Boeing, the largest aerospace company on the planet, builds a lot of planes. The organization manufactures aircraft for airlines and governments in more than 150 countries. And every one of those planes contains thousands of wires that connect its various electrical systems.

These complex webs of wires don't weave themselves, and putting all the parts together is a monumental task. Each week, thousands of Boeing's U.S. workers construct "wire harnesses," or "people-size portions of the electrical systems" designed to help them join the various shapes and sizes of wires, according to Kyle Tsai, a research and development (R&D) engineer with Boeing Research and Technology (BRT), the company's central R&D organization. "Wire harnesses are very complex and very dense, and the technicians have to use what are, in essence, roadmaps to find the attachment points and connector pins," Tsai says. "There are so many that it can be information overload at times."

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Today, you can walk into any of the Big Four U.S. wireless carriers' retail stores and purchase a sleek new Samsung Galaxy S7 or GS7 edge smartphone. Both new devices are without question two of the hottest and most capable Android smartphones on the market. And though the two GS7 phones share many similarities when it comes to hardware and software, they have a number of important differences. 

The Galaxy S7 edge has a display with curved sides, for example. It's larger and has a bigger display; and it's a minimum of $100 more expensive this the more diminutive GS7.

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A month ago, BlackBerry released what could prove to be the most important smartphone in the Canadian company's storied history: the BlackBerry PRIV.

PRIV is the first BlackBerry that doesn't run a version of the company's own OS. Instead, it runs Google's Android OS. It's a forward departure from what most of the world expects from BlackBerry today. It's aimed at the enterprise, and its productivity-focused users — but PRIV legitimately measures up to the most popular consumer devices. And BlackBerry put a sharp focus on privacy. (PRIV's name is a play on the phrase, privilege of privacy.)

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The world of wireless charging is about to get a lot more … electric.

Wireless power support is baked into many of today's most popular devices, including Samsung's Galaxy S6 and Note5 phones, as well the new Motorola DROIDs — even the Apple Watch. Huge restaurant chains and cafes, such as McDonald's and Starbucks, as well as hospitality companies, including Marriott, are building wireless power "spots" right into their various public-facing establishments and facilities. 

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The much-anticipated BlackBerry PRIV, BlackBerry's first Android phone, is now available in the United States, and it's sure to rekindle some old flames for former BlackBerry lovers.

But is it a BlackBerry … or an Android phone? Fact is, PRIV is a Frankenstein-esque mash-up of both. However, BlackBerry loyalists will be pleased to learn that the unique new smartphone still very much feels like a genuine BlackBerry, thanks in no small part to the following four features — all of which are detailed in the video above.

1) Thumbs on with PRIV's 'physical' QWERTY keyboard

The PRIV keyboard takes a bit of getting used to, because the device form factor is … different. But the keyboard also doesn't disappoint. It's a good size, and it has many of the same gesture and swipe features found in the BlackBerry Passport keyboard, including the capability to swipe to scroll through lists and Web pages, and swipe up on the keyboard to select on-screen text predictions.

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"The only thing that's changed is everything."

That's Apple's tagline for its shiny new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones. It has a nice ring to it, right? But there's one hitch: It's not true.

The company's CEO, Tim Cook, acknowledged as much yesterday, during the big iPhone 6s unveil in San Francisco. "While they may look the same, we have changed everything about these new iPhones." 

The new iPhones don't just look similar; they look exactly the same, with the exception of a new pink, nay Rose Gold, color option. It's not uncommon for Apple (or any technology vendor) to exaggerate when showing off new products. In fact, it's par for the course — the late Steve Jobs called the first iPad "magical" in 2010, and as far as I know, it never made anything disappear, or even levitate, for that matter.

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