Technology Americans are waiting three years to replace their phones, study findsEngadget - Mariella MoonNew phones' features aren't enough to convince consumers to get yearly upgrades. A new study released by Strategy Analytics reflects the current state of the smartphone industry. Apparently, consumers
Apple Card Apple Card review: A credit card that will lock you to iPhone foreverMashable - Raymond WongBeautiful and practical credit card app interface • 3 percent cash back on purchases from Apple • Gorgeous titanium Apple Card • No annual fees Other credit cards have better rewards • Lower APR with credit
Instagram Facing Pressure From Facebook, Is Testing Back-To-Back Ads In Stories (Report) - Tubefiltertubefilter.com - By James Loke Hale Beginning this week, the platform is running a test with what it told AdWeek is a “small percentage” of users. When those users are scrolling through …
Phone companies, state attorneys general announce broad campaign to fight robocallsThe Washington Post - By Tony RommTwelve of the country’s largest telephone companies on Thursday pledged to implement new technology to spot and block robocalls, part of an agreement brokered between the industry and 51 attorneys general
Bluetooth Turn off your Bluetooth, warn security expertsFox News - Brooke CrothersYour Bluetooth connection is unsafe. Very unsafe. That’s the message from the largest hacker convention. Bluetooth, which is a wireless technology for connecting everything from wireless earphones to entertainment
T-Mobile T-Mobile ‘Put My Life in Danger’ Says Woman Stalked With Black Market Location DataVICE - Joseph CoxRuth Johnson didn't know exactly who rang her phone and threatened her around 20 times in 2014. The person on the other end said he was John Edens from the U.S. Marshals with a warrant for her arrest stealing
Android News A pop of color and more: updates to Android’s brandblog.google - Sameer Samat Over the last decade, Android's open platform has created a thriving community of manufacturers and developers that reach a global audience with …
Technology Smartphones may be leaking more radiation than we thinkCNET - by Jackson Ryan An investigation by the Chicago Tribune suggests iPhones and Galaxy models may exceed radio frequency radiation safety limits.
Long-form Journalism Why These Social Networks Failed So BadlyGizmodo - Whitney Kimball Sixteen years ago, the sun set on Web 1.0, and we embarked by the light of our smartphones to 24/7 connectivity, down a road paved with corporate …
Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses.The Washington Post - Reed Albergotti and Craig TimbergApple plans to change the rules it has for kids apps, raising concerns among some app developers about the way the tech giant wields power unilaterally over an App Store that has become an industry unto
Apple Music Shazam data is powering Apple Music’s newest chart, the Shazam Discovery Top 50TechCrunch - Sarah PerezApple continues to make use of Shazam, the music recognition app it acquired for $400 million in 2018. Earlier this month, Apple publicly launched its Music for Artists dashboard, which included insights
Bank Indonesia Exclusive: WhatsApp in talks to launch mobile payments in Indonesia - sourcesReuters - Fanny PotkinJAKARTA (Reuters) - Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) messaging service WhatsApp is in talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, in a bid to tap the nation’s
Technology Google’s lightweight search app, Google Go, launches to Android users worldwideTechCrunch - Sarah PerezGoogle Go, a lightweight version of Google’s search app, is today becoming available to all Android users worldwide. First launched in 2017 after months of beta testing, the app had been designed primarily
Play buttonApple Arcade Exclusive: Apple Arcade hands-on with early access trial games on Mac [Video]9to5Mac - Jeff BenjaminToday I was able to go hands-on with an early preview of Apple Arcade, which Apple announced back during its March services-oriented event. Apple Arcade is an upcoming $4.99 a month gaming service that
Apple Card Apple Card now available to all iPhone users in the United States, 3% cashback for Uber and Uber Eats9to5Mac - Benjamin MayoApple announced that Apple Card is available to everyone in the United States from today. To sign up, simply open the Wallet app on your iPhone and begin the application process. In a press release, Apple
Samsung Galaxy This is what US carriers are doing to stop robocallsCNET - by Jason Cipriani Here's what you need to know about a new thing called Shaken/Stir.
Apps Microsoft’s SMS Organizer helps reduce text message clutter, now available in more countriesxda-developers.com - Tushar Mehta Microsoft’s aspirations of creating and selling smartphones may have collapsed but its association with smartphones has not ended. The technology …
Apple Watch Trump Says Apple’s Cook Concerned About Losing Edge to Samsung With TariffsBloomberg - Jennifer Jacobs Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next. President Donald Trump said Apple Inc. Chief …
Technology Three UK rolls out 5G home internet access in LondonEngadget - Jon FingasYet another carrier is offering 5G in the UK -- although it's not on your phone. Three has launched 5G home broadband in parts of London, giving people "fibre-like speeds" (the carrier hasn't given specific
Xiaomi Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo team up to create an AirDrop competitorTNW - Ivan MehtaThree of China’s biggest phone makers – Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo – are teaming up to create a file-sharing system like Apple‘s AirDrop. Xiaomi announced this “inter-transfer alliance” through a post on The
Huawei Huawei's first 5G phone goes on sale in China as it pushes ahead with launch despite US pressureCNBC - Arjun Kharpal Huawei's first 5G-capable smartphone went on sale in China over the weekend as the technology giant pushes ahead with new products despite pressure …
Mobile Technology [Update: Official images] Report: The Huawei Mate X launch date looks to have slipped to November9to5Google - Damien WildeFolding phones have endured a rocky start ever since the Samsung Galaxy Fold hit a snag and had to be pulled from sale. Noticing the well-publicized problems, Huawei initially delayed the launch of its
Huawei Exclusive: U.S. set to give Huawei another 90 days to buy from American suppliers - sourcesReuters - By Keith Zhai and David ShepardsonSINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from U.S. companies so that it
Tech Industry Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: StudyBloomberg - Olga Kharif U.S. wireless carriers have long said they may slow video traffic on their networks to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. But new research shows the …
Batteries Why Apple doesn't want users to replace their own batteriesCNBC - Kif Leswing The two recent incidents involving Apple products show a growing risk to the company's brand: the lithium-ion batteries that power its devices. First, …
FCC rules 5G safe, Beijing wants 10K base stationsCNET - by Rae Hodge Skip the hype, get the highlights on 5G news.
China Mobile Unmanned 5G delivery vehicle tested on road in Nanjingcri.cn An unmanned delivery vehicle supported by 5G networks was tested on the road on Saturday in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, jiemian.com …
Play buttonHuawei Huawei may challenge Google Maps’ dominance with its own mapping techThe Verge - Jay PetersHuawei is developing a “mapping service,” according to a report by state-run news outlet China Daily, seemingly designed to challenge Google Maps — but not the way you might expect. The service is apparently
Apple Watch Canalys: Wearables have a $200-$399 sweet spot, led by Apple WatchVentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzIn North America, the market for wearables — particularly wearable bands — is still continuing to grow, and Apple’s popular Apple Watches unsurprisingly continue to lead the pack in shipments, research
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