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Tired of Phone Zombies? Heineken’s ‘Flipper’ Fights Back Against Digital Distraction

04/11/202504/10/2025 Jesse Woods

Heineken’s “The Flipper”: Sparking Real-Life Connections with a Tech Twist Heineken has made waves once again, fusing technology and social dynamics with their latest innovation, “The Flipper.” This AI-powered phone case is designed to flip your smartphone face down when it hears the word “cheers.” But this isn’t just a clever gadget for bar banter; it’s a deliberate attempt to tackle the growing social issue of “phubbing”—snubbing those around you to scroll through your phone instead. Here’s a closer look at how Heineken’s inventive solution fits into the broader conversation…

iPhone prices see deep discounts in China in Apple’s attempt to rival Huawei

05/23/202405/22/2024 Sam Lambert

The US smartphone giant has launched an aggressive campaign to draw Chinese consumers Apple is determined to grab back many of the Chinese consumers it has lost to Huawei in recent years, and part of that involves slashing iPhone prices for massive savings on select models. The campaign rolled out on the brand’s official Tmall site At the beginning of the campaign, the iPhone prices were discounted by as much as 2,300 yuan ($318) on certain models of the smartphone. This aggressive effort has arrived at a time when Apple…

Nokia classic cell phone relaunch causes nostalgia explosion

05/16/202405/15/2024 Julie Campbell

Nokia Cell Phone 3210 Celebrating 25 Years

The 25th anniversary of the Nokia 3210 brought a new edition including Snake The Nokia 3210 is 25 years old this year, and the company is celebrating by releasing a revamped edition of the greatly loved cell phone for a burst of nostalgia in the electronics market. Yes, the device even includes the classic Snake game The newly revamped 3210 cell phone supports 4G calls, has a 2-megapixel camera, and features the once immensely popular Snake game. For those feeling the deep nostalgia over the device, it comes with a…

Fitbit users really weren’t shocked about this mobile wallet warning

05/13/202405/11/2024 Jorge Gonzalez

Mobile wallet - Person wearing older Fitbit model with warning sign

The fitness tracker’s users were recently notified that the will be required to switch to Google Wallet Fitbit users knew that the change was coming, so when they received an email and/or notification telling them that they would need to switch to the mobile wallet of the gadget’s parent company, nobody was all that shocked. Fitbit Pay is shutting down and Google Wallet will take over Ever since Google acquired Fitbit, device wearers have been waiting for the announcement that the parent company would be using its own branded version…

Meta opens the Quest operating system to third-party virtual reality devices

05/06/202405/03/2024 Jesse Collins

Asus and Lenovo have already announced their intentions to develop headsets Meta has been pouring tens of billions of dollars into the development of augmented and virtual reality technology, though without yet seeing the popularity it had expected in its Quest operating system. Now it is making moves to broaden its appeal It appears that Meta may be making moves to make its own augmented and virtual reality platform more accessible than Apple has done with its Vision Pro mixed reality headset that currently comes with a price tag of…