16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac Pro gets updates Just weeks from the first-ever virtual WWDC 2020, Apple has announced a smattering of upgrades and options to its two Mac workflows: the Mac Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro. Graphics improvements to 16-inch MacBook Pro Previously available with the top graphics configuration of
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Adobe Photoshop Camera review Announced at the end of 2019, Adobe Photoshop Camera is on the verge of making its official, full-fledged debut. A camera-based app that applies filters, effects and animations to your selfies and snapshots, it can easily seem like just another dime-a-dozen camera app for your phone.
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Sudio ETT review At SGD 239, the Sudio ETT marks the first entry-level option in the relatively new and yet-uncontested segment of ANC true wireless earphones. Against the $379 AirPods Pro and the $349 Sony WF-1000XM3, the ETT represents quite a discount while nailing key features on paper. The Sudio
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iOS 13.5 brings face mask and contact tracing app improvements Apple's reputation for timely and accessible software updates have come through for iPhone users with the introduction of iOS 13.5 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As we prepare to reopen our countries in stages, face masks and contact tracing apps will
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IFA Berlin organisers gfu and Messe Berlin have held a virtual press conference earlier today, attended by media from the world over. IFA directors Dirk Koslowski and Jens Heithecker went over the organisation's plans to hold a "real-life" IFA Global Press Conference 2020 and IFA 2020 within the year. IFA
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Best Apple Watch faces and apps It’s beyond question that the Apple Watch leads the wearable market with its comprehensive set of easily-accessed features. With everything from on-wrist ECG, ambient noise monitoring and weather apps, there really might be an app, complication, and watch face for every purpose. But there’s
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Zoom vs Google Meet Google Meet is now free for all users, bringing advanced video calling features to a greater audience. Image: Google Overnight video calling hegemon Zoom has a new (old) contender. Google, till now mostly known for its Google Hangouts video calling service, has rebranded its more premium
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Should I get a 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro or a 16-inch or the MacBook Air? Yes, you read it right - not all MacBooks are created equal. Despite the deluge of coverage gushing over the new 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro, the other headline spec bumps don't apply across the board.
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Coronavirus hygiene products and gadgets to kill germs The whole world is months into this coronavirus pandemic, and amidst the lockdowns and bi-weekly grocery runs, hygiene products and gadgets will help you be extra careful when pushing buttons and holding handrails. To help you in your quest to remain germ-free
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Second-generation iPhone SE Singapore price & launch Four years after the iPhone SE was launched in 2016, Apple has followed up its budget smartphone line with the second-generation iPhone SE, which comes to Singapore priced at SGD 649. Flexing the same A13 Bionic chipset used on the flagship iPhone 11
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Watch Apple TV+ for free If you're staying at home due to the COVID-19 Circuit Breaker measures in Singapore or a lockdown somewhere else, the weeks ahead would be infinitely easier to endure with a video streaming service or two to tide you through. Hailee Steinfeld stars as Emily Dickinson
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Huawei P40 Pro review and comparison The Huawei P40 Pro was launched just days ago, alongside the P40 and P40 Pro Plus. It’s a chaotic time to launch a phone, amidst a growing COVID-19 pandemic, and in spite of almost a full year of Trump-led sanctions. With all odds against
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Huawei P40, P40 Pro, Pro Plus launched online CEO Richard Yu poses with the new Huawei P40 devices. Image: Huawei Amidst trying times, Huawei has announced its next generation of flagship mobile devices via live stream today. The Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus follow up the groundbreaking
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Apple has lowered the price of the MacBook Air while boosting its performance and storage. It boasts twice the CPU performance and up to 80% faster graphics performance and now starts with a base 256GB storage. The new MacBook Air 2020. Image: Apple Starting at SGD 1,449, the Apple is
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About one and a half years after its groundbreaking iPad Pro launched in October 2018, Apple has quietly announced its successor via press release just today. The new iPad Pro is equipped with an all-new LIDAR depth-sensing scanner, an added ultrawide camera and a new Magic Keyboard with backlit keys
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that all physical retail stores outside "Greater China" will be closed until March 27th. On a statement published on the company's website, Cook wrote that the temporary closures are an "effective way to minimise [the] risk of the virus's transmission". Just yesterday, Apple announced
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Coronavirus takes Apple's WWDC 2020 online Apple has just announced a move to take WWDC 2020 online in light of "the current health situation". The World Wide Developers' Conference, in its 33rd consequtive year, is to proceed in an "entirely new online format", designed to cater to "consumers, press and
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At 64 megapixels, the Leica S3 is a behemoth of a medium format DSLR. It was first announced two years ago at Photokina 2018, but now hits the shelves with an equally hefty USD 18,995/GBP 16,500 (~SGD 29,668) price tag. Image: Leica Leica's digital medium format chops began in 2008
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Oppo has announced its Find X2 series of flagship smartphones about a week after its planned launch date at Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona that has been cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns. The Find X2, which continues Oppo's vanguard Find X branding that was last seen in 2018, sports
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Coronavirus tech casualties pile The novel coronavirus tech impact deepens as additional annual staples of the tech calendar have been affected by its onslaught. Also known as COVID-19, its latest victims are Facebook's F8 and the Game Developers Conference (GDC), which have cancelled, modified or postponed event components to deal
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