July, 2018

• 26 July

  That 2018 iPhone with the LCD screen might not ship until October

  

  Add another data point to the heaping pile of rumors about the iPhones Apple may announce in September. According to Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty, we may not see the new, least-expensive 6.1-inch model until October. That’s thanks to possible quality-control issues with the screen’s backlight. As quoted in Barron’s as part of larger speculation …

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• 26 July

  Amazon adds Alexa Cast for music control from your phone

  

  Voice controls are great, but when it comes to finding, playing and controlling music, screen controls can be far easier. To that end, Amazon on Thursday added a new Alexa Cast feature to its Amazon Music app for iOS and Android.  Like Google’s long-standing Google Cast feature, you’ll be able to pull up music in the Amazon Music app, tap …

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• 26 July

  MacOS Mojave moved System Updates: Here’s where to find them

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In addition to Dark mode, Stacks and a new and improved Finder, MacOS Mojave introduces a revamped Mac App Store. A long overdue revamp at that. The Mac App Store has remained virtually unchanged since its inception in 2011 — the days of …

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• 26 July

  Moto G6 vs. G6 Play vs. E5 Plus: A budget phone comparison

  

  I live in San Francisco, which is one of the most beautiful cities in the world but also one of the most expensive. For that reason, I’m always on the lookout for ways to save money. Fortunately, Motorola has my back with a slew of budget and ultra-budget phones that don’t skimp out on features. In the US, there are …

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• 26 July

  Mozilla exec says Google slowed YouTube down on non

  

  A Mozilla engineer says Google’s redesign has made YouTube slower on Firefox and Edge. Chris Peterson, the software community’s technical program manager, tweeted on Tuesday that the video sharing site loads at a fifth of the speed on non-Chrome browsers due to its architecture, as first reported by Sofpedia. YouTube page load is 5x slower in Firefox and Edge than …

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• 26 July

  Bluetooth pairing has a security hole. Get ready for updates

  

  When you pair a couple of Bluetooth devices, like your phone and computer, they exchange encryption keys. But it turns out the Bluetooth specification didn’t require that both of them completely validate those keys. Well, it does now.  This comes after it was revealed Tuesday that an attacker within wireless reach could insert themselves into communications between the two devices …

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• 26 July

  Samsung has ‘unbreakable’ OLED phone screen in the works

  

  A future Samsung Galaxy phone (although likely not this Galaxy phone) could have a flexible screen that’s unbreakable, delivering the first truly foldable handset. The Korean electronics giant said Wednesday that its recently developed phone panel has been certified by Underwriters Laboratories, meaning it’s ready to start shipping to consumers in actual devices. Samsung said it expects the new panel …

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• 26 July

  Google Pixel Wear OS smartwatch: rumored specs, price and release date

  

  Google’s line of smartwatches formerly known as Android Wear, now known as Wear OS, have suffered from sameness and repetition. Lots of manufacturers, too much mediocrity and none of them really good at all. Samsung has its own imminent smartwatch revamp on its way: the Samsung Galaxy Watch. The next Apple Watch is expected this fall. How will Google keep …

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• 26 July

  Spotify hits 83 million subscribers

  

   Spotify hit 83 million subscribers at the end of June, the music streaming service said Thursday.  The company continues to outshine its closest competitor, Apple Music, which had 40 million subscribers as of April. Spotify’s growth matched the high end of the range that it predicted in May. Amid a cultural shift to streaming as the most common way people listen to tunes, Spotify and …

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• 26 July

  Samsung’s first Galaxy Note 9 video tease is kinda hilarious

  

  Samsung’s campaign to have you love its next big phone has just begun. The tech giant has released the first of three 30-second videos teasing a phone widely expected to be the Galaxy Note 9. In the video, you see a person trying to meet up with a friend, using a phone (presumably an iPhone, Samsung’s favorite target) that’s on …

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