March, 2019

• 2 March

  The biggest 5G breakthrough may be this harmless, little plastic strip

  

  5G is going to change your life. But first, it actually needs to get to you.  Though 5G networks are starting to go live, the deployments remain limited. That’s because many of the carriers, including Verizon and AT&T, are employing super high-frequency airwaves through something called millimeter wave spectrum, which offers a fat data pipe …

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• 2 March

  Sennheiser’s truly wireless earbuds dazzle the Audiophiliac

  

  For ages wireless headphones had wires; they were “wireless” only because the headphone wires didn’t connect to the ‘phone. So I’m happy to see truly wireless earbuds finally arrive, and based on the number of Apple AirPod users I see on the NYC subway, the no-wires trend is booming! Sennheiser may be a little late to the technology, but as soon as …

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• 2 March

  Black phones are boring, but sell. Yet for brands, color still matters

  

  The Galaxy S10 in Canary Yellow and Flamingo Pink. The foldable Galaxy Fold in Martian Green. OnePlus 6T in Thunder Purple. The list goes on. Every sales figure and expert tells us that people buy phones for their camera, battery and screen. But any product designer or marketer will tell you that color and finish matter, too. Just think. If color were …

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• 2 March

  Last chance to get a Surface Pro tablet with Type Cover for $650

  

  Best Buy has launched discounts on a range of Microsoft hardware, including the Surface Pro, which remains the gold standard in the Windows tablet category.  This sale is focused primarily on the Surface Pro and the Surface Laptop 2 — the second edition of Microsoft’s homegrown laptop and a member of CNET’s best laptop club. Though Best Buy is also …

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• 2 March

  Galaxy Fold and Mate X: How foldable phones eclipsed 5G at MWC

  

  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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• 2 March

  A foldable iPhone: Will Apple bend to the trend?

  

  In this week’s Apple Core rundown, we’ll take a look at how Apple fits into the foldable phone trend, the hurdles it has to clear to make an iPhone bend, and how soon the company could release a competitor to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold. We’ll also learn about the latest health feature rumored to be coming to the Apple Watch, the …

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• 2 March

  Mate X costs $2,600, but Huawei hints at cheaper foldable phones

  

  Update, Oct. 23: The Huawei Mate X was released, but only in China so far. Original story follows. When Huawei announced that the Mate X foldable phone would sell for 2,299 euros — roughly $2,600, £2,000 or AU$3,660 — the audience at Huawei’s Mate X launch event at MWC gasped and groaned. But it may not be that way forever.  “It …

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• 2 March

  SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launches to the ISS

  

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• 2 March

  Microsoft debuts HoloLens 2, Amazon’s Project Zero

  

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• 1 March

  Apple investors debate political diversity at annual shareholder meeting

  

  Should Apple have more “ideological diversity” on its board? That was the question facing CEO Tim Cook, along with Apple’s board and investors, at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Friday, when activist Justin Danhof pushed a proposal aimed at increasing such diversity on the company’s board of directors. “Diversity is not what someone looks like, it’s the sum of what …

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