August, 2018

• 2 August

  iOS 12 beta iPad icon suggests slimmer bezel, Face ID, no home button

  

  Digging around in Apple’s iOS 12 beta turned up hints of dual-SIM support for future iPhones Wednesday. Now we have an idea of what the next generation of iPads might look like.  An iPad icon found in the mobile OS may suggest an upcoming iPad will look quite a bit different than the current models, …

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• 2 August

  Red Hydrogen One holographic phone gets FCC approval

  

  The wait to get your hands on camera maker Red’s Hydrogen One phone is a little shorter today.  The phone, which is expected to deliver cinema-quality video and features a holographic display, has passed the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) approval process, as reported by CNET sister site ZDNet. As part of the process, a user manual was posted on the FCC’s website as …

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• 2 August

  Which Microsoft Surface should I buy?

  

  In June 2012, Microsoft announced its first Surface hybrid tablet. Not only was it the first of its kind, but the first hardware designed, built and sold by Microsoft to work seamlessly with the software giant’s Windows operation system.  Since then the company has built out its Surface hardware lineup to meet the needs of students and home and professional …

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• 2 August

  Google may launch Android P on Aug. 20

  

  Popsicle? Popcorn? Another P-word treat? Google may be planning to launch the newest version of Android later this month — and finally tell us what that P stands for. On Thursday, serial tipster Evan Blass tweeted an image of a calendar with a P marked on Aug. 20, suggesting Google has plans for the operating system that day. Google revealed …

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• 2 August

  Apple ordered to pay $145 million in damages for patent infringement

  

  Apple must pay Canadian patent licensing company WiLan $145.1 million in damages for patent infringement, a California jury ruled Wednesday. The jury said that some iPhone models infringed two WiLan wireless communications technology patents. One of those is for a “method and apparatus for bandwidth request protocols in a wireless communication system” and the other is for “adaptive call admission …

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• 2 August

  Comcast will let you watch Amazon Prime Video like a cable channel

  

  Amazon is getting some prime real estate on Comcast’s X1 service.  On Thursday, Amazon and Comcast said that they’ll incorporate Amazon’s streaming video service onto X1, the cable company’s high-tech pay-TV service, used by about 62 percent of its customers. The new partnership means Amazon’s library of streaming video will be available and searchable on Comcast X1, like a regular …

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• 2 August

  Brookstone, your mall’s tacky gadget store, just went bankrupt

  

  Where, oh where will we buy cheaply made electronic toys now? Toys R Us is gone, and now mall fixture Brookstone is joining it in brick-and-mortar purgatory.  The company filed for Chapter 11 bankcruptcy today, and has just announced it’ll be closing all 101 of its stores in shopping malls around the United States. Technically, it isn’t dead quite yet, …

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• 2 August

  Spotify subscribers, Sonos wants to get to know you

  

  Sonos makes higher-end speakers. For the past decade, CEO Patrick Spence said, the company tried to let as many people know that as possible. That’s changing. After Sonos went public Thursday morning, Spence said in an interview that his company will do a lot more to focus its message about Sonos, whose gear is well-regarded among audiophiles but not nearly …

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• 2 August

  Moto Z3 specs vs. Galaxy S9, iPhone X, Oneplus 6 and Pixel 2

  

  At a Chicago press event today, Motorola announced the Moto Z3, a premium phone that features a dual 12-megapixel rear camera, 5G support and a splash-resistant design. It joins the Moto Z3 Play, which launched back in June, as part of the company’s high-end line of phones that work with magnetic snap-on accessories called Moto Mods. As Motorola’s flagship phone, the …

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• 2 August

  Oppo flagship phone first with Gorilla Glass 6

  

  Corning, cover glass supplier for Apple, Samsung and other device makers, announced today its ultrastrong Gorilla Glass 6 will make its debut on Oppo’s next flagship phone.  Unveiled in July, Gorilla Glass 6 is tested to survive drops from heights of 1 meter (3.28 feet) onto rough surfaces. In its tests, the glass lasted through 15 drops, double the amount of Gorilla …

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