Google is no longer selling the Pixel 2 on its online store. A link for the phone will redirect you to the Pixel 3, Android Police noticed Monday. The Pixel 2 XL was also nowhere to be found under a list of phones on Google’s store, but a web search for the device still shows a …
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Your video-watching experience on Instagram might soon get a whole lot better. The social network is testing a feature that would let you rewind or fast forward through videos, according to tipster Jane Manchun Wong. Wong tweeted about the feature Wednesday, along with a GIF showing a white “seek bar” at the top of a video. Sliding your finger along the …
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FuboTV is raising its prices. The live-TV streaming service is bumping up the cost of its base subscription package by $10, to $54.99, the company said Thursday. New customers will get a $10 discount for the first month. The package includes more than 90 channels. The company is also raising prices on its Fubo Extra package, which includes more than 110 …
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YouTube TV is now available in every US television market, the company said Wednesday. “Glendive, Montana: we couldn’t have done it without you! We can now officially say that YouTube TV is available in every television market in the U.S. Welcome to the family!” the company tweeted. Glendive, Montana: we couldn’t have done it without you! We can now officially …
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Samsung says it’s achieved 1Gbps speed on a commercial 5G network in Korea. The electronics company, along with Korean phone company KT Corporation, said Tuesday that the speed was achieved over the air using KT’s 5G commercial network and a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G phone. “This is a key accomplishment for the two companies — proving that the 5G commercial …
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Phone cameras have drastically improved in recent years, but we’ve apparently reached the age in which they’re being used to film episodes of late night television. Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will be shot entirely on the Samsung Galaxy S10+. “Be sure to tune in on Monday March 25th for an entire show captured #withGalaxy S10+ …
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Following conversations in a Facebook Messenger group chat may get a whole lot easier. On Wednesday the company rolled out a message replies feature that lets users respond to a specific message in a chat. Long-press a message and hit Reply to quote it above your response so everyone’s clear what you’re responding to. Facebook redesigned its Messenger app …
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Apple is backing three nonprofit organizations with media literacy programs in an effort to battle fake news, the company said Tuesday. The iPhone maker will support the News Literacy Project and Common Sense in the US, and Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori in Italy. The programs are geared toward teaching young people critical thinking skills for the digital age. “News literacy is …
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Bright days are ahead for wearables. The worldwide wearables market will grow 15.3 percent by the end of this year, according to a Monday forecast from market researcher IDC. Shipments of wearables will reach 198.5 million units by the end of 2019, and 279 million units by the end of 2023, the firm predicts. Much of that growth will be …
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Twitter is working on a feature that’ll let you subscribe to conversations on its platform. Users will be able to indicate they want notifications about new tweets without joining a conversation, tipster Jane Manchun Wong tweeted on Friday. An accompanying screenshot shows that users can subscribe by clicking on a bell in the upper right-hand corner of a tweet. …
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