The city of Helsinki has revealed a first-of-its kind website meant to empower citizens, businesses and tourists to make more sustainable choices. The Think Sustainably digital service resembles a regular city guide, but with environmental sustainability as the primary factor. It is part of the local government’s Carbon Neutral Helsinki Initiative, which aims to make the city carbon neutral by […]
Helsinki’s Push For Sustainability
Google Maps Launches AR Walking Direction
Google has released a beta feature for its Google Maps service called Live View, which uses augmented reality to show users which direction to walk in. Launched on 8 August, Google’s Live View mode uses the phone owner’s camera, location data and visual information from Street View to tell them where to go when exploring an unfamiliar city on foot. To […]
Snapchat Spectacles Bring Dual Camera For 3D Effect
Having launched two previous editions of its camera-enabled shades, Snapchat parent company Snap has unveiled the Snapchat Spectacles 3 for recording social media moments on the go – and this time they can capture photos and videos in 3D. That ability to snap in three dimensions is made possible by the addition of an extra camera. The Snapchat Spectacles 3 […]
Filter The Songs Your Child Can Listen To
Spotify might be the biggest music streaming service on the planet, but you can’t accuse it of resting on its laurels. It continues to add features on a seemingly constant basis. The most current example is an update to Spotify’s family plan, which adds parental controls for the account that pays the bills. The update starts today in Ireland and […]
Best Screen Protectors For Your Note 10
We love big screens, and they don’t get much bigger than the enormous 6.8-inch display in the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus. With a stunning edge-to-edge design and a hole-punch selfie camera, the Note 10 Plus is beautiful as well as big. That extends to the screen technology too, with Samsung’s most advanced Dynamic AMOLED tech being used to incredible effect. […]
Inside Samsung’s Note 10 Strategy
Galaxy Note devotees, your loyalty has been rewarded. After sticking with the range, even in the face of adversity, Samsung has delivered to you the ultimate Note phone yet — the Galaxy Note 10. It has taken a while, but with the Note 10, the series has regained its identity after languishing as just another big-screen smartphone in a sea […]
Honda Help Automobile Turn Into Mobile Mailboxes
Honda teamed up with Amazon to bring the convenience of in-car delivery to a small handful of models in its lineup. Owners of compatible cars who are Amazon Prime members will be able to get their orders delivered straight to their car’s trunk in mere hours starting in July 2019. The service is not available across the entire Honda range, […]
Galaxy Note 10’s New Flagship
Samsung has launched this year’s supercharged Galaxy Note, and this time there’s a standard and a Plus model to choose from. The new phones come with yet more features for the S Pen stylus, improved performance and upgraded cameras, making them Samsung’s most powerful flagships yet. The first difference between the Note 10 and the Note 10 Plus is the […]
Ezlarm App
Most of us are guilty of repeatedly hitting the snooze bar on our alarm clocks and going back to sleep, which is why we’ve seen devices that won’t stop ringing (or even electrocuting) until they’re taken to a remotely-located docking station. EzLarm takes a cheaper and simpler approach, utilizing a free app and an inexpensive tag. The adhesive-backed NFC (near-field […]
Gmail’s Unsend Email Feature
The instantaneous delivery of email comes with consequences. Once you send an email, you might not be able to take it back. That could cause problems if you send a message when you aren’t ready — or send it to the wrong people. The good news is that Gmail provides a quick, effective way to unsend or recall an email […]