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By Haje Jan Kamps If you’ve ever wished you could roll out a five-mile extension cable for your home phone so you can get your calls when you’re out and about, Invoxia’s new Voice Bridge may be the solution to your globetrotting woes. It’s a virtual phone that connects your landline to your Wi-Fi, making…

By Devin Coldewey Today might be conspicuous in the annals of autonomous vehicles for a more serious reason, but another month is over and Google has issued its self-driving car report for June. In it are some interesting details about the system’s ability to detect and avoid cyclists Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Devin Coldewey It’s difficult enough already for the visually impaired to read the books and publications sighted people take for granted, but it’s downright impossible when the content isn’t even available in accessible formats. Fortunately, a global agreement aimed at alleviating the problem passed a major milestone today and may take effect before the…

By Parker Wilhelm It looks like Diablo IV is happening, and you could be working on it. OK, guess we should back up a little bit: a job posting on Blizzard Entertainment’s careers page is looking for a game director with “a stellar track record of shipping AAA games” who can “lead the Diablo series…

By Parker Wilhelm It looks like Diablo IV is happening, and you could be working on it. Okay, guess we should back up a little bit – a job posting on Blizzard Entertainment’s careers page is looking for a game director with “a stellar track record of shipping AAA games” who can “lead the Diablo…

By Devin Coldewey The dispute between Apple and Spotify over subscription revenues continues today with a letter from the former accusing the latter of using “rumors and half-truths” to advance “unfair and unreasonable” demands. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Kate Conger For the average Amazon shopper, reviews are just a casual part of the experience. You might pay attention to a pun-filled review by George Takei or spend half an hour laughing at the parody reviews for “Fresh Whole Rabbit,” but you probably don’t thoroughly examine every review before buying a product. Read…

AT&T has launched a new ‘Thanks’ reward program that will entitle eligible subscribers of the carrier to BOGO free movie tickets on Tuesdays. The Thanks program also intends to offer subscribers pre-sale tickets for select Live Nation concerts. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Romain Dillet BMW is teaming up with Mobileye and Intel to work on its first fully autonomous self-driving car. The car manufacturer plans to ship this car by 2021. This confirms Bloomberg’s report. Compared to existing self-driving technology, this new generation of cars is supposed to be able to drive itself from start to…

Rumors about the upcoming Nexus phones manufactured by HTC reached the media, and they are optimistic. The Nexus Marlin and Sailfish are purportedly bringing powerful specs and various form factors to the table. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By John Biggs Singer Björk has commissioned a set of wild 3D-printed masks for her upcoming shows. These masks, made in conjunction with MIT’s Mediated Matter lab and Stratasys, are called Rottlace and have a strange, hairy quality thanks to advances in 3D printing filament and new printing techniques. Professor Neri Oxman lead the team…

Huawei recently confirmed that the purported Huawei Mate 9 will not arrive at its September event. Here is what the company will likely unveil then. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Attention, Dell Venue tablet users: the company will be discontinuing production lines for this device and cease future updates on its firmware. Those looking to invest in Android tablets should also be warned that this market is declining. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

OnePlus has been experiencing hiccups with its recently launched OnePlus 3 flagship, and the latest involves shipping issues in the UK. The company has addressed customer concerns, however, and added vouchers as compensation for the delays. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Huawei will launch the Honor 8 on July 11. The handset is expected to include Kirin 950, 3 GB/4 GB of RAM, 2,900 mAh battery, Android 6.0 Marshmallow and more. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones