April, 2019

• 24 April

  Britain will reportedly allow Huawei limited access to 5G infrastructure

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May apparently gave Huawei the thumbs-up to help build the country’s 5G infrastructure, in a limited way. The National Security Council, which May chairs, agreed on Tuesday to let the scandal-scarred Chinese telecommunications giant work on “noncore” parts of the infrastructure, the Telegraph reported. Huawei has been a frontrunner for developing …

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• 24 April

  How to cancel your Apple News Plus subscription before the free trial ends

  

  It’s almost been a month since Apple announced its subscription news service, Apple News Plus. The service gives you access to premium news services and magazines for a monthly cost of $9.99. Apple launched the service with a 30-day free trial, which happens to expire on April 25, assuming you signed up on the first day Apple News Plus was available. …

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• 24 April

  Google Fit leaps into the iOS arena

  

  In a bid to make further inroads into the Apple ecosystem, Google announced Wednesday that its fitness-tracking platform, Google Fit, would be available in Apple’s App Store beginning today. The app, which until now had been the provenance strictly of Google wearables and Android mobile devices, now works with Apple devices running iOS 12 or later. (Google Fit will aggregate data …

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• 24 April

  Ginormous 17.3

  

  Though there were rumors that Samsung had a huge tablet called the Galaxy View 2 up its sleeve, it has been confirmed that the device is real and it’s coming to US carrier AT&T.  In a very roughly edited video published on YouTube on Tuesday, AT&T introduced the device and a few key specs, though it did not specify any …

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• 24 April

  Best Buy’s 4

  

  A four-day sale at Best Buy started on Wednesday and runs through Saturday. (Fine print: It ends Saturday, April 28 at 11:59 p.m. CT — that’s 9:59 p.m. PT or the wee hours on Sunday in the East.) A large swath of products are included in the sale, from TVs and tablets to laptops and hard drives. Best Buy constantly …

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• 24 April

  Oppo brings Reno phones, with 5G and 10x zoom, to Europe

  

  Oppo launched its trio of Reno phones in Europe Wednesday, giving customers a choice between a standard version, a 10x zoom one or a 5G model. The Chinese company revealed its flagship device’s flavors in Shanghai earlier this month, but revealed at the launch event that UK carrier EE would be its 5G partner in the country. The standard Reno …

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• 24 April

  Galaxy Fold loss could help other foldable phones succeed

  

  After five reports of broken Galaxy Fold review units and an official delay of Samsung’s $2,000 foldable phone, Samsung is in trouble. But for rivals like Huawei’s foldable Mate X, the rumored Razr flip phone and all the rest, Samsung’s pains  with the Galaxy Fold could spell opportunity.  Samsung’s rivals are watching the company’s every move, taking notes and assuredly devising their own plans to …

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• 24 April

  Search for events, people and locations in Windows 10 Calendar app

  

  Google’s Calendar offers crazy powerful search, letting you find names, locations and events you’ve added to your calendar events. Now, in the Calendar app on Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon), you can now perform similar searches and hunt for events, names, locations and more. You can search through old and upcoming events by name, location and words that are part …

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• 24 April

  Sesame Street Muppets want you to put away your phones during dinner

  

  When was the last time you ate dinner and didn’t check social media? If you can’t stop looking at Instagram between courses, maybe you should listen to some wise advice from a few Muppets.  In a video from Sesame Street and advocacy organization Common Sense posted on Tuesday, everyone’s favorite Muppets want to remind us of our unhealthy addiction to …

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• 24 April

  How to watch Apple TV Plus shows

  

  In March, Apple gave us a sneak peek of the shows, movies and documentaries the company has been working on, somewhat in secret, for the past couple of years. Some of the biggest celebrities around took the stage to reveal shows they’ve been working on with Apple. Shows like Amazing Stories from Steven Spielberg, See featuring Jason Momoa or Little Voice from J.J. …

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