TL; DR Google Lens is coming to the Chrome browser soon. You can find and highlight text, images, and videos within a page. Search results from using Lens open in the same tab so you don’t have to jump around. On your Android smartphone, Google Lens can be a powerful tool. You can use it…
Sony, a company that has historically made very capable but very expensive true wireless earbuds, is now heading into more affordable territory with the $100 WF-C500, a set of earbuds that compete with Jabra’s $80 Elite 3. Sony’s previous lowest-priced earbuds were the $130 WF-XB700. It also announced its latest full-size noise-canceling wireless headphones, the…
Earlier this year, Google Search started showing “About this result” to give people more context about a website before they click. At Search On 2021, the company announced three new sections that will appear in the panel. In addition to Wikipedia descriptions, index date, and an explanation for each link, Google will now show the…
Sony revealed its new additions to the PlayStation Plus subscription service for the month of October. The games featured for subscribers to download starting on October 5 are Mortal Kombat X, PGA Tour 2K21, and Hell Let Loose. Some subscribers are calling this one of the weaker months of Plus, especially since its lacking horror games…
Ah yes, we all knew the day would come when near-sentient flying drones could be piloted around our homes, serving our every need. Like all things tech, though, the future tends to land faster than we think. Ring, the Amazon-owned smart security company known for its video doorbells, floodlights, and cameras, is taking to the…
Sudheesh Nair Contributor Sudheesh Nair is CEO of ThoughtSpot, a business intelligence company that has built an intuitive Google-like interface for data analytics. Before ThoughtSpot, Sudheesh was president at Nutanix. Speaking about the historical trajectory of significant movements, Gandhi once said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then…
Following I/O in May, Google’s next big developer events in 2021 will be Dev Summits for Android and Chrome. The 2021 Android Dev Summit, which was last hosted in 2019, skipping last year, will take place on October 27-28. It’s usually comprised of various “What’s new” sessions and other things that Google wants to encourage…
TL; DR Sony has released Sony’s WH-XB910N noise canceling headphones and WF-C500 true wireless earbuds. Both headsets use Sony DSEE to upscale compressed audio files and play back almost the same quality as high resolution audio files. The Sony WH-XB910N and WF-C500 are available for pre-order starting today for $ 249.99 and $ 99.99, respectively….
One of the great promises of the internet was that it would allow greater competition, and through that greater savings — yet Amazon now dominates much of the online market. For many items, there is simply no alternative but to buy through Amazon, meaning that if you want to save money, you’re going to have…