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Energous received approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its WattUp Mid Field transmitter. The technology, which will allow users to charge multiple devices up to 3 feet away, will be demonstrated at CES 2018. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Emma Boyle It’s kind of hard not to feel a touch of doom and gloom at the moment, isn’t it? Everywhere you look something is falling apart of its own accord or being manipulated to do so. It’s like someone’s let loose a Tinkerbell of despair and she’s taken to sprinkling her miserable magic…

Some Galaxy Note 8 units are having battery issues, becoming unresponsive and no longer charging if their battery drains completely. Samsung has yet to offer a solution, and it’s replacing affected units with refurbished devices. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Mike Williams VPN Speed is a torrent-friendly Android VPN app with more than a million installs reported on Google Play. The free service supports only three countries: Netherlands, UK and US. There are ads – lots of ads – and individual sessions will be disconnected after an hour unless you remember to tap a…

By Matt Burns CES is a horrible, god-awful experience that will shave years off your life. The casinos, the food, the people, the germs. Horrible. All of it. But we love it! And we’re sending a huge contingent to the show again this year and want to see your gadgets, toys and products. TechCrunch cares…

OnePlus confirmed that the OnePlus 5T will receive its Android 8.0 Oreo update early next year. An open beta for the new software is expected to go live soon. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Wow, what a year it’s been for PC games. While consoles have busied themselves with incremental hardware upgrades dressed up as generational leaps, the world of overclocked gaming has seen genuine strides that have taken the industry forward in exciting new ways. We’ve witnessed a new wave of CPUs transforming how we…

There have been conflicting rumors and reports on whether or not the Galaxy S9 will keep the headphone jack. The latest leaked image, however, proves that the upcoming Samsung flagship smartphone will retain the suddenly rare feature. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Devin Coldewey The Switch may be the most pleasant tech surprise of 2017, but although it has many excellent qualities, excessive storage space is not among them. And it looks like that will continue to be a problem if, as the Wall St Journal hears, Nintendo is delaying the production of 64-gigabyte cartridges. Read…

By Mike Williams Founded back in 2011, DroidVPN is a small and simple VPN for Android and – theoretically – Windows. The service website is basic and doesn’t make much effort to boast about its features. We suspect most potential customers would like to know more about DroidVPN’s servers, for instance, but there’s no information…

By David Nield Bigger Nintendo Switch game cartridges means more data and less reliance on memory cards, but Nintendo is pushing back the roll-out of 64GB cartridges for the Switch until 2019, after originally planning to introduce them during the second half of next year. That’s according to “people familiar with the matter” speaking to…

By Molly Price This $400 starter kit is an interesting and attractive take on smart DIY lighting design, but integrations are limited. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Gareth Beavis Boxing Day is over. You’re either back at work, or dreading the thought of having to return. But that doesn’t mean you’ve missed your chance for a bargain – as you’ve seen on our main Best Boxing Day Deals page we’ve spent days scouring the retailers for the best deals around. That…

It’s been an exhilarating year for smartphones in general, with companies such as Google, Essential, LG, and Apple all coming out with phenomenal flagships. But here are the five best smartphones in 2017. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

OnePlus cofounder Carl Pei just confirmed that OnePlus 5 users are getting a much-coveted feature from the OnePlus 5T: Face Unlock. Sure, it’s not as sophisticated as Apple’s Face ID gimmick, but it’s decent and it works fine. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones