July, 2020

• 10 July

  Pixel 4A 5G, Pixel 5 reportedly spotted in Google app code

  

  Update, Aug. 3: The Pixel 4A is here. Read CNET’s review. Original story follows. Google’s expected to soon reveal the next midrange phones in its Pixel line, possibly called the Pixel 4A and 4A XL. However, a report Friday from 9to5Google suggests the search giant could be shaking up its phone lineup this year, adding a 5G …

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• 10 July

  New COVID

  

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• 10 July

  Samsung sets date for next Note, Microsoft tries something new in videoconferencing

  

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• 10 July

  MacOS Big Sur: Check out these 5 great new features now

  

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• 9 July

  Quibi keeps 8% of subscribers as free trials end, market researcher says

  

  Quibi, a star-studded mobile streaming service, has held onto about 8% of customers whose 90-day free trials ran out this week, mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower said Wednesday. Quibi launched April 6 with a 90-day free trial for anyone who preordered the service or signed up before May 1. The first wave of those free trials started to expire this week.  A Quibi …

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• 9 July

  Peacock won’t have mobile downloads to binge offline at launch next week

  

  Peacock, the upcoming streaming service from Comcast’s NBCUniversal, won’t offer downloads of its shows and movies to watch offline on your mobile device when it launches Wednesday in the US, the service said. When downloads as a feature arrive “soon,” Peacock added, they’ll be for people paying for the priciest tier.  At launch, the service also will lack high-quality formats like …

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• 9 July

  Logitech’s Alexa

  

  Logitech is shutting down its Alexa-powered universal remote after launching it just last year. The $250 Harmony Express will stop working Sept. 30.   Logitech didn’t offer much explanation about its decision to discontinue the remote, beyond saying in an announcement Thursday that its “expectations were not met.” Read more: Best universal remote of 2020 The Harmony Express did away with most …

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• 9 July

  Disney Plus to release Hamilton special Friday, interviewing cast, director

  

  Disney Plus will release a Hamilton special Friday that interviews the musical’s cast and director, as well as a Harvard professor to discuss the show’s historical context, coming a week after Disney’s filmed version of the Broadway hit stoked a surge of interest in Disney Plus.  The special, Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes on You, features Good Morning America host Robin Roberts conducting remote …

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• 9 July

  PC shipments rise as COVID

  

  For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Worldwide PC shipments are up again following supply chain disruptions caused by the spread of the coronavirus across the globe. PC shipments reached 64.8 million units in the second quarter of 2020, according to analysis by Garter published Thursday. Sellers were able to …

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• 9 July

  Today’s top deals: $7 hard drive enclosure, $7 phone mount, $13 earbuds and more

  

  Some days it positively rains deals. And these are all pretty self-explanatory, not requiring my usual lengthy-but-insightful explanations. 😜 As always, these items are available for a limited time and while supplies last. Sometimes coupons disappear and codes expire without warning. Good news, though: Virtually any deal you miss out on today will likely be repeated in the future. mcSquares …

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