Huawei is expected to launch two new flagship phones, the P40 and P40 Pro, in late March. The devices have brought with them a fresh round of speculation and confusion from customers, who still aren’t really sure what the deal is with Huawei and Google. Will Google apps work on the new phones? Can you …
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Ever sent a nude photo to a partner before? If so, you’re not the only one. Just under 50% of American adults have sent nude photos (or videos), according to one 2014 study, while a survey by Cosmo from the same year found that 89% of millennial women had taken naked photos. Now one Japanese phone company says: “No, maybe that’s not …
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We’ve heard the rumors and seen the links, but on Sunday Samsung showed off its Galaxy Z Flip phone officially for the first time — at the Academy Awards, of all places. An ad playing early in the Oscars night showed the Galaxy Z Flip in action (though it didn’t actually name the phone), folding like Moto’s new Razr. Despite showing off …
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Next week Samsung is expected to announce a new suite of Galaxy S phones at its Unpacked event in New York. Rumors and leaks point to three phones: the S20, S20 Plus and the S20 Ultra. That S20 Ultra, whispers say, will have a main camera with a huge 108-megapixel sensor. This would certainly make the S20 Ultra a headline grabber …
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Last year Huawei had the unpleasant experience of launching a flagship phone, the Mate 30 Pro, with no support from Google’s Mobile Services. It ran Android, which is open source. But no Google apps worked, nor did apps like Uber, which rely on Google apps (Maps, in Uber’s case). Instead of the Google Play Store, Huawei offered its own AppGallery. …
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Chance upon the chart for highest-grossing apps in either the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store, and Tinder is invariably at or near the top. So it’s no surprise to find that in 2019, Tinder made a truckload of money. In 2019, parent company Match said on Tuesday, the app made $1.2 billion. That’s up 43% from last year. …
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For TikTok, 2019 closed with ominous news: Both the US Army and Navy banned it on the grounds of security concerns. But that doesn’t change the fact that 2019 was a slam dunk year for the Chinese social media app. With over 700 million downloads around the world, according to data firm Sensor Tower, it was the second most downloaded …
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It’s impossible to recommend Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro, but that’s not because of the phone itself. Thanks to being barred from US tech, Huawei had to launch its latest Android flagship without full Google support. No Google Play Store, no Maps, no Gmail. Not even Uber works. So no, you shouldn’t buy it. But that doesn’t mean it’s not got its …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES, the world’s biggest tech convention, has hit Las Vegas, and something fantastic has happened. It’s not Intel’s folding laptop, Alienware’s Switch-like Concept UFO, and certainly not Sony’s “new” PlayStation 5 logo. It’s the Side Pocket Wireless, aka a reason for you …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Phones like Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 and (probably) the upcoming Galaxy S11 are big, beautiful and powerful, but they haven’t replaced true productivity machines like laptops. Part of the reason is that phone keyboards are smaller and more compact. Samsung may …
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