It’s easy to hide your browsing habits in Google Chrome, thanks to incognito mode. But if you’re not careful, your questionable searches could be revealed by the words remembered by your keyboard. Now Google is rolling out an update to fix that. In version 6.4.11 of its Gboard keyboard for Android, Google has added a new incognito mode. It first showed up in an Android O preview, but...
BlackBerry may not be designing its own smartphones anymore, but that doesn't mean we won't see new devices sporting the BlackBerry logo. What's more, some of them will feature the iconic BlackBerry physical keyboard, according to CEO John Chen. BlackBerry has been designing and manufacturing its own smartphones since the very beginning, but it took a different route with the recent...
Ahead of Apple's big keynote on Wednesday, new details have leaked out to give us a more accurate picture of its upcoming iPad Pro. According to several sources, the device will pack a "monster display," but we'll have to wait until November to get one. "While Apple still plans to announce the device this week, open up pre-orders in October, and begin shipping in November, we...
Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group recently published news of a new prototype keyboard the company is working on called DisplayCover. The peripheral is designed for tablets and provides a "thin film" E-ink display with a resolution of 1280×305 pixels. Given this device is merely a prototype, there's no telling when we'll see the peripheral actually on the market. This isn't Microsoft's...
Last fall, I had the chance to check out Corsair's K70 RGB mechanical keyboard. It was a sturdy, good looking mechanical keyboard with customization options that would make most keyboards slink away in shame by comparison. This year, Corsair is back with the STRAFE Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, which cuts away some of the RGB line's fat and focuses in on what the a mechanical keyboard is...
For years, keyboards were just keyboards. Just the standard 104 key layout, and each key performed the expected function. Then we started adding new functions to the keyboard – media keys, keys to bring up specific applications, or pre-programmed alternate functions for keys. We even started adding LCD screens. Remember those $1200 Optimus keyboards that had an OLED screen in each key...
A feature rich mechanical keyboard with one-of-a-kind key switches Logitech just announced the G910 Orion Spark RGB, a mechanical keyboard and successor to the G710. Unlike its predecessor, however, the G910 boasts Logitech's exclusive new Romer-G mechanical key switches, offering 25 percent faster actuation than any other mechanical switch out there with an actuation point of 1.5mm,...
Re-engineering the mechanical switch People are always talking about not having to reinvent the wheel, but what if the purpose of the wheel changed? It's an admittedly rough analogy to what Razer has done, which is try to reinvent the mechanical switch. According to Razer, all mechanical switches up to this point have been designed for typing, whereas the new Razer Mechanical Switch was...
Switch It Up The QuickFire rapid is one of the few mechanical keyboard models on the market that not only offer the traditional MX cherry blue and MX cherry brown options, but also MX cherry black and MX cherry red as well. If that wasn't enough, they've added a new variant to the QuickFire Rapid line-up, this one loaded with MX cherry green switches – a switch type of legends that,...
The Galaxy Note 10.1 might be Samsung's hot new tablet, but the firm just announced an amazing deal for anyone interested in its smaller, less powerful Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 device. Beginning on August 19th, and for two weeks only, Samsung will sell the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Student Edition that comes packaged with a USB adapter, a unique white color scheme and a keyboard dock. The best part?...