Category Archives: Techlicious

The Best Sleep Tracker

Sleep trackers come in four basic varieties: apps that use sonic feedback via your smartphone’s microphone to track your sleep-related vitals; wearable sensors for your wrist, finger or forehead; under-mattress sensor pads; and, smart beds with built-in sleep tracking technology. … Continue reading

Posted in smart home, Techlicious | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nest Aware Makes Whole Home DIY Security Affordable

Google is adding audio monitoring to its Nest Aware video security monitoring service next year to let you know if something is amiss at home. So you’ll be able to use one of the new Nest Mini smart speakers to listen for … Continue reading

Posted in cell/smartphones, music players/speakers, smart home, Techlicious | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

11 Attractive Cases to Protect Your iPhone 11

We confront our annual iPhone paradox: we buy Apple’s latest gleaming, immaculately designed phone, then we rush to wrap and hide this beauteous object inside a plastic or leather case. While encasing your new iPhone 11 makes little aesthetic sense, … Continue reading

Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, Techlicious | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

11 Things to Try in iOS 13

It is not a matter of if but of when you upgrade your existing iPhone to the new iOS 13 operating system. There are so many changes to so many apps, it’ll feel as if you actually got a new … Continue reading

Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, Techlicious | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20 Awesome Things We Saw at the IFA Tech Show

IFA, Europe’s biggest consumer electronics show is always a hotbed of new products introductions. This year’s show was especially rich in innovative, unique, and even eye brow-raising new gear. After walkiing the two-dozen-plus buildings that house IFA on the Messe … Continue reading

Posted in IFA, music players/speakers, smart home, Techlicious, TV/4K/UHD/8K, VR/AR | Leave a comment

Apple Debuts Lackluster iPhone 11 and 11 Pro iPhones

There’s not a lot that’s new for Apple’s latest iPhones, the 6.1-inch iPhone 11, 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro and the 6.5-inch iPhone 11 Pro Max. Yes, there is a bump in processing power, better battery life and some camera upgrades, … Continue reading

Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, Techlicious | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

LG, Samsung, TCL Intro Dual Screen and Folding Phones

Are we about to enter a new double-sized smartphone era? In the last couple of days, LG, Samsung and even TCL unveiled either dual screen or large foldable phones. Read the rest of this report here at TWICE.com.

Posted in cell/smartphones, IFA, Techlicious | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

TCL Enters Mobile Market With High-End/Low-Priced PLEX

TCL will enter the mobile phone business with its first phone, the high-featured but low-priced PLEX. The phone is due to go on sale in Asia and Europe in October for just €329, and according to a TCL spokesperson, the PLEX … Continue reading

Posted in cell/smartphones, IFA, Techlicious | Tagged , | Leave a comment

THX and Mixhalo Deliver Better Sound at Live Concerts

No one goes to a big-name concert in an arena or stadium to listen to music. We go to experience the music. We accept this concert listening versus experiential listening trade-off because we know our seats won’t be exactly front-and-center, that it’s taking place … Continue reading

Posted in cell/smartphones, ear/headphones, music players/speakers, Techlicious | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Should You Care About Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency?

What is cryptocurrency and, by extension, Facebook’s proposed Libra cryptocurrency, announced earlier this week? And should you care? The whole idea of cryptocurrencies is a bit alien, just like once upon a time credit cards and paper money were. But cryptocurrency … Continue reading

Posted in Internet/Social Media, Techlicious | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment