Thunderous applause erupts as I enter the building. I look around and blanketing my field of vision is a small army of black-and-magenta-garbed T-Mobile employees shouting, screaming and waving thunder sticks at me. They form a path deeper in, yet I’m already dizzy and overwhelmed from the sensory overload. As far as greetings go, this …
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15 August
Google One cloud storage is now live, with 100GB for $2 per month
Now Google One’s cloud storage is open to all. Google One is the new way you’ll buy online storage from Google, taking over from the company’s previous Google Drive storage plans. While Google One was announced back in May, it was previously only available to people with paid Google Drive plans. Google just announced that now anyone can sign up for a Google …
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15 August
Alex Jones video that spurred Twitter suspension remained live on Periscope
The video that spurred Twitter to suspend Alex Jones remained live and viewable for almost a day on Periscope, the livestreaming app owned by… Twitter. On Tuesday, Twitter cut off Jones from key functions of his personal account for a week, after the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars violated Twitter policy by linking to a snippet of video that …
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15 August
Get all the wallpapers for all the versions of iOS and MacOS in history
It’s a trip down memory lane or, rather, the annals of Infinite Loop. A Redditor named Nucleam posted links to a pair of Google Photos albums of — as far as I can tell — every single wallpaper Apple has ever released for iOS and MacOS (and before it, OS X). It’s amazing. Here’s the iOS Wallpaper album. And here’s …
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15 August
Intel steals Nvidia’s thunder with sneak peek at its first discrete GPU in years
On Monday, Aug. 20, graphics giant Nvidia is expected to announce its next-generation graphics cards — the GeForce RTX 2080, or perhaps the GTX 1180. It should be based on a new Turing architecture that’s theoretically capable of bringing significant levels of real-time ray tracing (think insanely realistic reflections and lighting, here’s a demo) in video games. But Intel is …
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15 August
Moto P30 looks like an iPhone X with a glamorous splash of color
Motorola’s new high-end Moto P30 6.2-inch phone has launched in China, looking uncannily like the Apple iPhone X — but with a cool ceramic and glass gradient back that helps it stand out from the notch-filled crowd. Motorola Top-of-the-line for Motorola, a budget-phone biggie, means something different to Moto than it does to Apple, though — the P30 (English translation) starts at …
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15 August
Verizon tempts 5G customers with YouTube TV, Apple TV 4K
If you live in Indianapolis, your internet may soon be a lot faster. Verizon on Tuesday said it’s bringing 5G residential broadband service to Indianapolis, and it’s offering YouTube TV and Apple TV 4K as part of the package. “We trialed 5G during the Indianapolis 500 in May 2017 and now we’re bringing next generation home broadband connectivity to residents,” …
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15 August
Best Buy buys Jitterbug phone maker GreatCall for $800M
We’re all getting older. I mean of course we are, but so is the population as a whole — and big-box retailer Best Buy is planning to take advantage of that by snapping up a proider of electronics and services designed for seniors. Today, the company announced it’s acquiring GreatCall for $800 million in cash. GreatCall is perhaps best known …
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15 August
Epic iPhone X, Galaxy S9 Plus, Huawei P20 Pro, Pixel 2 camera showdown
Leica is to the photography world what Rolex is to watches. It’s synonymous with a heritage of high-quality cameras, lenses and romanticised photographic experiences in exotic locales. It’s also a name that the Huawei P20 Pro phone proudly bears on its back. In 2014 the two companies partnered to fine-tune the imaging process and optics on Huawei phones. But it wasn’t Leica’s involvement that …
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15 August
7 tips and tricks for the Note 9’s new S Pen features
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 ($230 at Target) is bigger and better than ever. With a slightly larger display, a properly located fingerprint reader and a new S Pen, the phone is shaping up to be one of the year’s best. Yes, there’s a new S Pen. In fact, this is arguably the biggest update Samsung has given its stylus. Specifically, …
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