Consumer Reports names iPhone X as best smartphone camera

If you're wondering which smartphone today has the best camera, Consumer Reports has just named the iPhone X as the top pick.  The number 2 and number 3 spots are also taken by Apple with the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus filling those positions.

It seems Apple has found continued success in its camera hardware, software and computational algorithms that ensure the best possible photo as per Apple's standards. The availability of features like Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting elevate smartphone photography to an extent.

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New Surface Laptop firmware update improves battery reliability

Surface Laptop users are getting a firmware update today that improves battery reliability but not necessarily improving battery life.

“Today we’ve released a new firmware update for Surface Laptop,” Microsoft’s Brandon Records writes. “This update includes new firmware for Surface System Aggregator Firmware which improves battery reliability.”

Surface Laptop, which shipped with Windows 10 S boasted up to 14 hours of use on that specific version. The update should be visible and available via Windows Update. You can also access it here the Surface Laptop Drivers and Firmware download set..

Source: Thurrott.com

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2’ gets first trailer

If you haven’t seen the 2012 Disney film Wreck-It Ralph, the story followed a pair of classic arcade game characters who were looking for the purpose behind their programming and somehow ended up discovering more about themselves in the process. What happens when they end up being hooked up to the internet for the very first time? That’s the premise behind Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2. We have Ralph (played by John C. Reilly) and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) on another adventure but this time in the expansive, somewhat dangerous, and incredibly addictive World Wide Web. As The Verge points out, it looks like the film carries on with the nice undercurrent of satire with this film and we’re excited to see it. It hits theatres on November 21, 2018.

Twitter introduces new Bookmarks feature

Ever liked a tweet just so you could read later what the attached link says but don’t necessarily agree with the tweet’s content? Now, you don’t have to have to like weird or sketchy tweets with a new Bookmarks feature. As the name suggests, it’ll let you save a tweet for later reading. Twitter explains in a press release: "To bookmark a Tweet, tap the share icon under the Tweet and select, 'Add Tweet to Bookmarks.' To find it later, tap 'Bookmarks' from your profile icon menu. You can remove Tweets from your Bookmarks at any time." The feature is rolling out to iOS and Android apps, Twitter Lite, and mobile.twitter.com.

Source: Mashable