The wearable band market (wrist-worn devices such as smart watches and fitness trackers) grew by a modest 3% to 54.6 million units in the third quarter (3Q), according to the latest research from Omdia. And it was good news for Apple. Despite the low volume growth,...
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked smartphone companies in India — including Apple — to preinstall a state-developed, undelete-able cybersecurity application that allows users to report fraudulent calls and messages, and stolen mobile phones,...
Apple is testing AI (artificial intelligence) features (think ChatGPT) that could eventually come to Siri, the company’s “virtual digital assistant,” according to The New York Times (a subscription is required to read the article). Apple engineers, including members...
Scosche’s $79.99 MagicMount Pro2 Cup is the latest in the company’s line of MagicMount line of magnetic mobile device mounts. It’s my favorite for reasons that have nothing to do with its magnetic abilities. The Pro2 Cup is designed for Apple iPhone 12 and 13 that...
I’m a long time MMO gamer. Since I now primarily use a Mac, my gaming choices are limited. I can play in virtual machines on an Intel-based Mac, but with the introduction of M1 Macs, Intel virtualization of games is no longer an option on the M1s. There are a few M1...
Portable Sound Laboratories (http://www.imaingo.com)’s US$69.99 iMainGo X. is designed to offer “high-end sound quality and amazing light weight portability to customers who use the iPhone, any Apple iPod, the Microsoft Zune, and most other MP3 players.” It does offer better-than-I-would-have-expected sound, though that comes with some added heft to any device you use it with.
Verbatim (http://www.verbatim.com)’s MediaShare Mini — at US$89.95 — is an affordable, if quirky, home networking solution. Like the Apple TV, it comes with no storage and no option for internal storage (exernal storage is a whole other matter). If that’s an issue for you, feel free to stop reading now.
Epson (http://www.epson.com) says its US$299.99 Artisan 835 All-In-One printing and scanning solution provides the world’s fastest 4 x 6-inch photo print speeds. I won’t argue with that as the printer is, indeed, darn fast. And the Artisan 835 offered the most seamless wireless set-up I’ve ever attempted for an all-in-one.
By Jason Scrivner
Color correction in film and video in any ideal situation should be left to those who have spent years training their eyes to finesse each scene to the perfect combination. Yet, in all reality these days, that’s not going to happen for most of us.
