February - 2016

LG's New VR Headset

G's biggest announcement today is undoubtedly the LG G5, but next to the company's flagship smartphone, it was also demoing this crazy VR headset called the "LG 360 VR." It requires a smartphone to work, but unlike Galaxy Gear-style headsets that require you to slot the phone into the headset, this headset is just tethered to the LG G5 via a USB cable. The device is basically an external display for the G5, allowing the headset to have a slimmer profile while cutting the weig

Amazon pushes its free shipping minimum to $49

Amazon has increased the minimum price of an order that qualifies for free shipping from $35 to $49, unless you're buying more than $25 worth of books. The last time that the cost went up was the back end of 2013, when it was bumped by $10 from $25 to $35. Of course, shipping is free if you opt to pay $99 a year for Prime, which has whip-fast shipping as well as musicand video streaming. As well as pushing people toward the paid service,TechCrunch points out that Amazon has b

Adobe Lightroom mobile brings more desktop tools to Android

Adobe's Lightroom mobile got a handful of useful desktop features on iOS back in December, and now those tools are available on Android. In terms of more robust editing, the Android version now offers a Dehaze tool that will help with any fog and haze adjustments on a photo. There's also Split Toning for adding color to the shadows and highlights of an image and a Targeted Adjustment feature for those more precise tweaks. A Point mode in the Curve tool gives you full control

Intel bets big on 5G

Remember WiMAX? So does Intel -- and it doesn't want to repeat that 4G technology's failure, which it backed heavily before it lost out to LTE, when it comes to the next generation of networks. To that end, the chip giant is making it clear at Mobile World Congress today that it's gearing up for 5G, which could potentially end up being 10 to 100 times faster than today's LTE networks, in a big way. That includes announcing a slew of partners -- including AT&T, Verizon, Ericss

The New Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

When Samsung outed the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge last year, we all generally lavished it with praise. It was for a good reason -- they were easily the nicest phones Samsung had crafted in years, even though one was clearly more popular than the other. This year isn't really about reinventing those formulas, but about refining them, and the results are the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. You'll be able to get your own starting on March 11, but read on to get our early impressions. There's