferencing service have made it easier to set visual effects and detect echos. Google Meet is now bringing brightness adjustments to the web client following the introduction of a low-light mode on mobile last year.
Having too much light behind you — such as a window on a sunny day — can also be challenging for many cameras. Google Meet on the web…
Tesla agrees to finally honor solar roof prices on signed contracts
September 20, 2021
In communications shared with the court, Tesla has agreed to finally honor the solar roof prices given to customers who had signed contracts.
Back in March, Tesla added a new “roof complexity” factor to its solar roof prices that resulted in drastically increasing the…
Software review: ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2021 is a speedy Lightroom alternative
September 20, 2021
ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2021$149.99 perpetual or $69+/year with subscription
Over the past couple of years, I’ve reviewed several subscription-free rivals to Adobe Lightroom, including DxO PhotoLab 4, Exposure Software’s Exposure X6 and Phase…
International Google Store birthday sale teases Pixel 6 ‘offer’ if buy something this weekend
September 20, 2021
Google has long marked its company birthday on September 27 — even though the incorporation took place earlier on the 4th. In recent years, international Google Stores in Europe and Asia Pacific have run deals to make this occasion. For its 23rd birthday, Google looks to be giving Store purchasers this upcoming weekend an unspecified “offer” on the Pixel 6.
Google Store Australia is the…
Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is securing its position in a niche market
September 20, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
Boston Dynamics has just released the latest update for its famous quadruped robot Spot, giving it better capability to make inspections and collect data…
Do iPhone 12 cases fit the new iPhone 13?
September 20, 2021
The iPhone 13 is here and it features a design that is nearly identical to the iPhone 12, with flat edges, an edge-to-edge display, and more. Unfortunately, however, there is one small change that means your iPhone 12 cases won’t fit your new iPhone 13.
iPhone 12 cases…
First iPhone 13 pre-orders now shipping ahead of Friday release
September 20, 2021
Just two days after pre-orders began, Apple has now started shipping the first batch of iPhone 13 orders to to early buyers. Unfortunately, however, this doesn’t mean you should expect your iPhone 13 pre-order to arrive any earlier than the September 24 release date.
iPhone 13 pre-orders now shipping
If you check your order status via the Apple Store Online or Apple Store app, you’ll likely…
Apple's 7 minute video helps you decide which iPhone 13 has the best camera for you
September 20, 2021
Apple has just released a 7 minute video detailing some of the biggest upgrades to the iPhone 13 camera systems.
If we wanted you to walk away with one take-home from the keynote, other than the Cinematic Mode everyone’s talking about, it’d be this: Apple crammed…
Perhaps the most useful thing about the new Google TV platform is the ability to aggregate and organize content from a variety of different sources. Which ones, though? Here’s a full list of streaming services that Google TV supports at launch.
Of course, Google can pull…
Historical footnote to technology of the future: three moments with the Canon EOS R3 that changed my opinion of Eye Control
September 20, 2021
The EOS R3’s Eye Control system works on a similar principle to the one used in the late 90’s and early 2000s, but isn’t really trying to select individual, discrete AF points
To me, Eye Control has always been some great ‘what if,’ that inevitably gets mentioned when camera geeks of a certain age spent too much time together. I went straight from a manual focus…
