Awesome gadget lets you use CarPlay and Android Auto without buying a new car
Smartphone users looking to own a “smart” car that can offer them either Apple’s CarPlay or Google’s Android Auto features could save a lot of money …
Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2007. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he closely follows the events in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.
Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming new movies and TV shows, or training to run his next marathon.
Articles by Chris Smith
Apple looks set to release reinvented, next-generation 12-inch iPad according to new leak
Apple has been rumored for quite a while now to be working on an even bigger version iPad that’s tentatively being called the iPad Pro or iPad …
Galaxy S6 making special appearance at CES 2015… but it’s not as exciting as you think
The most important tech event of the year is about to get underway and Samsung is set to unveil a variety of products that will hit stores …
The Galaxy S6’s main component reportedly shown in new leaked images
Samsung’s most important handset of 2015 will undoubtedly be the sixth-generation Galaxy S version, which has reportedly been designed from scratch, as the company is …
LG’s next curved flagship Android smartphone is all but confirmed
One of the products LG will unveil at CES 2015 during its press event is surely going to be the G Flex 2, a second-generation …
Last year’s most surprising hit Android phone may get Lollipop soon
Android handset makers launched a wide variety of smartphones last year and a surprising number of flagship devices managed to stand out of the crowd. …
The real brilliance of Apple Pay – the iPhone 6 gets free marketing from major banks
Not only is Apple Pay the most popular mobile payments solution available in the U.S. even though it only launched a few months ago on just …
Relive the ’90s on Netflix by watching every episode of Friends
More than 10 years have passed since popular sitcom Friends aired the last episode of its 10-season run, and the show is still tremendously popular for …
Microsoft will finally give Windows Phone users an Office app of their own
Microsoft will unveil more details about Windows 10 at an event later this month, at which point the company could also detail some other plans …
Releasing an iPhone 6s mini is a huge no-brainer for Apple
There are just a few days to go until CES 2015, where we’ll likely see a bunch of new high-end Android handsets announced. Even so, we’re already …
The Pirate Bay’s mysterious countdown timer may tell us when it’s coming back online
Popular torrenting resource The Pirate Bay went down in December, after a police raid hit its servers in Sweden, and, surprisingly, stayed down in the …
Watch Marvel’s tantalizing new teaser for Avengers: Age of Ultron
Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron is probably not going to win an Oscar for best movie, but the action-packed superheroes film will certainly be …
Even more evidence that the ‘iPhone 6s mini’ is coming this year
More and more reports claim that Apple will not simply abandon smaller iPhones now that it’s launched the bigger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, …
Putting up with the Christmas PSN outage gets you free Plus extension and discount for games
Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) and Microsoft’s Xbox Live services were both hit by hackers during Christmas, with PSN staying offline even after the attacks stopped. …
Here are all the new services that are now streaming ‘The Interview’
Hackers may have tried to prevent Sony Pictures from releasing The Interview, a controversial comedy depicting a fictional assassination attempt on North Korea’s leader, but the company …
One of iOS 8’s biggest pain points just earned Apple a class action lawsuit
Storage was one of the most annoying issues with the iOS 8 update for many users, who discovered they were not able to download and …
Apple fixed an annoying iPhone 6 bug that was ruining Apple Pay for some users
Some iPhone 6 owners have discovered a strange bug related to using Apple Pay after a phone restore, as detailed in a new forum thread …
This privacy-protecting app cocktail is the NSA’s worst nightmare
Protecting your privacy online is not an easy thing to do, especially when it comes to the prying eyes of the NSA and other spy agencies …
Motorola celebrates the New Year with a new, even better version of the Moto X
Motorola has quietly made a new version of the Moto X available to buyers interested in getting one of the best Android handsets of 2014. In addition …
T-Mobile’s outspoken CEO says Apple’s Watch will put wearables on the map
Many people expect Apple to reshape the various businesses it decides to enter, much as it did with the iPod, iPhone and iPad in previous …
Samsung packs quad HD resolution into a laptop that’s thinner than a MacBook Air
One of the most hotly anticipated laptops of 2015 is Apple’s rumored 12-inch Retina MacBook Air, a redesigned, slimmer and lighter MacBook Air version that should pack …
Samsung employee says that the company is exploring some wild Galaxy S6 designs
Following various reports that claimed Samsung is designing the Galaxy S6 from scratch, rather than building on previous Galaxy S iterations, an unnamed Samsung employee …
Samsung’s Lollipop release timing for Galaxy S5, Note 4 may have just been confirmed
Some Samsung flagship devices have already received the official Android 5.0 Lollipop update, and some of them have been caught on camera running unofficial Lollipop …
One image tells the terrifying story of how Android apps can ‘spy’ on you
Handling app permissions on mobile devices might be a difficult chore for users looking to further protect their privacy, as many applications collect a huge …
New report says Samsung won’t be a key chip supplier for the iPhone 6s and iPad Air 3
Samsung will not be the only company entrusted with orders for the next-gen A9 processors that will go inside Apple’s 2015 iPhone and iPad models, …
Meet the smartphone of the future that no one would ever buy
Smartphones have increasingly become more and more similar over the years, as manufacturers have had difficulty finding new ways to offer users unique capabilities. Bigger screens …
Here’s one Mac hack you’ll never see coming
Hackers at the popular Chaos Computer Congress in Hamburg, Germany, managed to demonstrate an interesting type of attack on some OS X computers that, if successful, cannot …
New reports reveal a possible link between the PSN and Sony Pictures hacks
Sony has been hit by two different hacker groups in a month, as Guardians of Peace (GOP) and Lizard Squad have targeted Sony Pictures and PSN, respectively. Of the …
675 beautiful Material Design wallpapers you can download for free
One of the most important features of Google’s newly released Android 5.0 Lollipop mobile operating system is the new design language called Material Design. Basically, …
This might just be the most exciting Windows 10 news we’ve heard so far
Microsoft’s upcoming major Windows update is already available to users looking to test-drive it, but existing Windows 10 Technical Preview versions lack several of the features …
