Andrew Hoyle is joined this week by the magnificent Drew Stearne to chat about Samsung’s brand-new Galaxy Note 9. The phone hasn’t had a massive overhaul from its predecessor, but is it enough to excite the duo? Also up for discussion on the UK’s best tech podcast is Apple’s incredible milestone of being valued at …
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Heidi Klum was only half correct on Project Runway. It’s true that one day you’re in and the next day, you’re out. But a few years after that? You could be in again. That pendulum swing applies not just in fashion — though I refuse to believe that pleated pants deserve a comeback — but also in technology. Consider the …
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Last weekend I reviewed the fabulous Q Acoustics 3050i tower speakers. But then I thought, too bad not everybody has room for speakers as big as these bad boys! So this time I went for downright tiny speakers, the Totem Acoustic KIN Mini, which measures a trim 5 by 8.9 by 5.8 inches (126 by 226 by 146 mm). Surely …
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Read More »Lease an iPhone X for $5 per month
Just a few weeks ago, Sprint unveiled a pretty tempting (and short-lived) offer on the iPhone 8: $8 per month when you sign up for a Sprint Flex plan. Today, the carrier has a similar deal lined up for Apple’s best phone (for now): The iPhone X for $5 per month. Once again, that’s with an 18-month Sprint Flex plan …
Read More »Ericsson wants to speed up 5G development in the US
Ericsson wants to accelerate 5G deployment in the US. The telecom and networking gear maker said Friday it will invest in research and development and shorten the time it takes to get 5G products into the US market. “To serve the demand of these fast-moving service providers, we are strengthening our investment in the US to be even closer to our …
Read More »Fortnite is putting users at risk, to prove a point about Google’s Android monopoly
Fortnite is a global phenomenon. It’s the biggest thing in video games, in no small part because kids are obsessed with the part-Minecraft, part-PUBG shooter they can play on an iPhone for absolutely zero money (as long as you disable in-app purchases). Now, the game is available on Android too, meaning the other 85 percent of the world’s smartphone audience …
Read More »First image of BlackBerry Key2 LE surfaces
TCL’s BlackBerry Key2 already has a low-end follow-up coming, and after FCC paperwork seemed to confirm the name Key2 LE, we may now have our first look at the forthcoming keyboard phone. Android Police released the image above Friday morning, along with these purported specs: Snapdragon 636 processor 4GB of RAM 32GB or 64GB of storage 4.5-inch, 1,620×1,080-pixel LCD display …
Read More »Facebook adds requirements for page managers amid concern over fakers
Facebook page managers will need to clear some extra hurdles to prove they aren’t fraudsters, the company announced Friday. “Now, people who manage these Pages will be asked to complete an authorization process in order to continue to post, making it harder for people to administer a Page using a fake or compromised account,” wrote Emma Rodgers, director of product …
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Keeping your phone safe from malicious apps is hard enough, with Google stamping out hundreds of thousands of bad apps every year. Your phone makes for an attractive target. Apps open up a lot of access to your devices, reaching into your contacts, your location, your data usage, among the many private details you share with your phone. So you …
Read More »Samsung talked a big game at its Note 9 event, but where was Gear VR?
Note 9 phones, Bixby smart speakers, Galaxy smartwatches, Spotify partnerships, Fortnite exclusives and even a little toss-in mention of AR. Samsung’s latest Unlocked phone event had everything. Except for one technology the company’s been pushing for years. VR. I realized it only after I left the event in Brooklyn. After I’d worn smartwatches and looked at speakers and played Fortnite …
Read More »Blue light from phones and tablets can speed up blindness, study finds
Blue light from your smartphones and laptops can accelerate blindness, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Toledo say long periods of time exposed to blue light, the kind phones, tablets and televisions give off, can damage vision and generate poisonous molecules in the eye’s light-sensitive cells. The researchers suggest this could accelerate macular degeneration and other …
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