CBT takes a look at the Google Home Mini with updated touch controls. Shortly after launching the Mini, Google disabled all touch controls due to an issue with the touch control on the top of the device constantly being triggered even when not touched.
Apple Apologizes and Reduces Out-of-Warranty Battery Replacement to $29
Apple on Thursday addressed mounting criticism over the revelation that it slows down iPhones with aging batteries to prevent performance issues. In addition to apologizing, the company has also lowered the price of out-of-warranty battery replacements to $29, and will issue a software update in early 2018 to let users find out more information about the health of their device’s battery.
Google Pixel 2 XL Unboxing Day
CBT gives you our first impressions of the Google Pixel 2 XL. Find out how this maybe the best of 2017.
How to Check iPhone Battery Health for Possible Replacement
With the admission from Apple deliberately CPU throttling on iPhones with degraded batteries, we have come up with 4 different ways to check your iOS device’s battery status and capacity. We’ll go over these different methods, going from the most simple to the most comprehensive.
Apple Admits to Slowing Down Older iPhones
Apple has acknowledged what many iPhone owners long suspected: It has slowed older phones.
The tech giant issued a rare statement of explanation saying that it has used software updates to limit the performance of older iPhones that may have battery issues that would cause them to turn off suddenly.
CTA Foundation Announces Accessibility Award Winners and Exhibitors at CES 2018
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation, a national organization with the mission to link seniors and people with disabilities with technologies to enhance their lives, Just announced accessibility-related programming and exhibits at CES® 2018. Owned and produced by CTA, CES is the global stage for innovation and will take place January 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Smart Glasses Brings Enhanced Sight to Pennsylvania High School Student
Vuzix, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that the Company has delivered vastly enhanced vision or “new” sight to a Pennsylvania-area high school student via its Vuzix’ M300 Smart Glasses.
B.C. Engineer Develops Scanner to Diagnose Eye Diseases Early
A British Columbia engineering science professor has developed a high-resolution scanner that he says will revolutionize how eye diseases are diagnosed to prevent vision loss.
Lyft is Making it Easier for Visually Impaired Customers to Grab a Ride
Lyft is making it easier for anyone and everyone to grab a ride, and that includes People with visual impairments. Recently, the ridesharing giant announced a new partnership with Aira, an assistive community focused on those who are blind or have impaired vision. Together, the two teams are looking to make transportation more accessible to all.
Facebook Improves How Blind Users Can See Images
When Matt King first got on Facebook eight years ago, the blind engineer had to weigh whether it was worth spending an entire Saturday morning checking whether a friend of his was actually in his friend list. Such were the tools at the time for the visually impaired – almost nonexistent.
Today, thanks to text-to-audio software, it just takes a few seconds for him to accomplish the same task. And because of a new face recognition service the social network is rolling out, he can now learn which friends are in photos, even those who haven’t been tagged by another user.
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