May, 2018

• 19 May

  Koss’ iconic Porta Pro headphone gets a Bluetooth model

  

  There’s no better way to put it, the Koss Porta Pro on-ear headphone is beloved, and now with the new Bluetooth version, I have a feeling a lot more people will fall in love with this little ‘phone. The Koss Porta Pro has been around for 34 years with only minor changes. It’s as iconic …

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• 19 May

  Facebook suspends apps, Senate votes to stop net neutrality repeal

  

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• 18 May

  7 iPhone calendar tips everyone should know

  

  When setting up your iPhone ($285 at Amazon), there are a number of settings to change and tweak right away, but one that often goes  overlooked is the stock iOS Calendar app. It’s simple but deceptively powerful if you set it up right. Who knows — with a few minutes of work upfront, the Calendar app might crack your top …

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• 18 May

  Next Galaxy flagship, likely Note 9, will have a better Bixby

  

  Gray G. Lee, head of the AI Center at Samsung Research, says the company’s next flagship smartphone will incorporate an upgraded version of its AI, Bixby 2.0, according to an interview with the Korea Herald.  Enhancements to Bixby will include better natural-language processing, improved noise cancelling and faster response. The next big Samsung unveiling is probably its summer Unpacked event, which …

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• 18 May

  Freebie Friday: A book, a game, a password manager and more

  

  Cheeps! Mark your calendars, if you please: On Monday, at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT, I’ll be unveiling the first-ever Cheapskate Mystery Box. It’s a straight-up fundraiser, so you can help a worthy cause while scoring some amazing loot. Supplies are limited, though, so do try to hit the blog right at go-time. In fact, you can keep …

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• 18 May

  Sprint offers cheaper unlimited phone plan to lure in baby boomers

  

  Baby boomers can get a break on Sprint’s unlimited phone service. Sprint is offering people 55 and older cheaper unlimited plans.  Josh Miller/CNET Starting Friday, anyone 55 or older can sign up for Sprint’s new Unlimited 55+ plan. Those who qualify will be able to get a single line for $50 a month or two lines for $70. The 55+ …

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• 18 May

  More than 4M Samsung phones a year need service, court case reveals

  

  If you had to send your Samsung phone in for service, you’re in good company. Samsung sells tens of millions of smartphones every year, but more than 4 million of them were returned to the company for service in the US, the company revealed in a trial this week. Specifically, it was between 4 million and 5 million a year …

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• 18 May

  Google may be working on a standalone AR headset

  

  A project codenamed Google A65 is thought to be a standalone AR headset, and now we may have more details about it. German news site Winfuture.de says it has documents that indicate Google’s working with Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta on the augmented reality headset. Google’s previously worked with Quanta on the Pixel C tablet. The headset is expected to include camera sensors and …

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• 18 May

  DIY fitness tracker: zOrigin wearable kit arrives in August for $149

  

  Will wearable tech end up being the next hackable maker frontier? Maybe, like Raspberry Pi and Arduino, we’ll see homemade smartwatches and heart rate monitors next. That’s the plan for zGlue, whose zOrigin is a chipset and platform to create wearable tech on your own. The zOrigin is aiming at becoming a reference design and a way for anyone building …

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• 18 May

  BlackBerry Key2 may get Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 chip

  

  The BlackBerry Key2 will be unveiled on June 7, and we may now be getting an idea of how fast the phone could be. Two listings for an unannounced BlackBerry phone appeared on benchmarking site Geekbench (here and here). The listings tell us the BlackBerry phone runs Android 8.1 and comes with a Snapdragon 660 processor.  Since no current BlackBerry phone …

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