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T-Mobile can’t sell the Google Pixel itself, but it still found a way to offer an attractive Pixel deal and troll Verizon in the process. Bring your unlocked Pixel and sign up for T-Mobile One and the Uncarrier will refund you half the price of the smartphone. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darrell Etherington Renowned iPhone hacker turned entrepreneur George Hotz (aka geohot) has cancelled his autonomous driving startup’s first official product, the Comma One aftermarket add-on that would’ve allowed certain cars to gain Autopilot-like highway driving assistance abilities. Hotz announced the news on the Comma.ai official Twitter account, noting that the decision to cancel was…

By Emma Boyle Nintendo might not be planning to release any more official Nintendo Switch details until January 2017, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping further hardware features appearing online. Over the past few days, reports have emerged that not only is the console likely to utilise USB-C charging, it will have a wide…

By Seth G. Macy It seems like crazy talk to call a $1,799 or AU$3,699 (about £1,470) laptop a good value, but that’s exactly what the HP Omen 17 is. It’s like the design process began with someone walking into HP’s engineering lab, tossing a GTX 1070 on a table and telling the team “Here,…

A recent report claimed Apple was planning to release three iPhone 8 models in 2017. A new report claims the company will not launch a 5-inch model and instead will launch only two new iPhones, 4.7-inch iPhone 8 and 5.5-inch iPhone 8 Plus. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darren Allan Following Apple’s unveiling of new Touch Bar-toting MacBook Pro machines yesterday, LG has unleashed a pair of new 4K/5K monitors designed to complement Apple’s notebooks, adding connectivity chops and more screen real-estate when you’re using your MacBook at home (or in the office). The 5K affair is unsurprisingly the larger monitor boasting…

Samsung’s mobile division reported a 95 percent drop from the same time last year in its earnings call due to the Galaxy Note 7 recall. The company confirmed some of its upcoming Galaxy S8 plans in terms of design and features. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

A new video posted in YouTube parodies the Google Pixel smartphone. It explains how Google made the device by cannibalizing the iPhone 7, merely throwing minor components to make the device its own. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Apple has released the updated MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar, and Microsoft has also released the updated Surface Book. How do these devices fare in terms of features, display, battery life, pricing and more? Let’s find out. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

Apple and Google are going head to head with the iPhone 7 Plus and the Pixel XL. A new real world speed test shows how the phablets compare in performance and speed. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Google has uploaded two new videos for the Pixel on YouTube. Best viewed on a smartphone in portrait mode, the new videos are brief, instructional guides for those who are switching from an iPhone to a Pixel. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Chinese iPhone owners are giving their older iPhone devices a makeover to resemble the appearance of this year’s premium iPhone 7 and 7 Plus from Apple. Because of the lack of innovations, many people are hesitant to buy the expensive iPhone devices. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Devin Coldewey The Touch Bar is serious business. Apple’s interface guidelines warn against all kinds of fun things that developers probably started thinking about when the new MacBook Pros leaked earlier this week. No doubt some apps will find a way to be creative even under the stern eye of Apple’s party police, but…

By Joe Osborne It’s finally here: the new-and-improved MacBook Pro, and it seems to have closed the gap between it and the competition – and them some. But, the MacBook Pro has done so in ways that matter perhaps even more than Gigahertz and pixels. This is now Apple’s most usable laptop yet. Sure, it’s…

By Lucas Matney Apple just introduced a shiny, super thin new MacBook Pro. But for what was birthed, a lot of widely-held standards had to die. Today, Apple removed the MagSafe 2 charging port type, they stripped away the HDMI port, they ripped out the SD card slot, they shuttered the Thunderbolt 2 ports (which…