New Amazon Delivery Drone Flies Vertically and Horizontally

Amazon and Jeremy Clarkson show off a drone delivery prototype in a brand-new series of videos. Yes, Amazon still wants to deliver packages with drones. And we don't blame them—using drones to drop off packages could be great for buyers, who might want to get certain items as fast as humanly (or…


New Parrot Bebop 2 drone has a 37mph top speed and improved flight time

Faster and with fewer trips to the mains, nice. ​It's time to take to the skies, again, as Parrot has improved its high-end flying drone, launching the Parrot Bebop 2 with increased flight time. The camera-hosting, smartphone-controlled drone has been made lighter and smaller to meet new aviation…


Huawei Mate 8 is a 6-inch behemoth with plenty of battery life

You know who's been the world's third biggest smartphone manufacturer for nearly three years? Huawei, that's who. Despite strong competition from Chinese peers Xiaomi and Lenovo, the company just keeps on churning out solid handsets, both in China and overseas. Its latest flagship, the 6-inch…


Microsoft Lumia 950 Review: The Future of Smartphones Is a Bit Undercooked

These days, smartphones are easily our most important devices. We use them as cameras, gaming platforms, music players, text-messengers, calculators, and — occasionally — as phones. But what if they could do even more than that? What if our phones could act as full-on desktop computers? That’s the…


LG says faulty screen component behind smartwatch recall

A faulty component in LG's Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, which had the potential to affect image quality, was behind the smartwatch's removal from sale. The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, which was on sale for just six days before being pulled off shelves, contained a component with the potential to…


LG joins Apple, Google in creating its own mobile payment system

The electronics conglomerate wants to turn its smartphones into digital wallets, just like its competitors have. Just when you thought there couldn't be more tech companies tackling the notion of mobile payments, in walks LG. The South Korean electronics conglomerate said Thursday it plans to…


Samsung takes cue from Adele, prepares to launch flip phone

When she used a flip phone in her "Hello" video, Adele may have actually been onto something. As it turns out, flip phones are not entirely out of fashion; in fact, Samsung is working on a model with very interesting specifications. According to Sammobile, Samsung's upcoming flip phone will likely…


Microsoft Surface Pro 4 review: Not quite a laptop, but so close

The original Microsoft Surface Pro was supposed to be the flagship PC for the touch-centric world of Windows 8. It was, in the company’s own words, “the tablet that can replace your laptop.” And last year, after two respectable tries, it finally delivered on that promise (mostly) with the excellent…


You can now ask Google's mobile app (almost) anything

Frankly, it was always possible to ask Google anything, but for slightly more complicated questions, the answers were a bit...wanting. Now, Google has updated its mobile app to better understand complex queries. In a blog post Monday, Google product manager Satyajeet Salgar explains some of the…