[ad_1] What can Fitbit do to help Wear OS?Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion The search and advertising giant will swallow up the wearable device company — pending approval by shareholders and regulators — making Fitbit a part of its hardware team. According to FitBit CEO James Park, “Fitbit will be able to accelerate innovation […]
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Here’s how Fitbit can help fix Wear OS
[ad_1] Earlier this week, we speculated on some of the ways in which Google’s purchase of Fitbit would be bad for wearables. However, there are a lot of things Google could learn from Fitbit to make Wear OS a compelling platform. The important thing here is that Google doesn’t do what it has seemingly done […]
Russia’s ‘sovereign internet’ law takes effect
[ad_1] The government’s official reason for signing the bill into law is that it will prevent cyberattacks and will allow Russia to keep its internet functioning in case the West cuts the country off from the world wide web. However, the deep packet inspection equipment that internet providers will be required to install under the […]
‘WoW’ Shadowlands expansion will revamp the leveling system
[ad_1] From a gameplay standpoint, players will explore five new zones, and the game is getting a new leveling experience. The progress from levels 1 – 10 will be completely revamped, before players can explore any of the previous expansions while they progress from 10 to 50. Once a character reaches level 50, then they […]
Motorola’s foldable RAZR may have been spotted in the wild
[ad_1] Yesterday a flurry of leaked photos showed Motorola’s upcoming RAZR posed for press pics, but now a picture has surfaced on China’s Weibo network claiming to show one in the wild. Sunniton posted this picture saying it was the real thing, showing the device fully unfolded, in someone’s hands. The chunky bottom chin is […]
TikTok’s parent company reportedly faces a national security review
[ad_1] Recently TikTok’s popularity has exploded worldwide, and so has scrutiny over the app’s parent company ByteDance and its relationship to the Chinese government. Now Reuters reports that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has opened a national security review of the company, because it had not sought approval to make […]
Blizzard’s 2019 event opened with an apology for its response to protests
[ad_1] Along with announcements of new games and expansions, the opening remarks from Blizzcon 2019 included a reference to how the company handled a Hearthstone pro who voiced support for Hong Kong protesters in a post-match interview. Blizzard banned the player, “Blitzchung,” for a year, stripped him of his winnings and cut ties with the […]
Microsoft launches a Q&A site to replace MSDN and TechNet
[ad_1] The company describes the website as a way to get “relevant and timely answers to your technical problems from a community of experts and Microsoft engineers.” To be clear, this isn’t the place you’ll go to if you need technical support as a consumer — Microsoft has other, long-standing resources for that. Instead, it’s […]
Blizzard unveils ‘Overwatch 2’ at BlizzCon
[ad_1] The Overwatch team is introducing character leveling this time around. There’ll be unlockable abilities (or “talents”) for the hero missions and possibly story missions, but you won’t be able to customize hero abilities in player-vs.-player modes. You can expect to see several heroes join the ranks, including the long-rumored Sojourn. The current heroes will […]
Apple TV+ is fine | Engadget
[ad_1] After spending several hours with it, the best I can say is that Apple TV+ is… fine? New series like The Morning Show, which stars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carrell, are a clear sign that the company is investing heavily in talent. And the revamped TV app, which launched in May, makes […]