To the surprise of few, the new iPad mini that Apple announced last week is a small update rather than a major reinvention. It may have been three years between iPad mini updates, but the 2021 model was the first to ditch the formerly ubiquitous home b…
Continue reading "iPad mini 7 review: Safe, boring and everything I want in a small tablet"You’d think making a good digital picture frame would be easy. All you need is a good screen and a seamless way to get images to the device. Combine that with an inoffensive, frame-like design and you’re good to go.Despite that, Amazon is positively li…
Continue reading "The best digital frames for 2024"It’s been about a year since Google first announced its Chromebook Plus initiative, a higher spec of hardware that also comes with software features you won’t find on more basic Chromebooks. Google’s getting into a pretty consistent every-six-month cad…
Continue reading "Samsung’s latest premium Chromebook combines a big screen with a thin and light body"I grew up on two of the most classic games in the Legend of Zelda series: A Link to the Past and Link’s Awakening. And while there have been a handful of Zelda games with the classic overhead view, those have been mostly relegated to systems like the G…
Continue reading "The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is as familiar as it is fresh"There’s never been a better time to get a smart speaker, especially if you’re a music fan. When voice assistants first started infiltrating these devices, hands-free controls were really the star of the show. Even now, one of the most common ways that …
Continue reading "The best smart speakers for 2024"Most early impressions of the Apple Watch Series 10 are quite positive. Not only does it have the biggest display yet on any Apple Watch (despite a smaller overall case size than the 49mm Ultra 2), but it weighs less and is somehow thinner than before….
Continue reading "The Apple Watch Series 10 deserves more than 18-hour battery life"As I write this, I’m listening to tunes on my 2020-vintage AirPods Max. Yes, that makes me a bit of an Apple fanboy, and we currently recommend at least six pairs of headphones over them. But for me, they still sound outstanding, have great active nois…
Continue reading "Why are Apple’s AirPods Max still saddled with 2020 hardware?"The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom feels like a kindred spirit to the 2019 remake of Link’s Awakening, both in challenge and in vibes. It’s a far cry from the incredibly intricate and complex worlds in Tears of the Kingdom, and while I only played f…
Continue reading "The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom plays like a traditional Zelda game, remixed"It’s been nearly five years since Apple Arcade launched, and while the service hasn’t fully delivered on Apple’s promise back in 2019, it can still be worth paying for. Of course, that’s provided you’re willing to hunt through the 200-ish games current…
Continue reading "The best Apple Arcade games for 2024"The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim has been in the works for about three years now, but with its release date fast approaching we now have our first trailer. It’s one of the more unusual and intriguing projects under the Lord of the Rings f…
Continue reading "First trailer for Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim shows an anime-styled Middle-earth"