Google's Chromecast dongle is getting a little more love from TV networks, with new app support for CBS, Fox Now, FX Now, and HGTV Watch. Users can now download these apps for iOS or Android, then hit the Cast button in the app to send any video to the television. CBS, Fox, and FX have also added Chromecast support to their websites, so Chrome users who've installed the Unfortunately, if you don't have traditional TV service, CBS is the only app worth using. Most of its shows include several full episodes for free, and you can watch entire series and live programming with a $6-per-month All Access subscription. The other three apps put nearly all their episodes behind a pay-TV paywall. (HGTV has a handful of free episodes, but you really have to dig around to find them.)
The death of Samsung Wallet has a hard date. The company is killing off the service on June 30, with The
Sure, you’ll have to sell both your kidneys to buy it, but at least now you can finally have 128GB of cutting-edge RAM in your PC. This week, Corsair announced it is now selling two 128GB DDR4 RAM kits while Kingston touted that its upcoming big-ass set will hit speeds of 3000MHz.
Amazon’s That’s changing with the latest update for Echo, which lets users bark out orders to restock anything they’ve previously bought through Amazon Prime. All that’s required is the device’s wake-up word (“Alexa” by default) followed by “re-order [item name].” Echo then finds the item and asks for confirmation to buy it, either with a “yes” or a voice code. Shopping isn’t strictly restricted to past purchases. If Echo doesn’t find the item in the user’s order history, but can recommend something similar, it’ll tell users the name and price before giving them the option to buy it. If it doesn’t find anything, it’ll add the item name to the user’s shopping list. (You can also say “Alexa, cancel order” if you’ve bought something by accident.)
Wikipedia is easily the greatest compendium of human knowledge ever created. Sure, academics have their issues with it and pranksters love messing with it, but as a starting point to learn about pretty much any topic you can think of you simply can’t beat Wikipedia. But it does have its downsides. One thing that’s always irked me is the interface. On the PC, to put it bluntly, it sucks. It’s very busy, with text and boxes everywhere, and the article navigation links are oddly placed. A Chrome extension called Wikiwand aims to change all that by giving Wikipedia a much-needed visual overhaul. To use it all you have to do is download the extension from the
Tails, a privacy and anonymity-focused Linux distribution most famously used by This Debian-based system is designed to
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and LG’s G4 have officially set the precedent for photography in high-end Android phones. Manufacturers, if your upcoming device doesn’t take photos as well as either of these devices, you’re doing something seriously wrong. The Galaxy S6 is equipped with a 16-megapixel camera with an f/1.9 aperture, optical image stabilization, and tracking autofocus. It also uses a rear-facing LED flash and features manual focus capability. I used a Galaxy S6 Edge for this test, which has the exact same camera sensor and software as its flat brother. The G4 features a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera with an f/1.8 aperture, three-axis optical image stabilization, dual-tone LED flash, and hybrid infrared autofocus. It also incorporates a new “RGB color spectrum sensor.”
Your phone can already handle a lot: Email, text messages, web-browsing, music-playing, picture-taking, and more. But did you know it can also serve as your personal stylist, helping you organize your wardrobe and dress appropriately for a wide variety of situations? Here are three apps that can help you look your best, whether you’re meeting with the CEO or taking clients out for a night on the town. Closet+ will let you know just how much value you’re getting out of your clothes.