The COVID-19 crisis has forced Google to shut its doors on customers seeking telephone support. Help seekers must rely on the tech giant’s online chat or social media support platforms (i.e. Facebook and Twitter). We investigated to see if other brands are taking similar measures. Every year, Laptop Mag goes undercover to investigate the quality of tech support services offered by 11 laptop brands – Google included – in an annual report called Tech Support Showdown....

Today, Envision announced that it packed its high-tech spectacles with brand spankin’ new, eye-catching features that will enhance the day-to-day lives of low-vision users. The metaverse marginalizes disabled persons — how virtual worlds can be more inclusiveCreating a phone for disabled people — how companies can be more inclusiveThe best laptops of 2022 Envision updates its AI-powered smart glasses custom-made for low-vision people Envision updates its AI-powered smart glasses custom-made for low-vision people...

Some may view K-Pop with a pair of rose-colored glasses. However, there is another side to the glitz and glam… The grit and glam. It is the side with sweat, tears, and sacrifice that we often don’t see. Hence, K-Pop idols are admirable for the amount of effort they have put into achieving their dreams. Today, we’re going to take a look at the journey that K-Pop idols embark on from a young age; including what it takes to be a K-Pop idol and the hardships that come with trainee life and debuting....

Reader mrpitics has already done a lot of homework, and is down to two gaming machines: the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 and the Acer Helios 300 (they didn’t specify if it’s the 15-inch or 17-inch version. For our purposes, we’re using the 15-inch model, since that’s the same size as the Dell). Mrpitics has also picked their own configurations. The Dell has an Intel Core i5-7300HQ CPU, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q GPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD....

Make Sure You’re Logged into iCloud on Both Devices Make Sure You’re Logged into iCloud on Both Devices To pick up where you left off in Safari on another Apple device, you’ll need to be logged into the same iCloud account on both devices. Here’s how to check, if you’re not sure. See Web Pages Open on Your Other Devices See Web Pages Open on Your Other Devices Now you can see and open the web pages that are currently open on your other Mac or iOS devices....

The HP ProBook 445 G9 and HP ProBook 455 G9 are expected to launch in late January starting at $849. Meanwhile, the HP Pro x360 435 G9 is set to launch in April 2022, but there is no pricing currently available. See the best HP laptopsHere are the best laptops you can buy right now HP Pro x360 435 G9 HP Pro x360 435 G9 The HP Pro x360 435 G9 is the only 2-in-1 laptop among the three....

At a briefing in New York, we got chance to go hands-on with two of the three new products and were able to learn about the third, so here are our impressions of the MateBook X, MateBook E and MateBook D. MateBook X: Superslim with big sound MateBook X: Superslim with big sound By packing a high-res 13-inch 2K display, your choice of Core i5 or Core i7 U-series CPU and a built-in fingerprint reader into a body less than half an inch thick, it’s clear Huawei’s MateBook X is trying to take down other big name ultraportables like Apple’s 12-inch MacBook and Dell’s XPS 13....