Mashable Tech – Spoken Edition

Mashable Choice highlights the best of everything we cover, have experienced first-hand and would recommend to others. Hello, $3. That was easy. Venmo, you're screwed. Apple Pay Cash is a super simple person-to-person payment system that works exactly where millions of us already live our lives: text messaging. Apple teased it during its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in the spring, but didn't release the feature until Tuesday when it debuted in the iOS 11.2 beta.

Horrified Snapchatters have awoken to a bleak set of circumstances after Snapchat stopped working for users. Snapchat users were unable to use the app on Monday, which prevented them from sending snaps in order to maintain their snap streaks. Much to the consternation of streak-loving snappers, many found that their streaks had completely vanished when they next opened the app. Maurice Cohen, a student in Segovia, Spain, says he lost four streaks when Snapchat went down.

An island nestled between France and the United Kingdom is reportedly connected to an important part of one of the most powerful tech corporations on the planet. Jersey rests in the English Channel, closer to France than the U.K.

Somewhere, 254 miles above us, an astronaut is probably printing something. Ever since the International Space Station (ISS) welcomed its first residents in November of 2000, there have been printers on board. Astronauts use them to print out critical mission information, emergency evacuation procedures and, sometimes, photos from home. According to NASA, they print roughly 1,000 pages a month on two printers; one is installed on the U.S. side of the ISS, the other in the Russian segment.

I never planned to get the iPhone. When the original iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007, I was rocking a Samsung A900 "Blade" flip phone, the company's actually-pretty-decent copy of the storied Motorola RAZR phone. I was editor of a tech blog for NBCUniversal at the time, and my reporter, Stewart Wolpin, was at New York City's flagship Apple Store covering the launch of the so-called "Jesus phone." Shortly after the doors opened and he got in, my phone rang.

Mashable Choice highlights the best of everything we cover, have experienced first-hand and would recommend to others. What exactly makes a great smartwatch? Is it size? Is design? Is it features? Is it cellular connectivity? The answer's going to be very different for everyone. While Apple thinks cellular is the key to transforming the Apple Watch from good to great, Samsung's betting big on fitness tracking with its latest smartwatch, the Gear Sport.

I had an epiphany the other day. I was finalizing my review of LG V30, which would be my third review of a "bezel-less" phone in a row. And as I struggled to find the words to describe the V30's design, which is so similar to all the other big-screened Android flagships that came out lately, I finally realized that the iPhone X's "notch" is not only a good design choice — it's a necessary one.

In an age in which so much of our communication occurs digitally, WhatsApp, one of the most widely used apps on the planet, is trying to do its part to save you from making a total ass of yourself. They're turning on a key "unsend" feature. That's right: You can now delete messages you've sent to a group or an individual. "This is particularly useful if you sent a message to the wrong chat or if the message you sent contains a mistake," explains WhatsApp.

Mashable Choice highlights the best of everything we cover, have experienced first-hand and would recommend to others. How much tablet can you get for $150? Surprisingly, a great amount, but also not that much at all. The tablet in question is Amazon's new Fire HD 10. It's textbook Amazon gadgetry: cheap and basic. It doesn't come with the niceties of an iPad, and maybe that doesn't matter. You can't expect the world from a tablet that's 150 bucks.

Staying up late and playing games is a guilty pleasure for many of us. Xbox are making it a possibility with its Stay N' Play venue, which is basically a pop-up hotel which allows gamers to play all night long, and maybe fit some naps in between. Upon signing in with their gamertag (or creating a new one), gamers can choose between four suites featuring a full selection of Xbox One X Enhanced games, as well as 4K televisions and Dolby Atmos enabled headsets.