The web is turning 30 on Tuesday, but its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, is already looking ahead to the next 30 years. In his annual letter on the web’s birthday, Berners-Lee spent less time reflecting on how the web has developed over the past three decades and instead expressed optimism about what can be achieved in the …
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Vodafone will offer 5G in 19 cities across the UK by year’s end, the carrier said Thursday. Vodafone is keen to preserve its lead in 5G, after activating the UK’s first 5G network in Salford, Greater Manchester, in October. The company has now extended coverage to Bristol, Cardiff and Liverpool and is currently preparing equipment in Birmingham, Glasgow and London. 5G, the …
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5G has been the favorite buzzword at MWC here in Barcelona for the past few years, but 2019 is when it truly arrived. Now that it’s here, all anyone can talk about are foldable phones. The next-generation network technology promises blazing speeds, smooth and stable connections and new possibilities for VR, self-driving cars and robotics. This being the big new thing …
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Cast your mind back to the heady days of 2012 when Nokia scored an award for launching the best new device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The winner was the Nokia 808 PureView, a Symbian-powered phone that boasted a camera with 41 megapixels. Seven years later, there’s a new PureView in town, but this time it’s less about the …
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Move aside 5G, the phones everyone is most excited about at MWC this year are foldable. Huawei has one, Samsung has one, and TCL sort of has one too. Some phone makers (OnePlus) are eschewing them for now. Others, like China-based Honor, are ready to dive on in when the time is right. In an interview with CNET at Mobile …
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The mobile banking revolution might be underway, but the trustworthiness of mobile banking applications still has a question mark hanging over it for many phone owners. Maker of security-focused phones Sikur launched its own mobile banking platform on Tuesday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it hopes will change all that. The platform is designed to combine all the …
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Nokia phone maker HMD brought five phones to Mobile World Congress this year, and one of them even had five cameras. But not a single one of them had 5G. 5G Nokia phones are coming, said HMD CEO Florian Seiche in an interview with CNET at the show on Sunday in Barcelona, but probably not until 2020. The company is …
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At the world’s biggest mobile show, the world’s biggest social network has an important mission: To spread the word about its vision to connect the world. Facebook is a familiar face at Mobile World Congress. It puts in an appearance at the Barcelona trade show every February. On Monday show the company shared a number of updates from its connectivity …
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What is better than one phone? It’s not a trick question — the answer, according to LG, is two phones. Or at the very least two phone screens. For its first-ever 5G device, the V50, LG has created a novel accessory in the form of a Dual Screen attachment, doubling the amount of display at your fingertips in a trice. …
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At the biggest mobile show in the world, it’s easy to be blinded by the vast array of shiny new phones. They have a tendency to hog the spotlight. But look a little closer and you’ll see Facebook at MWC 2019. No, it’s not launching a phone — HTC tried that with the Facebook button-rocking ChaCha back at MWC 2011 …
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