Todd Haselton has been writing professionally since 2006 during his undergraduate days at Lehigh University. He started out as an intern with MaximumPC Magazine and has since written for Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware Guide, LAPTOP Magazine, The Huffington Post, MobileBurn, Computer Shopper and BGR, with a focus in mobile. When he's not writing, Todd's either trying to get out to the west coast or to the nearest beach. Todd currently resides in New York City.
LeEco announced that it has established new partnerships with retailers to expand the number of outlets where consumers can purchase its ecotvs and smartphones. LeEco’s products are now available in more Best Buy locations, for example. Fry’s will also begin selling its smartphones as well as the Super4 X65 ecotv in stores and online. BrandsMart USA will start to carry...
Tesla still hasn’t revealed all there is to know about the Model 3, the company’s most affordable car to date that should hit 13production sometime this year if all goes as planned. That doesn’t mean it isn’t being tested out on roads, and one Instagram user recently caught a prototype driving. Our office neighbors are the best! Model 3 driving outside our office alongside the...
Google officially launched a new original content podcast series dubbed "City Soundtracks". Google said the new series is "a traveling conversation about the people, places and moments that shape our musical lives," and noted that "each episode features an artist and a city. Host Hrishikesh Hirway invites musicians to lead listeners on a tour of the city through conversation and music...
I don't have kids but I work from home and I'm constantly worried something is going to appear in the background during a video call. If you're like me, and have kids, then you'll get a great chuckle out of this video. It features Professor Robert Kelly during an interview with BBC news and, presumably, his kids. During the live broadcast, a kid strolls right into his dad's office for...
Hulu announced on Friday that it has locked in an agreement with A+E to provide even more content for its forthcoming live streaming TV service. That means channels such as History, A&E, Lifetime, LMN, FYI and Viceland will all be included in the company’s new sub-$40 streaming service. “As we begin to finalize our new live TV service, we’re pulling together the...
Univision Communications announced on Friday that Facebook will soon stream Major League Soccer (MLS) and Univision Deportes games live to users. "At least 22 matches during the 2017 MLS regular season that are being broadcast on Univision networks in Spanish will now be available in the U.S. for live streaming in English via the Univision Deportes Facebook page," Univision...
Samsung’s new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus will finally be revealed to the world on March 29. We’ve already seen plenty of leaks, revealing many of the features of both devices, and the latest helps give everything a bit of perspective. Provided by @OnLeaks, the above images show how the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus measure up against the rest of the flagship Android...
Sling TV announced on Thursday that its Cloud DVR service is now available for Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick and Fire tablet users. Folks can participate in the "First look" program, which until today was only available to folks using Roku devices. The "First Look" Cloud DVR program from Sling TV provides users with the ability to record up to 50 hours of content and save it for...
Facebook already copied Snapchat Stories inside of Instagram, allowing users to share snippets of video throughout their day to create a “story.” Now it’s back with another iteration for its Messenger platform called “Messenger Day,” that offers a very similar experience. Facebook Messenger Day exists inside of the Messenger app. You can open it, tap a camera button and...
Apple just released iOS 10.3 beta 5 for developers. There are some major changes under the hood that will be available to consumers when it hits, though not all of them are going to be noticed by those consumers. Take the new Apple File System (APFS), for example; it's part of iOS 10.3 beta 5 and increases encryption, according to MacRumors, but it won't affect most folks who are using...
The HTC U Ultra is now shipping to customers who pre-ordered the smartphone when it first made its debut, Android Central said on Wednesday. The U Ultra is HTC’s latest flagship Android smartphone and features many high-end specs, including a small secondary display similar to what we’ve seen on the LG V10 and LG V20. The HTC U Ultra isn’t available through any carriers...
An alleged dump of CIA documents published by Wikileaks yesterday suggests that the CIA has backdoors into all sorts of devices, including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and more. For those of us who might have thought we were safe from prying eyes, it certainly suggested, once again, that there's always someone watching. Apple, in an effort to perhaps try to calm some fears among its...
Honda unveiled the brand new Civic Type R during the Geneva Auto Show on Tuesday, finally putting an end to the heated anticipation for the first Honda R vehicle bound for the United States. It’s quite a looker, isn’t it? The Civic Type R sports a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder DOHC turbocharged 360hp i-VTEC engine under the hood with 295lb.-ft of torque between 2,500 to 4,...
Volvo officially took the wraps off of the all-new XC60 during the Geneva Auto Show this week. The all-new XC60 adopts some of the autonomous features introduced in other “all-new” Volvo vehicles, including the XC90, S90 and V90. If you’re unfamiliar, the XC60 is Volvo’s smaller SUV, offering two rows of seats to the XC90’s three-row configuration. The redesigned XC60...
We still don’t know what Apple’s next iPhone and iPad operating system, presumably called iOS 11, will offer. That won’t stop artists from dreaming up fantastic ideas, though, and the latest iOS 11 concept video imagines features that are actually useful, like support for multiple users on iPads. There’s also “Siri Assistant” which seems to serve as a Google Now-like...
Fitbit officially unveiled the new Fitbit Alta HR on Monday, a new wearable that it claims is the “world’s thinnest” wrist-based wearable with the constant ability to track a user’s heart rate. The Fitbit Alta is simple in its design, offering a sporty bracelet look with a small touch display that’s easily readable in all lighting conditions. It also sports auto sleep...
Someone opened up the Galaxy S8 floodgates. What started as a slow leak of news has turned into a constant barrage of pictures and videos, including a Galaxy S8 hands-on video that hit the internet yesterday. Now we’re being treated to two new images of the alleged Galaxy S8 Plus. The photos don’t really show much new, though they do give us a closer look at the back of...
The Dave Chappelle Show was probably one of my favorite shows when it aired in the early 2000s, and it remains one of my favorites to this day. Chappelle took a break from most of his comedy between 2006 and 2013, however, which means some people coming of age during that time might not be familiar with his genius. Now they can be. Chappelle is coming back and will have two new...
Have a Raspberry Pi? Want a smartwatch? Why not make your Raspberry Pi into a Windows 98 smartwatch? Yes, sounds like the silliest thing (or most awesome thing?) in the world, and that’s exactly what 314Reactor did recently. I won’t walk through too much of the nitty gritty here, but basically 314Reactor got an emulation of Windows 98 up and running on a Raspberry Pi...
A report earlier this week seems to have taken Google hardware senior vice president Rick Osterloh’s comments out of context. The story was as follows: during MWC Osterloh made many comments, including a suggestion that Google was done building its own Chromebooks. Not true, Osterloh confirmed. “Hey all, Google’s own Chromebooks aren’t “dead” as has been reported,”...