February, 2019

• 26 February

  Apple reveals winners of its #ShotOniPhone photo contest

  

  #ShotOniPhone, destined for a billboard. Apple on Tuesday showed off the the colorful winning entries from its iPhone photography contest. The 10 winners came Singapore, Germany, Belarus, Israel and the US. Winning photos were shot on the iPhone 7, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max, “showcasing the quality of cameras across the …

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• 26 February

  Chrome should get ‘extremely fast’ at loading a whole lot of web pages

  

  Chrome is going to get a big speed boost — at least for web pages you’ve recently visited. A Chrome lapel pin Stephen Shankland/CNET With a feature called bfcache — backward-forward cache — Google’s web browser will store a website’s state as you navigate to a new page. If you then go back to that page, Chrome will reconstitute it …

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• 26 February

  Galaxy Fold will launch in limited supply, with ‘intensive aftercare’

  

  If you were planning to check out the Galaxy Fold at your local phone store when it launches in April, you may not be able to. According to a Samsung exec at MWC, the “super premium” foldable phone will likely be in short supply when it goes on sale on April 26, and the company sounds like it will be closely managing …

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• 26 February

  OnePlus 7 won’t bring you wireless charging

  

  Update, Sept. 26: CNET’s OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7T reviews are now live. Read more about the new phones from OnePlus. Original story follows. The upcoming OnePlus 7 will likely rock the latest processor and upgraded cameras. One thing it won’t have, though, is wireless charging. OnePlus phones are known for packing many of the latest features found in premium smartphones like …

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• 26 February

  Samsung, Huawei settle 2

  

  Samsung and Huawei on Tuesday asked a court to pause proceedings in a patent infringement dispute after agreeing to settle their 2-year-old legal battle. The case, filed in 2016, involves both phone makers suing each other for breach of contract and patent infringement. A trial for the case was set to start in September, when the jury would’ve heard Samsung’s …

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• 26 February

  Honor CEO wants to launch foldable phone in 2020

  

  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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• 26 February

  Target takes exclusive approach to expanding online store to more sellers

  

  Target is opening up its website to third-party sellers in a slow, cautious way, according a report. Sellers can only join the Target+ initiative by invitation, CNBC reported Monday, and the company is being picky about who it brings in. Target has been testing the waters with companies like sporting goods retailer Mizuno, educational toy maker Kaplan and keyboard giant Casio. …

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• 26 February

  LG shows off three new midrange phones at Mobile World Congress

  

  Although LG Electronics announced three new midrange phones a week before the world’s biggest phone show kicked off, it was only once the show began in earnest that we were able to see the phones themselves. The LG Q60, K50 and K40 feature high-end displays and a focus on artificial intelligence. All three will feature LG’s HD+ FullVision display, the …

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• 26 February

  The man behind the Android G1 is working on a secret VR headset

  

  Peter Chou is back at MWC with a mysterious project.  The man behind many beloved early Android phones from HTC, including the original T-Mobile G1, appeared at the Barcelona trade show Tuesday with his new company, XRSpace. The company is building a headset that combines a virtual reality experience with a social network platform. It will run on the Qualcomm …

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• 26 February

  This great digital day

  

  I’m a little obsessed with time right now — specifically, figuring out a way I can shoehorn the awesome web-based Literature Clock into a photo frame or project it on a wall full-time. Today’s deal dovetails with that. It’s a big, free-standing digital clock that does more than just show the time: It spells out the day, date and more. …

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