There’s even more evidence piling up that the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ phone will have a notch. Frequent mobile tipster Evan Blass late on Monday tweeted an image of the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ that looks like an ad or promotional render. The picture gives a clear view of the front of the phone, showing off …
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17 April
OtterBox releases new Star Wars cases ahead of Solo film
Another Star Wars movie, another opportunity to deck out your phone in a Star Wars case. As it did before last year’s release of The Last Jedi, OtterBox has introduced a new collection of Star Wars Symmetry Series cases in advance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. The three cases show the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca and a design called All or …
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17 April
Huawei P20, P20 Pro makes $15 million in 10 seconds of sales
The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro phones are off to a strong start, according to a press release Huawei recently shared with media, making roughly 100 million RMB (or yuan) in the first 10 seconds of a flash sale. That’s over $15 million, £11 million or AU$20 million. Huawei released the phones in its home base, China, last Thursday, where …
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17 April
California’s net neutrality bill could get watered down
An attempt in California to replace the FCC’s repealed Obama-era net neutrality rules faces its first legislative test Tuesday. Senate Bill 822, written by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, will get its first hearing before the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, which could gut key provisions of the legislation. In its original form, the California bill offers consumers …
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17 April
ZTE may lose Android licensing from Google, report says
ZTE’s has been playing the US market on hard mode in recent months, but now it’s looking more like mission impossible. After ZTE was caught shipping goods to Iran, the US Commerce Department on Monday banned US companies from selling hardware and software to the Chinese electronics company for seven years. Now, a source tells Reuters this could preclude Google …
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17 April
Apple News may combine with Texture app to create new subscription service
You may be willing to pay Apple every month for music or iCloud storage, but would you pay it for news? The tech giant is planning to launch a subscription news service following its purchase of magazine app Texture last month, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Texture is a kind of Netflix for magazines, which provides access to around 200 publications for $9.99 …
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17 April
Google Home comes to Southeast Asia today
It’s been 16 months since the debut of the Google Home, and today the smart speaker finally arrives in Southeast Asia. But it’s only in one country for now: Singapore. Alongside the Google Home Mini, the Google Home speaker will be sold online and through retail stores across the island state. There’s no word yet on when the newer Google …
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17 April
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn will step down this month
Democrat Mignon Clyburn, a leading defender of net neutrality, announced Tuesday she will be stepping down from the Federal Communications Commission in the next month, ending an eight-year stint at the agency. Clyburn announced her departure at the FCC’s April meeting and said she’d step down before the agency’s next scheduled meeting on May 10. “I’ve done all I know …
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17 April
Apple iPhone X scored 35% of Q4 2017 profits, says report
The iPhone X is one of the most expensive phones available today, and evidently it makes Apple a lot of money. A report by research firm Counterpoint says the Apple iPhone X was responsible for 35 percent of profits for the entire handset industry in the fourth quarter of 2017. The report, as cited by CNBC, goes on to note …
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17 April
WhatsApp photo of fingerprints helps catch drug dealers in UK
Fingerprints taken from a photo sent over WhatsApp have led to the arrest and conviction of several members of a drug ring in the UK. The arrests occurred after police in Wales discovered a photo on the messaging app on another person’s phone that showed a man’s hand palm up, holding ecstasy tablets, according to the BBC. While the parts …
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